Riftbound Radiance collector guide: dates, products and key cards

Riftbound Radiance, the game's fifth set, released on 23 October 2026 in English, French and Chinese, with no Spanish edition. Preview season ended on 9 October and store Pre-Rifts on 22 October. Riot marked its overview article as final on 16 October and the official card gallery lists the full set, which means this guide is about what actually exists, how to tell printings apart and how to build a sensible want list.

Official Radiance dates

Dates come from Riot's Radiance overview (published 25 September, last updated 16 October 2026) and the set roadmap Riot posted on 3 August.

Milestone	Date	Status on 6 Nov 2026
Preview season	25 September – 9 October	Finished
Riot Merch purchase drawing sign-up	25 – 30 September	Closed
Radiance errata and rules patch notes	Posted 9 October; rules effective 16 October	Published
Pre-Rifts at local stores	16 – 22 October	Finished
Release	23 October	Out now
Summoner Skirmish 1 and 2	From 9 November and from 14 December	Upcoming; Riot retires them in 2027
Gift of the Rift Bundle	4 December	Announced
Next set, Legacy	29 January 2027 (Pre-Rift 22–28 January)	Announced
Madrid Regional (Legacy format)	5 – 7 February 2027, IFEMA	Announced

Riot's Spanish-language site gives the same three languages, so there are no Spanish-language Radiance cards. Collectors in Spain will mostly see English and French copies, which is why the language belongs on every line of a want list. Our card language and edition guide covers how that affects a trade.

Radiance previews are over: where to find the full list

The first cards appeared on 18 September during the LCS and LEC broadcasts. Previews officially kicked off on 25 September at the Los Angeles Regional Qualifier and ran through creators and media outlets until 9 October, with one final creator reveal still listed for 10 October. If you searched for "riftbound radiance previews", there is nothing left to reveal.

The place to check now is the card gallery on playriftbound.com, which Riot refreshed daily at 5pm Pacific with the previous day's reveals. On 18 October it held 219 Radiance entries, each with collector number, rarity and artist. The overview article also prints both Showdown deck lists in full.

Radiance products

Product	Official contents	Best for
Booster Display	24 packs of 14 cards, with Ekko and Seraphine on the box.	Opening a lot of random product.
Showdown Decks: Seraphine vs. Evelynn	Two 56-card preconstructed decks, two paper playmats and a rulebook.	Two people who want to play straight away, or anyone after those exact cards without the randomness.
Vault	Storage box, six Radiance packs, foil tokens and 36 Runes.	Storing runes and tokens, with a few packs on top.
Pre-Rift kit	Five packs, one champion pack for one of the nine new Legends (Legend, Rare Champion, Battlefield and support cards) and the Heimerdinger, Academy Instructor promo.	Sold only at stores that ran a Pre-Rift, 16–22 October.

The only official prices we found are Riot Merch's for drawing winners: €127.99 or $119.99 for the display and €36.99 or $34.99 for the Showdown decks, plus shipping. Sign-up for that drawing closed on 30 September, so treat these as a dated reference point rather than what a local shop will charge.

What is in a Radiance booster

Riot's overview lists this layout for each 14-card pack, plus an informational insert:

7 Commons and 3 Uncommons.
1 foil slot: Common, Uncommon, Rare or Epic.
1 Rare or Epic.
1 upgrade slot: Rare, Epic, Alt Art, Special Alt Art, Overnumber or Ultimate Rare.
1 Token, Rune or Alt Art Rune.

Riot puts the Ultimate Rare at roughly 0.025% of packs across the print run and says no pack, box or case is guaranteed one. That works out to about one per 4,000 packs on average, or around 167 displays. It is an average over the whole print run: you could hit it in your first pack or miss it across hundreds of boxes.

How many cards are in Radiance? Three different answers

Official figures disagree here. The 3 August roadmap says 167 cards with 61 Showcase. The drawing FAQ from 25 September says 180 cards including 66 Showcase. The gallery, checked today, numbers the base set out of 167 and then adds several extra ranges.

Gallery numbering	What it covers	Entries
RAD-001 to RAD-167	Base set, including the nine regular Legends	167
RAD-xxxa (e.g. RAD-021a)	Alt Art for nine champions, two each	18
RAD-168 to RAD-184	Overnumbered: nine Legends, seven units and the Ultimate Rare battlefield	17
RAD-SP1 to SP5	K/DA Special Alt Art	5
RAD-R01 to R06, with and without "a"	Runes and Alt Art Runes	12

The gallery tags 46 of those entries as Showcase, and signed versions are not listed separately. Until Riot reconciles the numbers, track every card by its full printed code, not against a headline total.

Key cards for collectors

Packed Amphitheater (RAD-184). Riot says the game's first showcase Battlefield is also the set's Ultimate Rare, the second in Riftbound after Unleashed's Baron and harder to find than it. In the gallery, the only Showcase battlefield is Packed Amphitheater, RAD-184. The same card also exists as a regular Uncommon, RAD-164, with a different artist, so ask for a photo of the collector number before discussing a trade for "the Amphitheater".

Nine overnumbered Legends (RAD-168 to 176). Boy Who Shattered Time (Ekko), Hexplosives Expert (Ziggs), Iron Revenant (Mordekaiser), Lady of Clockwork (Orianna), Pride of Nazumah (K'Sante), The Exile (Riven), Starry-Eyed Songstress (Seraphine), Agony's Embrace (Evelynn) and Exemplar of Demacia (Jarvan IV). Riot says these can also turn up with an artist's signature, without publishing how many signatures exist or how often they appear.

Overnumbered units (RAD-177 to 183). Ekko, K'Sante, Aphelios, Ezreal, Yone, Kayn and Sett, with Riot singling out the Heartsteel overnumbers as the featured showcase. Check which card each one upgrades: RAD-177 is the showcase version of Ekko, Revolutionary (RAD-021), not of Ekko, Ingenious (RAD-061).

K/DA (RAD-SP1 to SP5). Ahri, Akali, Evelynn, Kai'Sa and Seraphine as Special Alt Art. Riot says they turn up at roughly the same rate as regular Alt Arts.

Promos outside packs. Heimerdinger, Academy Instructor was given out at Pre-Rifts while supplies lasted, and a regular Rare version is in packs (RAD-132). The Nexus Nights chase card is Lulu, Whimsical, which is also a Rare in the set (RAD-110). The November and December Summoner Skirmishes award a Champion card and a playmat, though the overview does not name the card. They will be the last ones: on 26 October Riot announced that Nexus Cup and Challenge Series replace them in 2027, and that unused byes can be redeemed at any 2027 Regional or swapped for a set 7 promo until 31 December 2027.

How to plan your collection and trades

Pick the goal first. One of each base card (167), a full set including variants, or a single character. The list changes a lot: Ekko alone has five unit entries in the gallery, plus a regular and an overnumbered Legend.
Log the full code on your want list. RAD-021 and RAD-021a play identically but are different targets for a collector. Add the language (EN, FR or ZH) and whether it is foil.
Use Showdown for specific cards. If you need cards that come in those decks, the full lists are already public and can save you from chasing them in packs.
Trade around release week. Between Pre-Rift and the first weeks after launch, lots of people are opening product and holding duplicates. Keep your trade pile apart from your keepers and agree on condition using our Mint, Near Mint and LP guide.
For play, follow the official text. On 9 October Riot posted errata for four Radiance cards: Elnuk Herd, Last Caress, Forbidden Technique and Neeko, Blending In. The page does not say whether printed copies already carry the corrected wording.

On TradeMatches you can post have and want lists, see nearby collectors whose lists overlap with yours and use your province chat to arrange a swap at the store where you play. New to the game? Start with our Riftbound beginner guide for collectors, and for finding a table, see where to trade Riftbound cards in Spain.

FAQ

Is Radiance coming out in Spanish?

Not according to Riot. As of 6 November 2026, even the Spanish edition of Riot's site says the launch was in English, French and Chinese only, and none of the official pages we checked mention a Spanish printing.

What is the Radiance Ultimate Rare?

Packed Amphitheater, battlefield RAD-184. Riot describes its first showcase Battlefield as the Ultimate Rare, and it is the only Showcase battlefield in the official gallery. Do not mix it up with the regular Uncommon RAD-164, which shares the name.

Are there still Radiance previews to come?

No. Preview season wrapped on 9 October and the overview got its final update on 16 October with the set complete. What remains is the 23 October launch and the November and December events.

Will opening boxes complete the set?

No. No box guarantees an Ultimate Rare, a specific Overnumber or a signed card. For particular chase cards, trading or buying singles is usually the more efficient route.

Sources and checks

Checked on 18 October 2026: the official Riot pages below, plus the Radiance data in the playriftbound.com card gallery, which is where the collector numbers, rarities and counts above come from. Updated on 6 November 2026 with the release, Riot's 2027 organized play announcement and the Gift of the Rift Bundle.