If you’re building a red ramp strategy in Riftbound, Relentless Storm might just be your quiet MVP.
This isn’t a flashy damage-dealer or a wincon on its own—it’s a pure enabler. One that doesn’t scream on the board but lets your Mighty units hit the field faster, stronger, and with the right runes to tilt the tempo.
If you’re trying to chain together rune-heavy win conditions or push midgame spikes, this is your setup piece.
Gameplay / Cool Mechanics
Relentless Storm is a Legend card aligned with Volibear. Mechanically, it’s straightforward but smart: When you play a Mighty unit, you may exhaust me to channel 1 rune exhausted. That’s it. But that’s everything.
The keyword Mighty applies to units with 5 or more power. So in most aggro or ramp builds, you’re hitting that threshold by turn 4 or 5.
Once that happens, Relentless Storm turns into a reliable rune engine. The fact that it doesn’t cost any mana to activate—just an exhaust—means you’re never giving up tempo. You’re just building more momentum.
This is especially good in decks that want to scale rune counts fast without playing inefficient rune spells.
It lets you focus on board presence while still progressing rune-based effects or objectives. In slower metas, that’s a real advantage.
Also worth noting: you don’t need to use the effect every time. It’s optional. That matters when you’re playing around exhaust timing or holding for combo turns.
Visuals
Visually, Relentless Storm is all muscle and voltage. Volibear towers with storm-charged fury—electric etchings crackle across his fur, and those gauntlets feel like power conduits.
The blue lightning contrast against his white fur is dramatic, almost primal. There’s no action pose here—he’s just standing still, and that still feels dangerous.
This is not a card about chaos. It’s a card about inevitability.
Pull Rate & Value Speculation
Card #249/298, Relentless Storm is a Legend-tier card and part of the Volibear package. It hasn’t been shown with an alternate art or foil yet, but this is exactly the kind of utility legend that gains value slowly over time.
Not every deck needs it—but the decks that do will run two or three.
Collectors are likely to value this less for flash and more for long-term playability.
If the rune mechanic becomes central to a future format—or if Volibear’s archetype spikes in power—Relentless Storm could become a chase card not because it wins games directly, but because it lets you build the engine that does.
Relentless Storm is the kind of card that wins quietly by making the rest of your deck better.
In a red rune ramp shell, it’s a rock-solid staple. Might not look like much, but it brings thunder.
