Hand of Noxus isn’t here to finesse the board—it’s here to crush it under a steel boot.
This card is Riftbound’s rawest expression of red-region brutality so far.
It’s part of the Legion tag, signaling synergy with Noxian swarm and aggro tempo, but where most early red cards aim to dominate the battlefield, Hand of Noxus goes one level deeper: it dominates the resource economy.
This is how Noxus ramps—through blood, not mana crystals.
Gameplay / Cool Mechanics
Let’s break it down. Hand of Noxus is a Reaction-speed Legion card that triggers an Add 1 effect, meaning it gives you a resource bump—but with a twist.
Abilities that Add resources normally come with timing windows or counterplay. Not here. This one can’t be reacted to. If you’ve played a card already this turn, you just get the boost—clean and brutal.
In a game where tempo advantage is king, this is huge. Think about it: you open with a cheap body, then drop this mid-combat to fuel an unreactable third play.
That could be a finisher, a surprise gear equip, or a spell your opponent can’t prepare for. It makes Hand of Noxus a tempo battering ram.
It also fits neatly into red-heavy lists that want to play wide and fast, enabling turns that snowball out of nowhere.
It’s not flashy. It’s not subtle. It just works.
Visuals
Peter Kim’s art nails the vibe. Darius doesn’t feel like a general here—he feels like a juggernaut. One foot planted on a broken soldier, axe raised, jaw wide with the roar of inevitability
The framing cuts off everything else. No battlefield. No context. Just domination. The image is practically a statement: your resources are mine now.
Pull Rate & Value Speculation
Hand of Noxus clocks in at 302/298, marking it as another overnumbered Legend rarity card in Riftbound TCG. That alone puts it on collector radars.
No alt art or foil has been previewed, but expect high demand from red deck players and Darius fans alike.
The unreactable Add effect is unique and may not show up often in this exact form again.
If Riftbound’s competitive meta ends up speed-focused—and there’s early reason to believe it will—Hand of Noxus could become a must-run in aggressive decks.
Especially if future cards reward hitting resource breakpoints fast.
Read more – King’s Edict from Riftbound TCG
