Current tournament record. #13 in the current Snapshot, with 3 Top 8 finishes across 10 events; 15 entries counted toward field share and a best finish of #3.
What Rek'Sai Rewards
Void Burrower · printed ability
“When you conquer, you may exhaust me to reveal the top 2 cards of your Main Deck. You may banish one, then play it. Recycle the rest.”
Rek'Sai is built around making conquers matter; the fun is turning a battlefield win into more than just the normal point.
The Game Plan
Rek'Sai is about making the first conquest snowball. Once a battlefield is conquered, the Legend ability can convert the top of the deck into an immediate free play and future recycle fuel.
Strengths
Conquer trigger creates free cards
Excellent snowball potential
Recycles unplayed cards
Watch Outs
Needs to conquer first
Top two can miss the ideal card
Falls behind when combat wins stop
Turn by Turn
1Early: set up Fury/Order units that can actually conquer, not just trade.
2Midgame: use tricks or removal to secure a conquer, then exhaust Rek'Sai for a free play.
3Late: keep pressure high so each conquered battlefield refuels the next attack.
New to this Legend? Pick Rek'Sai if you like aggressive turns where winning a battlefield immediately turns into another card.
Key Matchups
The current Meta Snapshot's matchup read for Rek'Sai. These are play-pattern notes, not measured head-to-head win rates.
Kha'Zix commentary specifically identified fast Rek'Sai pressure as a problem. Rek'Sai can contest immediately instead of giving Kha'Zix time to engineer the favorable battlefield.
Diana can deny the clean first conquest by moving a body or shrinking the entire enemy side at the chosen battlefield. Rek'Sai is much weaker when the reveal payoff arrives a turn late.
What Winning Rek'Sai Looks Like
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
Legend (1)
Reksai, Void Burrower1
Units (25)
Carrion Dredger3
Faithful Manufactor3
Honest Broker3
Inferna3
Noxus Hopeful3
Undertitan3
Sharkling2
Trifarian Gloryseeker2
Vi, Peacekeeper2
Rek'Sai, Breacher1
Spells (15)
Blood Rush3
Cleave3
Cull the Weak3
Falling Star3
Void Rush3
Runes (12)
Fury Rune7
Order Rune5
Battlefields (3)
The Arena's Greatest1
The Candlelit Sanctum1
Trifarian War Camp1
Also putting up results: (S3 National Open @ 官方赛事 Riftbound Top Decks, 2026-07-19) and (RiftAtlas Convergence #1 @ RiftAtlas Riftbound Top Decks, 2026-07-19).
The Cards Doing the Work
Card advantage · 3x
Void Rush
“Reveal the top 2 cards of your Main Deck. You may banish one, then play it, reducing its cost by 2 Energy. Draw any you didn't banish.”
Removal & reach · 3x
Falling Star
“Deal 3 to a unit. Deal 3 to a unit.”
Core piece · 3x
Undertitan
“When you play me, give your other units +2 Might this turn. As I'm revealed from your deck, [Add] 2 Energy.”
How to Start Playing Rek'Sai
Rek'Sai has no preconstructed starter deck, so this is a singles build — start from the proven list above in the deck builder and trim toward the cards you own.
Fury
Order
![Riftbound Spell: Void Rush. Reveal the top 2 cards of your Main Deck. You may banish one, then play it, reducing its cost by [2]. Draw any you didn't banish.](https://cmsassets.rgpub.io/sanity/images/dsfx7636/game_data_live/ce606f096ae76485cd8dd3cc337629b510f0d1e7-744x1039.png?w=2048&q=70&auto=format&fit=max)
![Riftbound Unit: Undertitan. When you play me, give your other units +2 [S] this turn.
As I'm revealed from your deck, [Add] [2].](https://cmsassets.rgpub.io/sanity/images/dsfx7636/game_data_live/aa3bd795a1fa015b42bf64a2d588f527342c2a15-744x1039.png?w=2048&q=70&auto=format&fit=max)