Riftbound’s latest alternate art drop brings a colder, sharper take on one of its most threatening Champions. Leona returns, but not in radiant gold—this time, she’s forged from obsidian.
Her mechanics are unchanged, but the message? Way more final. If the original version was sunlight and triumph, this one is eclipse and execution.
Gameplay / Cool Mechanics
Leona still hits hard on both tempo and control. For 6 mana, you get a Champion Unit that can enter ready if your opponent is within 3 points of the Victory Score—essentially a late-game momentum breaker. She’s built to punish any attempt at closing out the game.
Her main passive is a brutal -8 debuff to stunned enemy units, with a floor of 1. That’s not soft control. That’s a crushing mechanical advantage if you’ve built around stun synergy (think Solari Shrine or Duskshield Operative).
You don’t need to remove threats when you can just dim them into irrelevance. Even big closers get choked out under Leona’s presence.
She doesn’t need to be clever. She’s just final.
Visuals
This alternate Leona is all edge. The armor’s jet-black with molten red veins running through it like lava under pressure.
Her white hair, centered against the circular glow behind her head, evokes an eclipse—light bending around a void.
The eye is immediately drawn to the burning solar core at her chest. This isn’t radiant warmth—it’s controlled annihilation.
The pose is still commanding, but there’s more silence here. It’s not triumph—it’s warning.
Pull Rate & Value Speculation
Leona from Riftbound TCG (alt version) is listed as 079a/298, which marks it as an alternate art for a high-value Champion.
The ‘a’ tag usually flags an alternate print, and if it follows previous trends, it’s almost certainly going to have a foil version and potentially a serialized overnumbered run.
Collectors love visual flips like this—especially when the gameplay remains the same but the tone completely shifts.
Expect Leona to be a chase card in Mount Targon decks, not just for players, but for anyone building a high-end Champion foil binder.
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