Riftbound Mind decks — meta lists and what they cost
4 real tournament lists in the current metagame play the Mind domain — tier 2, 3. Each one below is card-for-card as its pilot registered it, priced live across US stores.
Mind is the control and knowledge domain — card advantage, information and outthinking the opponent rather than outpacing them. Its decks are built around a small number of engines that do a lot of work, with the rest of the list existing to protect them.
That concentration is a buying problem as much as a play pattern: a Mind list's price is dominated by a handful of premium cards, so the total swings hard on what those few are listed at today. It is the domain where comparing every store on one card moves the build cost most, and where a single restock can change which list is cheapest.
Cheapest place to buy a Mind deck right now
Viktor, Herald of the Arcane — 29 cards, bought across 9 stores to minimise total delivered cost in the United States.
Saves US$4.06 vs buying each card from its own cheapest store (11 stores, more postage)
Mystery MTG
- 1× Viktor, LeaderUS$2.75
- 7× Order RuneUS$45.50
Gear Gaming
- 1× Thousand-Tailed WatcherUS$22.47
- 1× Trifarian War CampUS$0.35
The Nerd Merchant
- 1× Deadly FlourishUS$0.15
- 2× Safety InspectorUS$0.30
- 2× Shadow's CallUS$0.42
- 1× Sprite FountainUS$1.00
- 2× Vi, PeacekeeperUS$6.86
- 5× Mind RuneUS$0.50
Knight and Day Games
- 2× Bellows BreathUS$9.00
Shippin Texas
- 2× Hidden BladeUS$2.14
- 3× Imperial DecreeUS$2.40
PunkOuter Games
- 1× SalvageUS$3.58
- 1× Viktor, Herald of the ArcaneUS$0.34
Misty Mountain Games
- 1× Card SharpUS$0.50
- 2× Noxian EmissaryUS$0.50
- 2× Temporal BreachUS$1.00
- 2× Xin Zhao, VigilantUS$1.50
The CG Realm
- 2× Cull the WeakUS$0.76
- 3× StupefyUS$0.84
- 2× Wages of PainUS$0.38
GG Legends
- 2× Carrion DredgerUS$0.20
- 2× Chakram DancerUS$0.22
- 1× EclipseUS$0.10
- 2× Honest BrokerUS$0.32
- 1× Vanguard CaptainUS$0.19
- 1× Forbidding WasteUS$0.09
- 1× Rockfall PathUS$0.16
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Every Mind deck, priced
Build cost is each card's cheapest in-stock US price, excludes the 12-card rune base, and may span multiple stores. A list shows “not enough listings” rather than a total when too few of its cards currently have a live price to stand behind the number.
Spell Tempo
Chaos/Mind spell tempo, and the deck that won the first real Vendetta event. Leans on an innovative points engine rather than raw board presence, which makes it the sharpest pilot-skill test in the tier.
All Diana cards & prices →
Value Midrange
The budget standout of the whole metagame: the best win rate on this page at roughly a third of the top tier's price. Order/Mind value midrange that grinds opponents out of resources.
All Viktor cards & prices →
Gear Midrange
Riftbound's first Mind/Body legend, built around gear that stays on the board. High skill ceiling and a shaky win rate so far — the archetype is still finding its best configuration.
All Jayce cards & prices →
Tempo / Reach
Chaos/Mind tempo with reach, and a 62% win rate off a small but real sample. Cheap interaction into a burst finish that closes games the board can't.
All Ezreal cards & prices →What every Mind list runs
Cards shared by at least two of the 4 lists above — the pieces you buy first, because they keep their slot whichever version of the deck you settle on. Runes and side-deck cards excluded.
| Card | Lists | Copies | Cheapest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellows Breath | 3 of 4 | up to 3 | US$4.17 |
| Stupefy | 3 of 4 | up to 3 | US$0.23 |
| Temporal Breach | 3 of 4 | up to 3 | US$0.50 |
| Deadly Flourish | 2 of 4 | up to 3 | US$0.15 |
| Fizz, Trickster | 2 of 4 | up to 3 | US$11.59 |
| Stacked Deck | 2 of 4 | up to 3 | US$10.42 |
| Gust | 2 of 4 | up to 2 | US$0.21 |
| Star-Crossed | 2 of 4 | up to 2 | US$0.10 |
| Thousand-Tailed Watcher | 2 of 4 | up to 2 | US$19.49 |
| Wages of Pain | 2 of 4 | up to 2 | US$0.16 |
| Eclipse | 2 of 4 | up to 1 | US$0.10 |
| Rockfall Path | 2 of 4 | up to 1 | US$0.16 |
Champions leading these decks
Each hub lists every printing of every card featuring that champion, priced across stores — the cheapest way to find the alternate arts and Signature prints for a list you already play.
Buying into Mind for less
The cheapest complete Mind list on this page is Viktor, Herald of the Arcane at US$53.49 in the United States. Because postage is charged per store, the cheapest set of individual cards is rarely the cheapest order — the best-basket tool re-solves that for any list you paste in, and every deck page carries its own optimised cart.
New, used & graded listings on eBay.
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Riftbound Mind decks — common questions
How many Riftbound Mind decks are in the current meta?
4 — every Mind deck on this page is a real tournament list from the Vendetta metagame, not a house build, and they span tier 2, 3. The list is re-cut against the published metagame breakdown rather than maintained by hand.
How much does a Riftbound Mind deck cost to build?
Between US$53.49 (Viktor, Herald of the Arcane) and US$220.60 (Jayce, Defender of Tomorrow) in the United States, using each card's cheapest in-stock price across the stores we track. Build cost excludes the 12-card rune base and can span multiple stores.
What is the cheapest Riftbound Mind deck?
Viktor, Herald of the Arcane, at US$53.49 in the United States at today's prices. Prices move daily, so the ranking on this page is re-priced with every import rather than fixed.
Where is the cheapest place to buy a Riftbound Mind deck right now?
Right now the cheapest complete cart for Viktor, Herald of the Arcane is US$122.02 delivered across 9 stores, led by Mystery MTG. That figure includes postage and each store's free-shipping threshold, which is why it can beat buying every card from its individually cheapest store.
Which Riftbound Mind deck has the best win rate?
Viktor, Herald of the Arcane, at 63% across 9 top-8 finishes in the current Vendetta field. Win rate is a tournament statistic from the published metagame breakdown, not a rating or a review.