# Legacy Pre-Orders Are Already Selling Out

_2026-11-01 · RiftCompare_

Three months before release, 12 of the 17 Legacy booster box pre-orders we track are sold out, and the cheapest ones went first. Market by market.

Riftbound: Legacy releases on **29 January 2027**, and no card from it has even been shown yet: the first previews are at Convergence Fest in Las Vegas from 13 December. Stores opened their Legacy pre-orders weeks ago anyway, and many of them have already closed again.

On **31 October 2026**, the stores RiftCompare tracks had **17 Legacy booster box pre-orders** listed across the US, UK, eurozone, Canada and Singapore. **Twelve were sold out.** The five still open were, almost without exception, the dearer ones.

The live version of every number here is on **[the Legacy pre-order comparison](/legacy-preorders)**, which re-reads every store daily. Below is what it showed on 31 October, as item prices before shipping, with each store's own stock flag.

## Booster boxes: the cheap ones went first

| Market | Cheapest box listed | Status | Cheapest box still open |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | £90.00 (Mox in the Hole) | Sold out | **None open** (Zatu £119.76 and Tier Zero £119.95 sold out too) |
| Canada | C$169.95 (401 Games) | Sold out | C$229.95 (Banana Games & Hobby) |
| United States | US$144.00 (Hobbiesville) | Sold out | US$159.99 (one store) |
| Eurozone | €119.00 (SpellNexus) | **Open** | €119.00 (SpellNexus) |
| Singapore | S$200.00 (TEFUDA) | Open | S$200.00 (TEFUDA) |

The US distributor's list price for the 24-pack Legacy Booster Display is **US$120**. Riot has published no price itself, and no list price outside the US has been announced, so every other market's number is the store's own.

### Canada: eight stores, six sold out

Canada is where we track the most Legacy listings, and it shows the pattern most clearly. Every box priced under C$200 was gone:

| Store | Price | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 Games | C$169.95 | Sold out |
| The 6ix TCGs Markham | C$169.99 | Sold out |
| GT Games | C$169.99 | Sold out |
| New Realm Games | C$189.95 | Sold out |
| Hobbiesville | C$199.95 | Sold out |
| Sky Fox Games | C$199.99 | Sold out |
| Banana Games & Hobby | C$229.95 | Open |
| Card Dynasty | C$229.99 | Open |

That is a C$60 gap between the cheapest box anyone listed and the cheapest one anyone could still buy, for an identical unopened product. Radiance went the same way in Canada: two weeks after its pre-orders opened, 16 of the 20 Canadian Radiance display listings we tracked were closed, including every one under C$245.

### United Kingdom: three listings, none open

Three UK stores we track had listed a Legacy box, at £90 (Mox in the Hole), £119.76 (Zatu Games) and £119.95 (Tier Zero Games). All three were sold out; we checked Tier Zero's page by hand the same day, and it showed "Sold out" against a 29 January release. If you are in the UK and want a box from a store, you are waiting for either a re-open or a store we do not track yet.

### United States: one open store

In the US, Hobbiesville's US$144 box was sold out, and the one open store box pre-order we track was **US$159.99**, US$40 over MSRP. The marketplaces were far higher (below).

### Eurozone and Singapore: the exceptions

The eurozone was the one market where the cheapest box was still open: **SpellNexus at €119**, with Universe TCG (€125) and El Duelista (€129.95) sold out. In Singapore, **TEFUDA** had the box open at **S$200**.

**No Australian store we track had opened Legacy pre-orders yet.** When one does, it appears on the comparison the same day.

## Vault Bundles and Champion Decks are easier

The Vault Bundle (six packs, 36 runes, four full-art foil promo tokens and a storage box, US$34.99 MSRP) was in better shape: **5 of 14 listings open**, mostly close to MSRP.

| Market | Cheapest Vault open | Sold out below it |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | £34.95 (Tier Zero Games) | none |
| Eurozone | €40.00 (SpellNexus) | El Duelista €39.95 |
| Canada | C$64.99 (Screen Free Games) | Hobbiesville C$44.95, Banana C$59.95, Card Dynasty and GT Games C$59.99 |
| United States | US$49.99 (one store) | Hobbiesville US$33.00 |
| Singapore | S$60.00 (TEFUDA) | none |

The four Champion Decks (Tryndamere, Ashe, Lux and Garen) were mostly still open, at around £20 in the UK, €20 in the eurozone, C$24.95 in Canada and S$30 in Singapore. What is in them, and the four more decks in Proving Grounds 2nd Edition, is in **[the Legacy decks guide](/blog/riftbound-legacy-champion-decks)**.

## The marketplace gap

Marketplace listings for an unreleased set are sellers' prices for stock they have not received. On 31 October:

- **TCGplayer:** cheapest Legacy booster display US$234.15, against a US$120 MSRP; cheapest Vault Bundle US$119.68, against US$34.99; a six-box case US$1,378.67.
- **eBay (US):** cheapest Legacy booster box listing US$231.66.

That is roughly double the store price for a box and more than three times it for a Vault. Radiance went the same way: TCGplayer's cheapest Radiance display was about US$227 in late September and **US$149.97** two weeks later, still before release, and its Vault Bundle fell from about US$134 to US$53.83. **[Radiance pre-order prices two weeks later](/blog/riftbound-radiance-preorder-prices-two-weeks-later)** has the whole story.

So a marketplace pre-order three months out is the most expensive way to get a Legacy box, and the one most likely to look bad by January.

## Why the cheap ones go first

None of this means Legacy is scarce. It means stores price and sell their **allocation**, the number of boxes their distributor has promised them, and those allocations are small and uncertain three months out.

- **A store that priced close to MSRP sells its allocation fastest.** Shoppers comparing prices find it first, so the cheapest store in each market is the first to close. That is exactly what the Canadian table shows.
- **Some stores cap pre-orders below their allocation** until the distributor confirms numbers, then re-open. "Sold out" today can mean "sold out of the first wave".
- **Stores that list late often list higher,** because the price-sensitive buyers have already ordered elsewhere.

Legacy also has more reason than usual to sell through: it is the first Riftbound set built for draft, which means stores running draft nights want boxes to open, and its packs change shape (one Common slot becomes a Legend-or-Battlefield slot). **[How Legacy packs change](/blog/riftbound-legacy-pack-changes-and-card-templating)** explains the new slot.

## What to do with this

- **Want a box?** Pre-order from a store with allocation left now, rather than waiting for the cheapest store to restock. A sold-out store sometimes adds stock when its distributor confirms numbers, but there is no way to know which will.
- **Read the store's terms.** A pre-order is a promise, not a parcel: check what happens if the store's allocation is cut, and whether you can cancel without a fee.
- **Missed the cheap ones?** Set a **[release alert](/legacy-preorders)** on the pre-order page. It emails you once if a sold-out pre-order there comes back, and again when Legacy singles get prices.
- **Want specific cards?** Wait. Singles are cheapest a few weeks after release, not in Pre-Rift week (22–28 January).
- **In Australia?** Nothing to compare yet. The pre-order page fills in the day a tracked Australian store lists Legacy.

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## What happens next

| Date | What it does to these prices |
| --- | --- |
| 13 December 2026 | First Legacy previews at Convergence Fest. Stores that priced before anyone knew the chase cards sometimes re-price |
| January 2027 | More previews; the full card list fills in on **[the Legacy set page](/sets/legacy)** |
| 22–28 January 2027 | Pre-Rift events at stores: the first Legacy singles change hands |
| 29 January 2027 | Release. Pre-orders ship, and Legacy moves onto the sealed and singles comparisons |

## How we counted

Every figure in this post comes from one read of RiftCompare's sealed import, the job that reads every store we track and records each Riftbound sealed product's price and stock. On 31 October 2026 it found Legacy listings at 22 stores, not counting marketplaces.

- **A "listing" is one store's one product in one market.** A store that sells in two currencies (Hobbiesville lists in US and Canadian dollars) counts once per market.
- **"Sold out" is the store's own flag.** We do not guess it from a missing button; the store's product data says the item cannot be ordered. That can mean sold out for good, or a pre-order paused until the store's allocation is confirmed, and from the outside the two look the same.
- **Prices are item prices before shipping,** in the store's own currency, never converted.
- **Marketplaces are counted separately.** TCGplayer and eBay rows are in the marketplace section, never in the 17.

We did not count Proving Grounds 2nd Edition, cases or single packs as Legacy boxes; the 2nd Edition is a separate starter, covered in **[the Legacy decks guide](/blog/riftbound-legacy-champion-decks)**.

We will re-run this count as those dates pass. Until then, the **[Legacy spoilers post](/blog/riftbound-legacy-spoilers-set-6)** collects what Riot has shown, and **[where to buy Riftbound Legacy](/blog/where-to-buy-riftbound-legacy)** goes through each market's stores in more detail.

*Prices and stock are the stores' own, as read by RiftCompare's sealed import on 31 October 2026, item price before shipping. Stores change pre-order prices and stock often; the live table is what stays current.*

Source: https://riftcompare.com/blog/riftbound-legacy-preorders-selling-out