Not every five-cost spell has to be flashy—Reinforce gets the job done with raw tempo and clean deck manipulation.
For midrange and late-game curve decks, this might be the most efficient card revealed in Preview Season so far.
It’s not game-ending on its own, but it can turn a board state on its head without costing you card advantage.
In Riftbound’s current pacing, Reinforce is what you drop when you’re looking to cheat momentum, not just stats.
Gameplay / Cool Mechanics
Let’s be clear: Reinforce is card filtering, mana cheating, and card selection rolled into one spell.
Five energy to look at your top five cards, drop a unit from among them, and cut its energy cost by five is a massive swing.
If that unit was 6+ cost? You just played a late-game bomb at near-zero cost. If it was a 5-drop, you got a clean tempo-neutral drop and hand-fix.
And because the remaining cards get recycled, Reinforce avoids one of the biggest weaknesses of most search effects—deck dilution. You’re not just thinning or tossing.
You’re sculpting the next turn with perfect clarity. This is going to be a staple in decks that want to curve into power plays early or get their Champions down a turn ahead of schedule.
The only real downside? It’s dead if your top five whiff on units. But in a 25+ unit build, that’s a rare fail.
Visuals
The art for Reinforce shows two armored warriors striding out of radiant light—one with a broadsword, the other with a long spear—flanked by an almost holy golden glow.
There’s zero ambiguity here: this card is about presence. It’s the visual embodiment of “help has arrived.” Static but assertive.
The lighting is what sells it, casting them like divine reinforcements summoned by will, not luck.
Pull Rate & Value Speculation
Reinforce is card 062/298 in the Riftbound base set.
No confirmation yet on rarity, but it’s leaning toward uncommon or low-rare based on effect strength and design space.
It hasn’t been shown with an alt-art or foil yet, but given how visually iconic the artwork is and its likely inclusion in control and toolbox decks, don’t be surprised if Reinforce gets a promo print or collector upgrade later.
If Riftbound starts shaping up with energy-ramp decks or big-body tempo plays, Reinforce is going to be a quiet value engine people wish they pre-collected.
