The Sideboard – A Riftbound Podcast

Three days at RC Stuttgart, the best Riftbound I've ever played, and one game I won and conceded anyway.

This week: trio sealed chaos, a Super Nexus Night with 3,000 people in one hall, and an on-demand pod where four strangers decided to scoop rounds to farm prize wall tickets - plus why I handed a Riven player the win when she hadn't read the Baron pit. I met Dave, the design director, and John, the lead designer on Radiance, and got three questions in. Then the bans, why I think the state of the game is the worst it's been since launch, and Set 6 Legacy - 365 cards, the first set built on real player data, and a complete reset.

Also: four of your questions in Sideboard Mail.

Three Nexus Nights in two days, a competitive structure that got rewritten the week after I explained it, and the new start-of-game rules Riot are testing this weekend.This week: how I coached a brand new player into beating me, finishing sixth out of forty-one at Stomping Grounds, and then taking first place at Vegas Singles playing Evelynn properly for the first time. Then the big one, Riot have rewritten the whole of 2027, so ladder points, a ranked ladder, Summoner Skirmishes retired, Continentals open to everyone, and London getting one in August. Plus the new start-of-game rules being tested at RC Stuttgart this weekend, which I'm playing in, and what I'm actually doing out there.Also: the drawings, how I ended up being gifted a T1 bundle, and five of your questions in Sideboard Mail.

My first Radiance pre-rift, the best-of change nobody saw coming, and a collection I hadn't realised had got that big.This week: why pre-rifts are the best events in Riftbound and how my first one went (badly), the Radiance cards that stood out in sealed, why Riot changed the best-of rules after the Ahri collusion discords, where the early meta is heading before RC Stuttgart, and, because a few of you kept asking, my actual thoughts on collecting Riftbound, plus the 48 overnumbers I apparently own.Also: the new A6 Rifthub scorepads, and four of your questions in Sideboard Mail.

Episode two of The Sideboard. I got invited to reveal a card for Radiance, so I go through the whole process: the email, the concept, the skit, and the card itself. Then the last of the Radiance reveals and the three decks I'm actually excited to build, why set rotation in 2028 is healthy for the game, what a best-of is and what it means now Spiritforged has rotated out, and the difference between a Regional Qualifier and a Regional Championship. Plus I explain why I'm not giving you my opinion on the drama, and four questions sent in by you lot.Got a question, an argument, or a take you want picked apart? Drop it in the YouTube comments, DM me on any platform, or post it in the questions channel in my Discord. I read every one.DUNC - @dunctcg on TikTok, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

Evelynn Deck: https://piltoverarchive.com/decks/view/64b88c6b-6605-43ec-a8cb-70f7f92747d8

Episode one of The Sideboard. Three events landed in one weekend, Bristol, Malmo and RQ LA, so I go through all of it: what I played, where it went wrong, and what the results say about the meta going into Radiance. Then a look at the Radiance reveals, all nine legends and the cards and battlefields that matter, my predictions on bans, and questions sent in by the community.

Got a question, an argument, or a take you want picked apart? Drop it in the YouTube comments, DM me on any platform, or post it in the questions channel in my Discord. I read every one.

DUNC - @dunctcg on TikTok, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.