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Benjamin Abbott

First ever Riftbound ban list kills off popular cards that have become so ubiquitous they're hurting the game

A selection of Riftbound cards scattered on top of one another.

Riftbound has finally hit a rite of passage all of the best card games have to go through; its first banlist. Seven cards have been axed in total, all in an effort to better balance the competitive game.

Chief amongst these are cards that form what players are calling "Miracle" decks, headed up by a Chaos Legend. These are highly effective but take up a significant amount of time in Riftbound tournament play, and developer Riot explains in a new post that it doesn't consider "this style of deck to be healthy." Draven, Vanquisher is also being scrapped because it's leading to decks that are better and more prevalent than Riot would like. Finally, a trio of Battlefields are being added to the Riftbound banlist because they are starting to define the game.

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