Riftbound Rarities Explained

Riftbound uses rarity language that does not match other card games. Anyone arriving from Pokemon or Yu-Gi-Oh will meet several new terms, and some of them are not rarities at all but print treatments.

The base tiers, from most common to scarcest, are Common, Uncommon, Rare and Epic. These four form the backbone of every set, and most cards you open sit in the first three.

Showcase is where the value is. These are special-artwork cards printed at far lower rates than normal ones, and almost every expensive Riftbound card comes from this group.

Within Showcase there are sub-labels worth knowing. Signature marks a version carrying a signature treatment and is the highest-priced group among Showcase cards. Ultimate is another special treatment found on certain cards.

Alternate Art is the same card with different artwork from the standard version. Overnumbered means a card whose collector number runs past the set's stated size — card 227 in a 221-card set, for instance — which is how this game marks a card as sitting outside the normal run.

The thing to watch: the same character can exist in several versions within one set — standard, Alternate Art, and Showcase Signature — with prices tens of times apart. Always read the collector number in the bottom corner, because the number is the only thing that reliably separates them.

Every Riftbound card on CardStreet carries a market price. Match the version by collector number and the price you see belongs to the card in your hand.