Demacia, Origins · Beginner
Lady of Luminosity · Expensive-spell control
Mind
OrderStarter Lux draws when you play a spell costing 5 or more energy, rewarding high-impact spell turns.
![Riftbound Legend: Lady of Luminosity - Starter. When you play a spell that costs [5] or more, draw 1.](https://cmsassets.rgpub.io/sanity/images/dsfx7636/game_data_live/44885d811b70621b188d9813b2b10b5cff1b81e6-744x1039.png?w=2048&q=70&auto=format&fit=max)
Live data · our tournament results, last 14 days
Current tournament record. #5 in the current Snapshot, with 4 Top 8 finishes across 9 events; 11 entries counted toward field share and a best finish of #2.
Lady of Luminosity - Starter · printed ability
“When you play a spell that costs 5 Energy or more, draw 1.”
Lux rewards planning; the Legend ability helps you turn sequencing and card flow into better battlefield decisions.
Lux wants to survive until big spells take over. The draw trigger means expensive interaction and finishers can replace themselves, but only if the deck reaches enough energy and doesn't die with heavy cards in hand.
New to this Legend? Pick Lux if you want a control starter where the big spell turn is also a refill turn.
The current Meta Snapshot's matchup read for Lux. These are play-pattern notes, not measured head-to-head win rates.
Sett can punish a slow draw, but Lux is more comfortable once the board is contained and the hand refills. The whole matchup turns on whether Lux gets that reset before the third point.
Yi does not need to overextend into Lux's expensive interaction. He can present one credible unit, protect it efficiently, and force Lux to spend more Energy than the threat cost.
The full list below comes straight from a recent top-performing event run, runes and battlefields included. Use it as the reference build, then adjust for your collection.
S3 National Open @ 官方赛事 Riftbound Top Decks, 2026-07-19 · 56 cards
Also putting up results: (S3 National Open @ 官方赛事 Riftbound Top Decks, 2026-07-19) and (City Challenge: Beijing (National Open Special) - Bracket C @ 阿卡丽的神秘商店 Riftbound Top Decks, 2026-07-19).
![Riftbound Spell: Sacrifice. [Reaction] (Play any time, even before spells and abilities resolve.)
As an additional cost to play this, kill a friendly [Mighty] unit. (A unit is Mighty while it has 5+ [S].)
Draw 2 and channel 1 rune exhausted.](https://cmsassets.rgpub.io/sanity/images/dsfx7636/game_data_live/139153ae4b4f786442018c09765c67e35515df24-744x1039.png?w=2048&q=70&auto=format&fit=max)
Card advantage · 3x
Sacrifice
“[Reaction] (Play any time, even before spells and abilities resolve.) As an additional cost to play this, kill a friendly [Mighty] unit. (A unit is Mighty while it has 5+ Might.)…”
![Riftbound Unit: Ekko, Recurrent. [Accelerate] (You may pay [1][C] as an additional cost to have me enter ready.)
[Deathknell] — Recycle me to ready your runes. (When I die, get the effect.)](https://cmsassets.rgpub.io/sanity/images/dsfx7636/game_data_live/65da19325b6def53d33c07bc1aa8f91fd2f1e723-744x1039.png?w=2048&q=70&auto=format&fit=max)
Card advantage · 3x
Ekko, Recurrent
“[Accelerate] (You may pay 1 Energy 1 Mind Power as an additional cost to have me enter ready.) [Deathknell] — Recycle me to ready your runes. (When I die, get the effect.)”
![Riftbound Spell: Shadow's Call. Choose a friendly unit without [Temporary]. Give it [Temporary]. Draw 2. (Kill it at the start of its controller's Beginning Phase, before scoring.)](https://cmsassets.rgpub.io/sanity/images/dsfx7636/game_data_live/5a9a81d353131fc275313e737d55ca6e2661dce6-744x1039.png?w=2048&q=70&auto=format&fit=max)
Lux has a preconstructed deck — Lux - Lady of Luminosity (Proving Grounds) — so you can learn the Legend with a tuned out-of-the-box list before spending on singles.
Lady of Luminosity - Starter
Your Legend — starts in play, sets your two domains
![Riftbound Unit: Lux, Illuminated. When you play a spell that costs [5] or more, give me +3 [S] this turn.](https://cmsassets.rgpub.io/sanity/images/dsfx7636/game_data_live/a0d10edf30abb6fde21f5d386e9a7db3c1b0a098-744x1039.png?w=2048&q=70&auto=format&fit=max)
Lux, Illuminated
Chosen Champion — starts face-up in its Champion Zone
Card advantage · 3x
Shadow's Call
“Choose a friendly unit without [Temporary]. Give it [Temporary]. Draw 2. (Kill it at the start of its controller's Beginning Phase, before scoring.)”