Riot Games has pulled back the curtain on Riftbound's 2027 release schedule, laying out two full expansions and teasing two more in its August 2026 State of the Game update, published August 3 on the official Riftbound site and Riot's corporate newsroom.

Riftbound is Riot's trading card game set in the League of Legends universe. Players build decks around iconic champions — called Legends in the game — and face off in head-to-head or team formats. The game launched in 2025, and its competitive scene has been growing steadily since.

The update arrives alongside a milestone for the game's current cycle. Vendetta, Riftbound's fourth expansion, released on July 31 and became the first set to reach full release parity across every language the game supports — meaning all players, regardless of region, got access at the same time. The set also brought new ban-list updates for the Standard format and introduced a Constructed 2v2 ban list, according to a July 17 rules post on the Riftbound news page.

Looking ahead, Riftbound's fifth expansion, Radiance, is scheduled for October 23, 2026. But the headline of the 2027 roadmap is Legacy — the game's sixth set, launching January 29, 2027, and its largest to date at 346 cards.

Legacy is built heavily around the draft format, where players open fresh booster packs and build decks on the spot rather than bringing pre-built decks. To support new players jumping in, Legacy releases Proving Grounds Second Edition: four preconstructed decks whose cards can all be pulled from Legacy booster packs. That's a change from the first edition, tied to the game's launch set Origins, which included cards unavailable in packs.

The set adds 12 new playable Legends, including Ashe, Garen, Heimerdinger, Illaoi, Karma, Lux, Tryndamere, and Vladimir.

Riftbound's seventh set, The Reckoning, follows on April 30, 2027. It's a 264-card expansion introducing nine new Legends, among them Aurelion Sol, Cho'Gath, Shyvana, Vayne, and Zilean. Beyond that, Riot teased the game's eighth set as focused on Bandle City — home of the Yordles, the small, colourful creatures from League of Legends lore — with the ninth set pointing toward the Shadow Isles, a region associated with the undead in the game's universe.

For collectors and event-goers, Riot is offering the Secret Garden kit, themed around the game's third set, Unleashed, and the Legend Ivern, Green Father. Priced at US$70, the kit includes three alt-art cards (alternate illustrated versions of existing cards): Ivern, Green Father; Lillia, Bashful Bloom; and Ultrasoft Poro. It also packs five alt-art double-sided tokens, two sleeve packs, two full-art postcards, and three Unleashed booster packs. The kit is available only at select events, with Gen Con 2026 — one of tabletop gaming's largest conventions — as the first stop.

Riot also confirmed a T1 2025 Worlds Championship Collection, similar to last year's Worlds Bundle, tying into the competitive calendar. Riftbound's North American Regional Championship is set for Convergence Fest in Las Vegas, running December 11–13, 2026.

The State of the Game update noted that a follow-up Roadmap article and a Creators update for 2027 would arrive the following Wednesday, offering more detail on what's ahead.

For a game that only launched last year, Riftbound is moving at a brisk pace: seven named sets across roughly two years, a growing competitive circuit, and a clear push to make organised play accessible to newcomers. The Legacy set's draft focus and beginner-friendly preconstructed decks suggest Riot is betting that fresh players will keep the game's momentum going well into 2027.