You don’t usually expect a Gear card to set tempo—but Mistfall might be one of the most quietly busted support tools in Riftbound’s early pool.
Sitting at 3 energy with a straightforward text box, Mistfall turns every buff you play into a potential action loop.
It’s not flashy. But in the hands of someone sequencing efficiently? It’s lethal.
Gameplay / Cool Mechanics
Mistfall reads:
“When you buff a friendly unit, you may pay (1 energy) and exhaust this to ready it.”
What this effectively does is convert your buffs into surprise attacks—or double blocks, or off-curve combo turns—depending on what kind of deck you’re running.
The trick is in the ready it clause. There’s no per-turn limit baked into this card’s function.
So if you have the energy and the buffs, Mistfall will keep letting your creatures stand back up.
Think of it like this:
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In tempo decks, it becomes a way to protect your best unit twice in a round.
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In aggressive board builds, it’s a soft rally mechanic that makes your opponent’s calculations useless.
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In midrange mirrors, it forces bad trades or awkward clears.
It doesn’t demand a specific deck to be viable—it just rewards efficient sequencing. And that makes Mistfall a universal threat once people figure it out.
Visuals
The art is heavy on mystery and motion. Long spears pierce the fog, while a pale creature watches from under an ornate dome—half shrine, half ruins.
The palette is dreamlike: deep purples, unnatural greens, bright edge lighting. Everything looks like it’s been paused in the middle of a resurrection.
That’s a vibe that fits the effect perfectly. Mistfall doesn’t deal damage. It doesn’t remove anything. It just quietly brings things back to life. And then lets them move again.
Pull Rate & Value Speculation
Mistfall is card 152/298 in Riftbound’s debut set, slotted as a Gear and likely tagged as Uncommon or Rare, depending on its final foil status.
It’s confirmed not to be overnumbered, but a foil version would be extremely clean if the spear glints or the mist gets a layered gloss.
This isn’t a flavor-chasing collector’s card—it’s a quiet sleeper that serious players will want extras of for deck testing.
Value-wise, cards like this don’t always spike early, but once the meta stabilizes, utility engines like Mistfall tend to hold a spot.
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