Rebuke is one of those cards that doesn’t pretend to be flashy—it just gets the job done. At 2 cost, this purple spell gives you the cleanest bounce in Riftbound we’ve seen so far.
No trigger conditions, no weird deck-building hoops. You point, they pack their bags.
In a game that thrives on tempo swings and battlefield control, Rebuke reads like a firm slap to any overextended board.
Gameplay / Cool Mechanics
Let’s talk straight: Rebuke is cheap, immediate, and wide-open in utility.
It bounces any unit on any battlefield, back to its owner’s hand—no targeting restrictions by faction, cost, or timing beyond being your turn or a showdown.
That level of flexibility gives it range: early tempo denial, emergency disengage, even combo enablement in decks that want to reset their own units.
It’s also a subtle momentum killer. You don’t just remove a threat—you force the opponent to re-spend tempo and buffs just to reestablish board presence.
That kind of delay can create the breathing room control decks need, or break a midrange curve just enough to let you steal initiative.
And in Riftbound’s buff-economy, yanking a unit with a stack of spent buffs is like stealing chips from the pot after the other guy folded.
Visuals
The art on Rebuke matches the gameplay beat-for-beat. It’s not just a shove—it’s an exorcism.
A ghostly energy erupts from the card’s left side, violently flinging a tattooed fighter into the void.
Shards scatter, limbs flail, and the card’s whole composition leans diagonally as if the battlefield itself is cracking under the spell’s force. It doesn’t ask, it commands.
The color scheme leans hard into Riftbound’s spiritual-purples and cool whites, giving the sense that this is no brute-force play—it’s precision rejection.
Even the simple flavor text—“Get out”—lands like a mic drop.
Pull Rate & Value Speculation
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Card Name: Rebuke
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Set: Riftbound TCG (Preview Season)
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Collector Number: 172/298
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Rarity: Not confirmed, likely Common or Uncommon
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Foil/Variant Info: No alt or overnumbered version revealed yet
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Artist: Kudos Productions
While Rebuke isn’t likely to be a high-value pull on rarity alone, it has sleeper potential for long-term play value.
Cards like this often become staples in archetypes that demand precision removal without the full cost of hard destruction.
If a purple control shell pops up in competitive play, expect Rebuke to be part of it—and foils to quietly climb in price.
Rebuke is the kind of tool every player wants in their back pocket.
You don’t need to hype it—it’ll prove itself the moment someone drops their 6-cost bomb and you send it back to hand for two mana and no apology.
