Riftbound's Ekko, Boy Who Shattered Time gets stunning Overnumbered variants for Radiance

Riftbound's upcoming fifth set Radiance launches October 23, and ahead of that drop we have an exclusive look at the Overnumbered variant art for one of its headline cards — Ekko, Boy Who Shattered Time.

Ekko is a Legend in the Fury/Mind (Red/Blue) colors. His Empower ability exhausts one rune and Ekko himself to power him up. When you Disempower him, you exhaust Ekko and reduce the cost of the next unit you play that turn by 2 plus a recycled rune of any color — but that unit gets "Kill me at end of turn" attached to it. The design leans into Ekko's lore identity as a time-bending clone-maker: he's effectively lending his temporal tricks to other units, at the cost of losing them at end of turn. The sweet spot for building around him is units with Accelerate, which let them enter ready and attack immediately. Since Accelerate normally costs one exhausted rune and one recycled rune, Ekko's discount still leaves you ahead on resources even after the trade-off.

Ekko is one of League of Legends' most recognizable champions — a genius kid from the Undercity of Zaun who built a time-rewinding device, and a fan favorite since his 2015 release. Riftbound itself launched in Western markets on October 31 last year, and Radiance will be its fifth set before the game hits its one-year anniversary. The TCG has moved at a brisk pace with four sets already out in under twelve months.

Prerelease events — called Pre-Rifts in Riftbound — kick off at local game stores on October 16, a week before the full retail launch on October 23 at both local game stores and big-box retailers.