Riftbound Budget Decks Part 3: Five Radiance Decks for About $10 Each
Riftbound.gg's third budget series piece reportedly covers Radiance legend decks built from bulk cards at about $10 per deck, and it is billed as the last cheap-deck article before the site returns to meta reports and coverage of regional championships around the world. It presents Seraphine, Riven, Evelynn, Ziggs and Mordekaiser, which together cost about $80 per the author, who says each has a different play style. The Riven list is a cheap stand-in, since the competitive version is worth about $400 and the author calls Riven the best deck in Riftbound.
The Ziggs (RAD-141) deck is reactive. Its plan is to clear battlefields with bombs and conquer with weak units, with a second win condition of running the opponent out of resources. The author says combining bomb board removal with forcing the opponent to discard is something only Ezreal has done so far in Riftbound.
The Seraphine deck cannot use her signature spell in the Pauper format, so players can instead buy the duo structure deck she shares with Evelynn. Its plan is to conquer and trigger RAD-116 every turn, using tokens and Gold Gear tokens.
The Evelynn deck plays Hidden cards without rares like SFD-145 and aims to play at least two cards per turn. Its plan depends on going first or second: when first, OGN-280 is easier to control by conquering it on turn two, and RAD-109 scores two points per hold if the hidden card is not revealed.
Mordekaiser (The Iron Revenant) is recommended for newcomers. The deck summons units and gears and pushes to conquer every turn, and its main worry is card draw.
An Orianna budget deck is not ready. The most expensive gears among commons and uncommons are four 3-cost cards that all require exhausting, and the author wants to avoid playing three copies of her signature gear. The author has an idea for an Ekko deck, but it is held back for a second batch of Radiance legends. Kai'sa and Jhin decks were covered in previous articles.
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