What decides the price of a Riftbound card?

Riot Games sets a launch price for its products, such as $4.99 for a booster pack of Riftbound: the League of Legends trading card game, but it sets no price for a single card. What one card sells for is decided by the people who trade it: players who need the card for a deck, and collectors who want one particular printing of it.

Most cards are wanted by neither group in large numbers, so most cards sell for little. The few that cost a lot are wanted by many people and exist in few copies.

Why does the printing matter more than the rarity?

The printing decides the price of a card more than anything else, because it decides how many copies exist. Some cards come in a standard printing and in one or more showcase printings with new art, and the showcase printings are far scarcer. In its article on collectability, Riot gives rates for Origins of about two alternate art cards per booster display of 24 packs, one overnumbered card per three displays, and a signature on roughly one overnumbered card in ten.

Loose Cannon, the Legend of Jinx, shows what that does to a price. The standard printing sells for $0.32 today, the overnumbered Loose Cannon for $150.70 and the signed Loose Cannon for $1,355.35, although all three play exactly alike. Pouty Poro is a Common of Origins that sells for $0.11 as a plain card, while its overnumbered printing from Unleashed, the Pouty Poro numbered 220/219, sells for $215.52.

The gem of a standard card matters much less. In the same article Riot says that a Common is not a weak card, and every booster pack holds two cards of Rare or better, so a display of 24 packs holds at least 48 of them, and only about six of those are Epics. Today the standard Teemo, Scout, a Rare, sells for $0.39, and a foil copy of the Common Pouty Poro sells for $0.32.

Why do some cards of the same rarity cost far more than others?

Among standard printings, the price follows the decks. A Main Deck may hold up to three copies of a card with the same name (Core Rules 103.3.b), so a card that strong decks play is wanted three at a time by everyone who builds one of those decks. A card that few decks play has few buyers, however rare its gem.

Kai'Sa, Survivor and Super Mega Death Rocket! are both Epics of Origins. Kai'Sa, Survivor is a Fury unit, so any deck whose Legend has Fury may play it. Riot's report on the top decks of the last Regional Qualifier of 2026, in Los Angeles, lists three copies of it in seven decks led by seven different Legends, among them the Rengar deck that won. Super Mega Death Rocket! is a signature spell, and only a deck led by a Legend of Jinx may play it (Core Rules 103.3.d.2). Today Kai'Sa, Survivor sells for $66.24 and Super Mega Death Rocket! for $2.64.

The six Seals of Origins, such as Seal of Rage, follow the same pattern: each is Epic gear that adds one Power of its domain, and any deck with that domain can use it. Today Seal of Rage sells for $22.93. Legends show the other side. A deck holds exactly one Legend (Core Rules 103.2), and every Legend in booster packs is a Rare, so even Pridestalker, the Legend of that winning Rengar deck, sells for $0.17 in its standard printing today.

Why does the champion on the card matter?

Among printings that are equally scarce, the champion on the card changes the price, because collectors want some champions more than others. Riot gives one rate for the signed Legends of Origins as a group, yet today the signed Nine-Tailed Fox, the Legend of Ahri, sells for $3,711.35 and the signed Hand of Noxus, the Legend of Darius, for $545.66. Poros show it too: the six overnumbered Poros of Unleashed, such as Lonely Poro, are Commons in their standard printings. Today the overnumbered Lonely Poro sells for $363.25, and the overnumbered Pridestalker, a Legend, for $104.38.

Is a foil copy worth more than a plain one?

Yes, for the cards that come in both finishes. Every Rare and Epic in a booster pack is foil, while a Common or an Uncommon is foil only when it lands in the one foil slot of the pack, so a foil copy of a Common or an Uncommon is scarcer than the plain one. Today a plain copy of Sea Monkey, a Common of Spiritforged, sells for $0.07 and a foil copy for $0.24.

How does the way a card is handed out change its price?

A card that comes from one product or from events only is scarcer than a card from booster packs. The 24 cards of the Proving Grounds starter box, with the set code OGS, come in that box and nowhere else in their standard printing. Today the plain Wuju Bladesman, the Master Yi Legend of the box, sells for $18.16, where Wuju Master, the Master Yi Legend of Unleashed, sells for $0.21. Flash, a Common of the box, sells for $3.84, where a plain copy of the Origins Common Pouty Poro sells for $0.11. Riot's announcement of its products and sets into 2027 says that Proving Grounds, 2nd Edition, with its release on 19 February 2027, will hold no card that cannot be found in booster packs.

Promo cards work the same way. Teemo, Scout with new art was the chase card of the first Nexus Night promo packs, which stores handed out at their weekly Nexus Night events. Today it sells for $1,430.38, where the standard Teemo, Scout from booster packs sells for $0.39.

Do reprints and bans change the price of a card?

Yes, both can: a reprint adds copies, and a ban takes away the players who need a card. In its State of the Game of 3 August 2026, Riot said it will keep each booster set available at least as long as the set is legal in Standard, reprint it to meet demand and put new cards into booster packs rather than other products. Collector's products are limited editions that Riot will not reprint, and Riot has said in its article on collectability that it will never reprint an overnumbered card with the same art and frame.

A banned card may not be in a deck of the format it is banned in (Tournament Rules 601.2.d). Riot's update of its banned list that took effect on 18 September 2026 left seven cards and five battlefields banned in Constructed, among them Ekko, Recurrent and Stacked Deck, which that update added. Riot also intends to start rotation in 2028, which will move older sets out of Standard.

Keep in mind that the most expensive cards change hands rarely, so a single sale can move their price a long way from one week to the next.

Do condition, language and the marketplace change the price?

Yes, all three. A worn copy sells for less than one that still looks as it did in the pack, as the articles on card conditions and grading explain. A card plays the same in every language (Core Rules 132.3 and Tournament Rules 420.1), so the price of a Chinese or French copy depends on how many buyers want that language, which the article on Chinese and French cards looks at. The marketplace matters too: TCGplayer in the United States and Cardmarket in Europe draw on different buyers, and the same card rarely has the same price on both, as the article on how TCGplayer and Cardmarket prices differ shows. The Secret Garden promo Bashful Bloom, from the Secret Garden Bundle, sells for $127.22 today, and the marketplace switch under the article shows its price on the other marketplace.

Where can you see what a card is worth today?

Every card page on this site shows the current market price of each finish, with the card's other printings beside it. The card list sorted by price puts the most expensive cards first, in US dollars or in euros as you choose, and with an account your collection adds up what your cards are worth. Single cards change hands in local game stores and on Cardmarket in Europe, TCGplayer in the United States and CardTrader on both sides of the Atlantic.

If you open packs hoping to find a valuable card, the article on what a booster pack is worth on average shows how a handful of very rare cards pull the average up, and the article on which Riftbound cards are the most expensive names the cards at the top of the list.