Spiritforged Season: Your Guide to the First Riftbound Expansion
Riftbound players, clear your schedules and ready your theorycrafting tools: Spiritf
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orged Preview Season is officially underway!
As the first official expansion for the League of Legends TCG, Spiritforged is more than just a new set—it’s the first major evolution of the competitive landscape, building upon the Origins foundation in every key way. Get ready to dive into the Ionian Spirit Blossom, where weapons are extensions of identity and a new gold rush for power has begun.
Here is your essential guide to what’s coming, when you’ll see it, and why this set will define the next era of Riftbound.
The Core of Spiritforged: More of Everything
While Riot Games has noted that Spiritforged is slightly smaller than the massive Origins debut, it is jam-packed with essential additions and brand-new mechanics designed to deepen the gameplay.
By the Numbers:
- Total New Cards: 221 cards, including Units, Gear, and Spells.
- New Champion Legends: 12 brand new playable Champion Legends are joining the fight. (Riot is keeping these under wraps for now—keep an eye on the PAX Preview Panel details for reveals!)
- Overnumbered Cards: A whopping 40 Overnumbered cards are available, and this time they aren’t all Legends! Expect to chase special rarity versions of key gear and units.
Game-Defining New Mechanics
Spiritforged isn’t just power creep; it’s a strategic shift fueled by new resources and keywords.
- Equipment: Weapons and armor are no longer just concepts; they are tangible Gear cards that let you enhance your units. This mechanic fundamentally changes how permanents function on the Battlefield.
- Gold: A new Gear Token type that provides a fresh path to power. The introduction of a dedicated, spendable resource token suggests a powerful new layer of mid-game strategy and resource conversion.
- New Keywords: Look out for new keywords like Equip (likely tied to the new Gear cards) and Repeat. “Repeat” sounds incredibly powerful and suggests maximizing card effect consistency—a mechanic that competitive players will immediately try to break.
When and Where to See the Reveals
The Preview Season is a rapid-fire event, giving the community a few weeks to analyze, speculate, and pre-order.
| Event | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Official Preview Season Starts | November 17, 2025 | Underway! |
| Preview Season Ramps Up | November 21, 2025 | Get ready for daily reveals! |
| Preview Season Concludes | December 3, 2025 | Last call for spoilers. |
| China Release | December 2025 | The meta goes live. |
| Global/English Release | February 2026 | Time to play! |
1. Influencer and Press Reveals (The Hype Train)
The best place to see new cards in action is through Riftbound’s press and influencer partners. These partners won’t just share a static image; they’ll show you how to play the card, integrating it into existing Origins decks or showcasing new synergies. Keep an eye on your favorite TCG content creators, as Riot hinted some might even be revealing alternate art versions of new cards!
2. The Official Card Gallery (The Complete Database)
Even with all the exciting external reveals, the official Riftbound Card Gallery remains your definitive source for the entire set.
- Update Schedule: English cards will be added every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:00 PM PST until the set is fully revealed.
- A Fun Fact for Completionists: Not every card gets an official “preview” on social channels. The Card Gallery will include every single card in the set, making it the only place to get a complete view. New additions will be tagged “new” to make tracking easy.
The Overnumbered Hunt: A Sneaky Collector’s Chase
The inclusion of 40 Overnumbered cards (including Legends, Champions, and Gear) is a major signal to the collector market. These ultra-rare cards, which have already commanded massive prices in Origins, will be highly sought after.
Riot has promised to be “sneaking these out to the community ahead of launch in some fun ways,” so make sure you are closely watching all official social channels for those surprise drops. Even with the split between CN and EN regions, Riot has committed to posting all Overnumbered reveals for everyone to enjoy once they’ve been shared by the appropriate team.
Spiritforged is set to dramatically shake up the metagame. Get ready to theorycraft, find those rare cards, and evolve your decks for the next era of competitive Riftbound!