A · Fundamentals · §3
A spell-dense tempo deck with a guaranteed external threat — 16 shuffled units, an empty three-Energy slot, and 19 spells that cannot score.
4 cards sit outside the curve — the Battlefield and the Legend are played from their own zones and have no Energy cost.
Card types
40 cards in the main deck. The Battlefield and Legend play from their own zones and are not counted.
Power by domain
9 of 44 listed cards carry a Power requirement. A card with two domains counts under both, so these do not sum to the deck size.
Energy, type and domain are printed card values from the Riftcodex snapshot, joined against this guide’s list.
＋ Bring in (tap to add copies)
− Take out
16 shuffled units.
From the guide — §3 Deck Architecture
The deck is registered as 40 cards including Akali, Silent. The Chosen Champion begins in the Champion Zone, leaving 39 shuffled cards and 16 shuffled units. Riftbound’s deckbuilding rules make the Chosen Champion part of the Main Deck while placing it in the Champion Zone at the start of the game.◆src
That distinction matters enormously. You have guaranteed access to a powerful four-Energy threat, but your actual library is only 16 units, 4 Gear and 19 spells. This is a spell-dense tempo deck with a reliable external threat, not a 17-unit conventional midrange deck.
One- and two-Energy cards let you develop while representing interaction. The three-Energy unit slot is completely empty in Game 1 — Back Off is the only three-cost card. Durable midgame bodies begin at four, and the six-Energy top end exists only after sideboarding.