Radiance Pre-Order Prices, Two Weeks Later

On 24 September we published a guide to where to buy Riftbound Radiance, with the prices we saw that day. Two weeks on, with Preview Season over and Pre-Rift a week away, the market looks noticeably different. This post compares the two dates using our own data: every Radiance listing at every store we track, as it stood on 9 October 2026 at 15:06 UTC.

Two definitions before the numbers. A listing is open if the store's own page showed the product as available to order. It is closed if the page did not. A closed listing can mean the store sold its allocation or stopped taking pre-orders, and our data cannot tell which. All prices are each store's listed price, before postage, in its own currency.

The short version

The US distributor MSRP is US$120 for a 24-pack Booster Display, US$34.99 for the Vault Bundle and US$34.99 for the Showdown Decks. No official price has been published outside the US.

1. The marketplace premium is mostly gone

Our 24 September guide warned that marketplace prices for an unreleased product are sellers' asking prices for stock they have not received yet, and that those prices usually fall once real supply arrives. They fell earlier than that. Two weeks before release, and before any store had shipped a box, TCGplayer's cheapest listings had already dropped a long way:

The Vault Bundle is the clearest example. On 24 September it was listed at almost four times MSRP. On 9 October it was about one and a half times. A display on TCGplayer now costs the same as one at Miniature Market, which listed it at US$149.99. Miniature Market itself had been US$139.99 on 24 September.

Why did this happen before release? Our data shows the prices, not the reasons, so the most we can do is offer a likely one. Early marketplace listings come from a few sellers who are confident of their allocation, and they price against nothing. As more sellers confirm their orders and list, the cheapest listing drops toward what stores charge. Even so, the cheapest US store display open to order, US$129.97 at Game Nerdz, was still US$20 under the cheapest TCGplayer listing. In the US, a store pre-order is still the cheapest way to buy, but by less than it was.

2. The UK fell from about £155 to about £120

UK stores show the biggest change at store level. On 24 September the displays we saw were around £150–160. On 9 October, five of the ten UK listings we track were priced between £119.75 and £119.99: Card Vault, Zatu Games, Tier Zero Games, Gathering Games and Spellbound Games. So many stores on the same price suggests a common reference point, though we can only see the prices, not why stores chose them.

The catch is that most of those £119.99 listings were closed. Of the ten UK listings, three were open:

• Roll N Play, £115, the cheapest open UK display we track
• Spellbound Games, £119.99
• the cheapest eBay listing we track, £123.50

Total Cards had listed a display at £98.96, the lowest UK price we saw, but it was closed. At the top, Monster Card Corner was at £174, also closed. A UK buyer in October should therefore expect about £115–£125 for a display, and should check whether the cheaper listings reopen. Our price alerts can watch a product for you.

3. Canada's cheap boxes went first

Canada has more Radiance display listings than any other market we track, 20 in all, and it is the market where the cheap end has emptied out. On 9 October:

• Closed (16 listings): Game 3 and 401 Games at C$149.95; Card Brawlers, GT Games and Red Riot Games at C$149.99; Crypt MTG at C$159.99; Mad Merchant at C$160; Boutique L'Artefact at C$169.99; Enter the Battlefield at C$179.99; Hobbiesville at C$189.95; Silver Goblin at C$199.99; Vulcan Collectibles at C$204.99; Sky Fox Games at C$224.99; Card Dynasty and Jack's On Queen at C$229.99; and Banana Games & Hobby at C$249.95.
• Open (4 listings): EA Collectibles at C$245, the cheapest eBay listing at C$249.95, Alt F4 at C$249.99 and Face to Face Games at C$249.99.

Every listing under C$245 was closed. On 24 September our guide quoted Hobbiesville at C$189.95 and Sky Fox at C$184.99. Hobbiesville's price has not changed, but its listing is closed. Sky Fox's listing now reads C$224.99 and is closed too.

So the cheapest Radiance display you could order in Canada went from about C$185 to C$245, an increase of about a third. The rise did not come from open listings repricing. The cheaper listings closed one after another until only the dearest were left. For a Canadian buyer, the realistic options now are to pay about C$245, watch whether the closed stores reopen, or wait for release-day stock.

4. Europe has the most open listings

The eurozone is the opposite of Canada. Seventeen of its twenty listings were open, and they spread from €119.95 (EGD Games Meepledin, Factory Cards) through €120 (Fuhrious, G3TCG) and €124.95 (Industria 61, Micelion Games) to a median of €130. Only Zillerstore at €115, Mana Vortex Shop at €119.90 and Brickz'n'More at €120 were closed.

The top of the range is worth a note. Universe TCG, which we quoted at €125 on 24 September, listed its display at €192 on 9 October. Half the open eurozone listings are at €130 or less, so a price like that is easy to avoid by comparing.

Europe also has the most open Vault Bundles of any market: ten open listings under the Vault name, from €28.90 at S-Games, and five more under the Vault Bundle name from €32.95.

5. Australia and Singapore: few listings left

Australia has only four display listings we track. Two were open: Mana Market at A$230 and the cheapest eBay listing at A$235.93. PokéBox and Vault Games, both at A$239.99, were closed. The A$230 is about A$10 under the A$239.99 we saw on 24 September, but with so few listings, any single store's restock or sell-out moves the cheapest price.

Singapore was already tight on 24 September, when Flagship Games had sold out at S$160. On 9 October all three Singapore store listings we track were closed: The Avid Collectors at S$140, Flagship Games at S$160 and Hideout at S$180. The only open listing was eBay, at S$189.74. If you are in Singapore and do not already have an order, the eBay price or release-day stock are the options we can see.

The other products

Booster displays get the attention, but most people's first Radiance purchase is something smaller. Here is the cheapest open listing for each, on 9 October:

The US row stands out. Every US store listing we track for the Showdown Decks was closed, including Fabricator's Forge at US$24.99 and Many Realms and PunkOuter Games at US$34.99, which left eBay and TCGplayer as the open options, both above MSRP. For the Vault Bundle, Kollect Korner at US$49.99 was the one US store still open; Many Realms at US$34.99 and Fabricator's Forge and PunkOuter at US$39.99 were closed. In the UK and the eurozone, both products were open at several stores.

A Pre-Rift seat is still the cheapest way to open Radiance early. As our what we know about Radiance post explains, a Pre-Rift kit holds five booster packs, a playable mini-deck with its champion's Legend and Unit, and a promo. At US$25, that is about what the five packs alone cost at MSRP, with the deck and the promo on top. Pre-Rift events run from 16 to 22 October, and they are played under the rules update Riot published on 9 October.

What this does and does not tell you

It tells you where Radiance could actually be ordered two weeks before release, at what price, and how that differed from two weeks earlier. It does not tell you where prices go next, and we do not publish forecasts. Three limits are worth stating:

• Store coverage. These are the stores we track: 68 display listings across six markets. A store we do not track can be cheaper or still open.
• Open and closed. A closed listing may reopen if a store gets more stock, and a store may show a product as open and then cancel orders if its allocation is cut. Read a store's terms before you order.
• One moment in time. These figures are from 9 October at 15:06 UTC. The live comparison updates every day, so check it for today's prices.

If you are buying this week

• US, UK or eurozone: stores still have open displays, from US$129.97, £115 and €119.95 on 9 October. Compare on the pre-order page and pick a store whose terms you trust.
• Canada or Singapore: the cheap allocations are closed. Decide between today's open price and release-day stock, and set a price alert so you hear if a closed store reopens.
• You want specific cards, not boxes: singles prices start appearing around Pre-Rift. Our chase cards post shows what Vendetta's chase prices did in launch week. For opening product, the Box EV calculator is where Radiance's pull rates will go once they are published.

After release, Radiance products move from the pre-order page to the sealed comparison, where the same stores keep being compared every day.