If you’re trying to open strong and stay ahead, Obelisk of Power is one of the most quietly dangerous Battlefield reveals we’ve seen in Riftbound so far.
It doesn’t look like much on the surface—no keywords, no crazy stat buffs—but the moment you understand what “channels 1 rune” means in this context, you realize this card warps early turns. Hard.
Obelisk of Power is all about tempo. Not the aggressive kind that dumps its hand by turn 2—but the resource-control kind that builds inevitability from the opening hand.
Gameplay / Cool Mechanics
Let’s break it down. Obelisk of Power reads:
“At the start of each player’s first Beginning Phase, that player channels 1 rune.”
That’s not just a mana bump. In Riftbound, runes are your access to power spikes—think spells, abilities, and unlocking combo lines.
Getting one rune for free, guaranteed, at the start of your first turn smooths awkward hands and lets slower decks stabilize without skipping beats.
For fast decks, it means explosive curve-outs where a player gets to cheat a midrange line without stalling.
It’s symmetrical, sure—but symmetrical effects aren’t equal when you build for them.
You bring Obelisk of Power when you know how to punish someone else’s free rune. You bring it when your deck knows how to snowball that advantage better than theirs.
We’ll probably see this slotted into rune-based combo decks and slower value engines that just need that one extra rune to keep pace with aggressive board states early on.
It’s niche—but potent in the right shell.
Visuals
The art shows exactly what the name promises. A shattered landscape split open by raw magical lightning, with the titular obelisk towering above like a divine battery.
Glowing cracks run through the terrain, lit by blue-white veins of power that almost feel like circuitry across broken stone.
The atmosphere is charged. There’s no sign of life—only magic, ancient and awake.
It’s a haunting visual that sells the magnitude of what’s being tapped here. This isn’t a temple. This is a power source. And now it’s yours.
Pull Rate & Value Speculation
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Card Name: Obelisk of Power
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Type: Battlefield
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Collector Number: 284/298
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Foil Status: Unconfirmed, but lightning motifs usually shine hard in foil
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Artist: Chris Kintner
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Alt Art / Overnumbered?: None revealed yet
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Chase Value?: Mid-tier interest. This won’t be a top-shelf pull unless rune-focused decks rise in Tier 1, but collectors might want it for set completion or synergy-based builds.
If a control or combo deck breaks out that abuses early rune gains, Obelisk of Power will spike overnight. Until then, it’ll fly under the radar.
Final Word / Opinion
Obelisk of Power isn’t loud, but it’s dangerous. This is the kind of Battlefield that control players quietly pray for in their opener—and aggro decks ignore at their own risk.
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