Where to buy Riftbound cards
The three marketplaces worth using, what each is good at, what the fees and shipping really come to, and how to avoid overpaying on singles or sealed product.
There is no official Riot storefront for single cards. Everything trades on the same secondary marketplaces the rest of the hobby uses, and which one is cheapest depends on where you live and what you are buying. Here is the short version.
The three that matter
Almost every Riftbound single sold online moves through one of these three. We track prices from Cardmarket, so the figures on this site are directly comparable to the second row.
| Marketplace | Best for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| TCGplayer | Buyers in the US and Canada. Deepest stock on singles, seller ratings, and Direct orders ship as one parcel. | Prices are in USD and exclude shipping until checkout. Small sellers set their own postage. |
| Cardmarket | Buyers in Europe. The largest EU marketplace and the source of the prices on this site. | Sellers are individuals as often as shops. Check condition and country before you commit. |
| eBay | Graded slabs, sealed cases, and anything unusual. Also the sell-side option with the widest audience. | The least standardised of the three. Photographs and seller history matter more here than anywhere else. |
Singles or sealed?
If you want specific cards, buy the cards. Packs are only better value when you are happy to take whatever falls out. We worked the maths out separately, and the answer is not close for most collectors.
Sealed product is worth buying for the experience, for trading stock, or when a set is new and singles have not settled. Riot lists shops carrying sealed through its official store locator, which is the safest route for boxes because it avoids resealed product entirely. Riot's official store locator
What to check before paying
- Printing Alt art, overnumbered and signature versions of the same card carry wildly different prices. Confirm the collector number, not just the name.
- Condition Near Mint is the reference grade for the prices shown here. Anything below it should be discounted, and the discount is negotiable.
- Total landed cost A cheap card from a distant seller with expensive postage is not a cheap card. Compare the total, and prefer one seller for several cards.
- Seller history On every one of these marketplaces the seller rating is the single most useful number on the page.
Selling
The same three venues work in reverse, with a different ranking. Cardmarket and TCGplayer are better for moving many ordinary cards at a fair price, because buyers search them by name and your listing appears automatically. eBay is better for a single expensive card, where an auction finds the ceiling and a wider audience is worth the higher fees.
Whichever you use, price against completed sales rather than active listings. Anyone can ask for anything; only a sale tells you what a card is worth.
What the market looks like today
Live figures from our own dataset, so you can see the shape of what you are buying into before you spend anything.
That median is the important number. Most of a Riftbound set is bulk, and the value is concentrated in a small number of chase printings, which is exactly why buying singles beats opening packs when you want something specific.
Common questions
Where is the best place to buy Riftbound cards?
Cardmarket for European sellers and the widest single-card supply, TCGplayer for North America, and eBay for sealed and graded lots. Prices on this site come from Cardmarket, so they are the closest match to what you will pay there.
What should I check before paying for a single?
The exact printing, the condition grade, and the seller's shipping cost. A card listed cheap is often a different printing of the same name, and on a card under a few euros the postage decides the real price.