Riftbound card types
Every card is one of six types. Type decides what a card does in play, and as the value column shows it has more to do with price than rarity alone.
A card type is what a Riftbound card does in play: a Unit fights, a Spell resolves once, a Legend names the deck, Gear stays out, a Battlefield is the ground being fought over and a Rune pays for it all. Every card in the game is exactly one of them.
| Type | Cards | Share of cards | Total value | Share of value | Avg price | Median | Most valuable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | 686 | 53.18% | $28.25K | 36.15% | $41.19 | $0.034 | Ahri - Inquisitive (Signature) |
| Spell | 249 | 19.30% | $301.21 | 0.39% | $1.20 | $0.023 | Time Warp |
| Legend | 128 | 9.92% | $42.29K | 54.11% | $330.42 | $39.39 | Ahri - Nine-Tailed Fox (Signature) |
| Gear | 122 | 9.46% | $666.86 | 0.85% | $5.47 | $0.023 | Svellsongur |
| Battlefield | 67 | 5.19% | $163.30 | 0.21% | $2.44 | $0.023 | Bandle Tree |
| Unknown | 20 | 1.55% | $6.45K | 8.25% | $322.40 | $105.77 | Jayce (Signature) |
| Rune | 18 | 1.40% | $34.45 | 0.04% | $1.91 | $2.25 | Chaos Rune (Alternate Art) |
Unit
686The cards that fight on battlefields. Champion units anchor a deck and carry most of its identity.
Spell
249One-shot effects. Removal, tricks and combat surprises, used and then gone.
Legend
128Sits outside the main deck and defines which champion the deck is built around.
Gear
122Stays in play once cast, with ongoing or activated effects rather than a single hit.
Battlefield
67The locations decks fight over, and the board the rest of the game is played on.
Unknown
20Rune
18The resource base that pays for everything else.
Questions about card types
How many card types are there in Riftbound?
Six: Unit, Spell, Legend, Gear, Battlefield, Rune. Every printing in the catalog is exactly one of them, and the type is printed on the card under the name.
Which card type is worth the most?
Legend, which holds 54.11% of everything the catalog is worth across 128 printings, averaging $330.42 a card. Unit is the most numerous type at 686 printings, which is not the same thing at all.
Which type has the most expensive cards on average?
Legend, at $330.42 a printing. The median is $39.39, and the gap between the two is the usual tell: a handful of chase printings pull the average well above what a typical card of that type costs.