There are few cards in Riftbound as blunt—and effective—as Vengeance. In a game filled with keywords, combos, and clever sequencing, Vengeance doesn’t bother with finesse.
It’s just four mana to kill a unit. Period.
This is the kind of card that reminds you some answers don’t require conditions or setup—they just need timing.
And if you’re playing Shadow Isles, this might be your go-to solution to enemy threats that try to scale out of control.
Gameplay / Cool Mechanics
Vengeance is the most no-nonsense form of removal Riftbound has shown so far. Kill a unit. No caveats. No damage dealing. No “if X, then Y.” It just deletes something—buffed, stealthed, or armored alike.
The card’s power is in its reliability. At four mana, it’s not cheap, but the fact that it bypasses combat and conditional triggers means you can rip it mid-turn to shift tempo or shut down a carry.
It’s particularly brutal against gear-stacked champions or late-game bombs like overnumbered Legends.
And because it’s not tied to combat, your opponent can’t play around it by avoiding trades.
Control decks love it. Midrange decks sometimes run it as a one-of. Aggro won’t touch it—but that’s fine. It’s not for them.
Visuals
The art on Vengeance is everything you want it to be—sharp, violent, and over in an instant. A soldier’s final gasp, mouth open in horror as spectral force crushes him from the inside out.
The palette is cold and ghostly, all teal and violet shadows, wrapping around the dying unit like the hands of fate.
You almost feel bad for the guy—until you remember he was probably about to wreck your board.
It’s a death scene, frozen mid-scream.
Pull Rate & Value Speculation
Vengeance is card 229/298, likely sitting at rare or higher due to its raw power and simplicity.
If there’s a foil version (and there almost certainly is), expect it to hold solid value in early formats where single-card answers are scarce.
No alt art or overnumbered version has been announced yet, but this is the kind of staple that usually finds its way into premium collector slots later in the TCG cycle.
Expect it to age well if removal keeps scaling with threats.
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