Soulgorger is the kind of card that makes you rethink what the late game even means.
Sitting at 8 Energy with a 5 Power statline, this Shadow Isles Spirit isn’t trying to outpace anyone—it’s here to collapse the timeline. One moment you’ve stabilized.
The next, your opponent dumps a Soulgorger, and suddenly their board is full again. This isn’t a win-more card. It’s a win-back-everything card.
Gameplay / Cool Mechanics
Let’s talk effect. Soulgorger reads: “When you play me, you may play a unit from your trash, ignoring its Energy cost. (You must still pay its Power cost.)” That’s a one-line necromantic swing.
This isn’t just recursion. This is tempo reclamation on steroids. Late-game decks are always looking for ways to cheat mana—or in Riftbound’s case, Energy.
Soulgorger gives you a straight shot to throw something massive back onto the board without worrying about the energy cost. If your trash is stocked with mid-to-high cost threats, this becomes a two-for-one momentum bomb.
The balancing factor is subtle but smart: you still pay the Power cost. That means you’re probably bringing back something in the 3–6 Power range—not just mindlessly slamming titans.
But in Shadow Isles decks that lean into self-mill, sacrifice, or trade-heavy strategies, your graveyard is a toolkit. Soulgorger gives you access to it.
This also pairs absurdly well with cards like Rhasa the Sunderer—trash-fueled threats that feed the exact recursion line Soulgorger thrives on.
Visuals
The art is visceral. Soulgorger appears mid-transcendence—part decayed beast, part ghost, unraveling into the aether.
The soul stream flowing through its torso reads like pure arcane energy being funneled into a corpse engine.
The jagged rocks in mid-air amplify the moment: something powerful just got yanked back into the mortal plane, and it didn’t come alone.
The color palette is classic Shadow Isles—black and teal, but darker than usual, bordering on ink. It’s less ghost story and more ritual gone wrong.
Pull Rate & Value Speculation
Soulgorger is card 196 of 298 in the main set. We don’t have confirmed rarity or foil details yet, but the effect is powerful enough to warrant rare or even legendary status.
If a foil exists, it’s likely to feature a glowing soul ribbon that makes this an eye-catcher in any deck sleeve or binder page.
There’s no word on an alt art or overnumbered version yet—but if Rhasa gets attention, Soulgorger will ride shotgun in any necrocore collection.
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