Riftbound updatesThe Reckoning

Malphite, Skarner, Katarina and Zoe turn up in Riftbound The Reckoning listings

A distributor's listing for the Riftbound: The Reckoning booster display names Malphite and Skarner beside Cho'Gath, and its playmats add Katarina and Zoe. With Riot's five that makes nine names for nine Legends, and the first prices are in there too.

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Malphite, Skarner, Katarina and Zoe in their League of Legends art, the four champions a distributor's listings name for The Reckoning

Riot has named five of the nine Legends in The Reckoning. A distributor's catalog may have just given away the other four: its listing for the booster display names Malphite and Skarner, and a few rows further down I found Katarina and Zoe on the playmats.

  • GTS Distribution's listing for The Reckoning booster display names Malphite and Skarner as champions of the set, beside Cho'Gath. Riot has confirmed neither.
  • The same catalog sells six playmats said to show six of the set's nine Legends, and two of them are Katarina and Zoe.
  • Riot's five and these four make nine names for nine Legends. I think that is the list.
  • The first prices are in the catalog as well: $120 for a display, $19.99 for a Champion Deck and $34.99 for the Vault, the same as Legacy.

Malphite and Skarner are in the display's own sales pitch

GTS Distribution is one of the wholesalers that sell Riftbound to stores in the United States, and its page for The Reckoning booster display has grown a list of selling points. One of them reads: "Reckoning introduces even more popular League of Legends champions like Cho'gath, Malphite and Skarner." Cho'Gath we knew about. The other two are new, and neither has a card in Riftbound yet.

Both fit. Riot's line for the set is Awaken the Ancients, and its question is what happens when dormant behemoths wake up. A walking mountain and a giant crystal scorpion are the first two champions I would have guessed. The listing does say champions and not Legends, so one of them could still arrive as a unit only. I would not bet on it.

The Reckoning booster display seen from the front: an open box of booster packs with Vayne and Shyvana on its front and a blue beast with a golden crown on the header card
The booster display as the listing pictures it. Vayne and Shyvana get the front of the box, the beast from the key art gets the header card.

Katarina and Zoe are hiding on the playmats

The catalog does not stop at the display. GTS lists six playmats for the set and describes them as showing six of its nine Legends. Four are names Riot gave us: Aurelion Sol, Shyvana, Vayne and Zilean. The other two are Katarina and Zoe.

Count them. Riot's five, Katarina and Zoe from the playmats, Malphite and Skarner from the display: nine names for nine Legends.

A distributor's catalog is not an announcement, and Riot has confirmed none of the four. But nine out of nine is a hard coincidence to believe in. Katarina has one card so far, Katarina, Reckless, a Fury unit from Unleashed. Zoe would be as new to the game as Malphite and Skarner. See The Reckoning page for a full overview, constantly updated.

The first prices match Legacy to the cent

The listings carry suggested retail prices, the first I have seen for this set from anyone who sells it to stores. A display of 24 packs is $120. A Champion Deck is $19.99, shipped to stores in boxes of four, and the Vault is $34.99 with six packs, 36 runes and three full-art tokens. ACD Distribution lists the display and the Vault at the same prices. That is exactly what the Legacy display, decks and Vault cost, so if a shop wants $140 for a display pre-order, the extra is the shop's own.

The display's page also promises new mechanics built around the biggest and oldest champions of Runeterra. It does not say what they are, and neither has Riot.

Questions about the Legends of The Reckoning

Is Malphite in Riftbound: The Reckoning?

GTS Distribution's listing for the booster display names Malphite and Skarner as champions of the set, beside Cho'Gath. Riot has confirmed only Cho'Gath so far.

Which Legends are in The Reckoning?

Riot has named five of the nine: Aurelion Sol, Cho'Gath, Shyvana, Vayne and Zilean. Distributor listings point to Katarina, Zoe, Malphite and Skarner as the other four, which Riot has not confirmed.

How much does a booster display of The Reckoning cost?

Distributors list it at a suggested retail price of $120 for 24 packs of 14 cards. A Champion Deck is listed at $19.99 and the Vault at $34.99.

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