Current tournament record. #29 in the current Snapshot, with 0 Top 8 finishes across 6 events; 4 entries counted toward field share and a best finish of #18.
What Volibear Rewards
Relentless Storm · printed ability
“When you play a [Mighty] unit, you may exhaust me to channel 1 rune exhausted. (A unit is Mighty while it has 5+ Might.)”
Volibear asks you to care about combat math; the fun is setting up fights where your units survive because the Legend ability changes the numbers.
The Game Plan
Volibear rewards building around large units. Every 5+ Might unit can turn into delayed rune development, so the deck wants enough Mighty bodies to make the ramp text happen consistently.
Strengths
Channels runes from Mighty units
Excellent with large threats
Strong delayed resource growth
Watch Outs
Requires 5+ Might units
Can clog on expensive cards
Channeled runes enter exhausted
Turn by Turn
1Early: survive and prepare runes for the first Mighty unit.
2Midgame: play 5+ Might units to trigger Volibear and build future resource turns.
3Late: use the extra channeled runes to keep casting threats after smaller decks run out.
New to this Legend? Pick Volibear if you like big-unit decks where every large play also grows your rune base.
What Winning Volibear 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.
Also putting up results: (RiftAtlas Convergence #1 @ RiftAtlas Riftbound Top Decks, 2026-07-19) and (City Challenge: Beijing (National Open Special) - Bracket A @ 阿卡丽的神秘商店 Riftbound Top Decks, 2026-07-19).
The Cards Doing the Work
Removal & reach · 3x
Warwick, Hunter
“I enter ready. When I attack, kill all damaged enemy units here.”
Card advantage · 3x
Kadregrin the Infernal
“When you play me, draw 1 for each of your [Mighty] units. (A unit is Mighty while it has 5+ Might.)”
Card advantage · 3x
Catalyst of Aeons
“Channel 2 runes exhausted. If you couldn't channel 2 runes this way, draw 1.”
How to Start Playing Volibear
Volibear 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
Body![Riftbound Legend: Relentless Storm. When you play a [Mighty] unit, you may exhaust me to channel 1 rune exhausted. (A unit is Mighty while it has 5+ [S].)](https://cmsassets.rgpub.io/sanity/images/dsfx7636/game_data_live/f1842ef373434db3e8109d8959832f9d184866c3-744x1040.png?w=2048&q=70&auto=format&fit=max)
![Riftbound Unit: Kadregrin the Infernal. When you play me, draw 1 for each of your [Mighty] units. (A unit is Mighty while it has 5+ [S].)](https://cmsassets.rgpub.io/sanity/images/dsfx7636/game_data_live/733c32b1fccc7e2983cbb3586358152f90a6df04-744x1039.png?w=2048&q=70&auto=format&fit=max)
