Every Riftbound Radiance Signature Card (16)

Riftbound: Radiance has 16 Signature cards, and no official list of them. Riot's card gallery shows Radiance's 219 regular and overnumbered printings; TCGplayer's catalogue matched it when singles began trading. Neither lists a single Signature. This is the full list: every signed Radiance card, who signed it, what it does, and what the first listings asked.

Every card below is in our catalogue with its own page, and each page compares store prices as listings appear. The card images are Riot's own where Riot has shown the card, and photos of real cards where it has not.

What a Signature is

Radiance's base run stops at 167, the number printed after the slash on every card. Everything numbered above it is a chase printing:

• Overnumbered (174/167): new art, foil, numbered above the set.
• Signature (174*/167): the same overnumbered card with a signature printed in foil across the art, and an asterisk after the number. That asterisk is the difference between a few hundred dollars and a few thousand.
• Signed alternate (174a*/167): a letter before the asterisk marks a different version of the signed card. Radiance has one, the Chinese-exclusive Seraphine.

Radiance's Signatures come in two kinds. The nine Legend Signatures are signed by the artist who painted the card: Anna Nikonova's name is on Seraphine, Kindlejack's on Ziggs. The six HEARTSTEEL Signatures are signed in character, with the band member's name scrawled across the art the way a K-pop photocard is.

Radiance Signature prices on 17 October

The cheapest listing we track for each, in US dollars unless marked, from our 17 October snapshot, with the unsigned overnumber beside it:

Read the signed column as asking prices, not values. These are the first listings of a set that is not out yet, from a handful of sellers each, and opening prices move by the day: Riven's unsigned 173/167 was US$1,200 on 16 October and US$500 a day later. The gap between signed and unsigned is the useful part. Where both are listed, the Signature asks between about one and a half times (Yone) and eighteen times (Ziggs) the overnumber, and that ratio is a better guide to what a Signature is worth than any single price.

The nine signed Legends

A Legend is the card a Riftbound deck is built around, so a signed Legend is the one chase card a player can also sit down and play with. Every overnumbered Legend in Radiance has one.

Ekko, Boy Who Shattered Time 168*, art by Blaine Burgos. Ekko's Legend is an Empower card: disempower him and he makes the next unit you play cheaper, at the price of that unit dying at the end of the turn. His Signature was one of the first three Riot showed, in Preview Season's first week.

Ziggs, Hexplosives Expert 169*US$5,000.00, art by Kindlejack. Ziggs plays Bomb gear tokens onto battlefields, and Kindlejack's painting is one of the set's loudest: neon purple, green and red. It carried the highest asking price of any Radiance Signature on 17 October, at US$5,000.

Mordekaiser, Iron Revenant 170*US$1,950.00, art by Taylor Jansen. Mordekaiser banishes cards from your trash to make power for units and gear. His was the first Radiance Signature we saw listed, on eBay Australia at AU$1,499.95 on 16 October.

Orianna, Lady of Clockwork 171*, art by Anh Dang. Orianna turns a gear into a unit with Might equal to its cost, which makes Radiance's expensive gear into large bodies. One of the first three Signatures Riot revealed.

K'Sante, Pride of Nazumah 172*, art by Valentine Tran. A Calm Legend that gives a friendly unit Assault equal to its Shield for a turn. The painting is all shadow and gold light, and Valentine Tran's signature runs in teal across K'Sante's chest.

Riven, The Exile 173*, art by Charles Liu. Riven's Legend makes units you play to battlefields you control enter ready. Her unsigned overnumber was the dearest Radiance Legend on 16 October; the signed one had no listing yet.

Seraphine, Starry-Eyed Songstress 174*US$3,606.53, art by Anna Nikonova. Seraphine lets you exhaust her and three units to make a spell cost 2 less. She leads the Evelynn vs Seraphine Showdown Decks, and her Signature is the chase card of the set: why Seraphine is Radiance's chase card.

Evelynn, Agony's Embrace 175*US$2,778.40, art by Suzaki. Evelynn draws a card when you play one from face down, once each turn. Suzaki signs in black across the painting rather than in coloured foil, which makes this one easy to recognise in a listing. Third among the Legends on 17 October, behind Ziggs and Seraphine, at US$2,778.40 and AU$4,170.70.

Jarvan IV, Exemplar of Demacia 176*US$999.00, art by Herman Ng. Jarvan moves a friendly unit to a battlefield when you play a gear with Deploy there. His unsigned overnumber was the cheapest Legend overnumber on 17 October at US$90, while the Signature asked US$999, eleven times as much.

The six HEARTSTEEL Signatures

HEARTSTEEL's six overnumbered Champion Units are Radiance's other headline: the League of Legends boy band, painted by Luscinia Studio like a sheet of K-pop photocards, stickers and all. Each has a Signature, and each is signed with the member's own name rather than the studio's.

K'Sante, Courageous 178*. The one new card in the group: a 5-energy, 4-Might unit with Accelerate and Shield 2 that channels a rune when he holds. Its Signature is the last Radiance Signature we have no photo of; it joins the gallery when we do.

Aphelios, Exalted 179*. A reprint of the Spiritforged Aphelios, who chooses a bonus each time you attach an Equipment to him. His signature, "APHELIOS" in rainbow foil, runs across his chest under a pink crescent moon.

Ezreal, Dashing 180*US$2,500.00. Ezreal deals damage equal to his Might when he attacks or defends, instead of combat damage. His Signature is the dearest HEARTSTEEL card so far, at US$2,500, with a doodled cat and a "love" sticker beside the signature.

Yone, Blademaster 181*US$679.99. Weaponmaster, and damage to an enemy unit in a base when he conquers an uncontrolled battlefield. His Signature asked US$679.99, the smallest premium over its unsigned twin of any Radiance card.

Kayn, Unleashed 182*US$1,800.00. Ganking, and no damage if he has moved twice this turn. The signature, "KAYN" under a doodled face, is drawn over his arm in silver foil. US$1,800 on 17 October.

Sett, Kingpin 183*. Tank, and +1 Might for each buffed friendly unit at his battlefield. The orange card with the "#BOSS" speech bubble, signed "SETT" in pink and teal. No listing yet.

The full story of the band's cards, which five are reprints and why K'Sante's is new, is in the HEARTSTEEL overnumbered cards.

Seraphine, twice signed

Seraphine is the only champion with two Signatures. The English 174* is Anna Nikonova's Seraphine mid-song. The 174a* is a separate card printed in Simplified Chinese, marked SC after the number, with a completely different painting by BlackVIII: Seraphine underwater among goldfish and jellyfish. It is sold in China only, so English-language collectors buy it through eBay and importers. It was listed from US$1,299.99 on 17 October, against US$3,606.53 for the English Signature.

Which Radiance Signatures to watch

Three patterns stand out from the first week of prices.

Players set the floor, collectors set the ceiling. The Legend Signatures are cards people will play: a Legend is in every deck built around that champion. The HEARTSTEEL Signatures are collected for the band. Seraphine and Evelynn, who are both played and collected through K/DA, sit near the top of the list.

The cheap overnumber is not a cheap Signature. Jarvan IV's unsigned 176 was US$90 and his Signature US$999. A Signature's price follows how few exist, not what the card does.

Early prices fall. Vendetta, the set before Radiance, is the best guide: its median overnumbered unit cost $177 four days before release, $81 in launch week and $73 two months later. Radiance chase cards: what Vendetta's prices say to expect has the full numbers. If you want a Signature to keep rather than to flip, the weeks after 23 October are likely to be cheaper than this one.

Before you buy a Signature

• Check the asterisk on the card itself, in a photo of the bottom-left corner, not in the listing title.
• Look for the foil signature at an angle. A flat photo can hide it.
• Match the language code. EN is the English print; SC is the Chinese 174a*, a different card at a different price.
• Prefer photos of the real card in a hand, sleeve or top loader over stock images.

The Seraphine Signature post goes through each check with examples. Every card above has its own page that compares store prices side by side, and a free account emails you when a Signature you are watching is listed or drops in price.

Where to see Radiance's other chase cards

The Signatures are the top of Radiance's chase cards, not all of them. Packed Amphitheater 184/167US$2,999.99, the Ultimate Rare battlefield, was listed at US$2,999.99 on 16 October. The five K/DA special cards, SP1 to SP5, are Radiance's other limited art. And the Radiance card list has every printing in the set, with live prices from every store we track.