Ionia, Vendetta · Intermediate
Master of Shadows · Banish discard tempo
Zed empowers whenever you banish a card you own, then can disempower and exhaust to discard one card and draw one.
![Riftbound Legend: Master of Shadows. When you banish a card you own, empower me. (I become Empowered if I'm not already.)
[Action][>] Disempower me, [T]: Discard 1, then draw 1.](https://cmsassets.rgpub.io/sanity/images/dsfx7636/game_data_live/aa316eb1b01c8d036eaba84b03909027fe69f6e2-744x1039.png?accountingTag=RB&w=2048&q=70&auto=format&fit=max)
Live data · our tournament results, last 1 days
Current tournament record. #24 in Snapshot 0, with 0 Top 8 finishes across 1 event; 2 entries in the public-list sample and a best finish of #57. This is an early result, not a settled power tier.
Master of Shadows · printed ability
“When you banish a card you own, empower me. (I become Empowered if I'm not already.) [Action] → Disempower me,: Discard 1, then draw 1.”
Zed rewards planning; the Legend ability helps you turn sequencing and card flow into better battlefield decisions.
Build a steady source of owned-card banishes so Zed can repeatedly turn empowerment into hand filtering. The discard-then-draw Action is strongest when it replaces a weak card without consuming the banish payoff your next turn needs.
New to this Legend? Pick Zed if you want the Vendetta Showdown deck and enjoy sequencing banish effects before deciding what to discard.
Zed has a preconstructed deck — Zed - Master of Shadows (Vendetta Showdown Deck) — so you can learn the Legend with a tuned out-of-the-box list before spending on singles.
![Riftbound Legend: Master of Shadows. When you banish a card you own, empower me. (I become Empowered if I'm not already.)
[Action][>] Disempower me, [T]: Discard 1, then draw 1.](https://cmsassets.rgpub.io/sanity/images/dsfx7636/game_data_live/aa316eb1b01c8d036eaba84b03909027fe69f6e2-744x1039.png?accountingTag=RB&w=2048&q=70&auto=format&fit=max)
Master of Shadows
Your Legend — starts in play, sets your two domains
![Riftbound Unit: Zed, Without a Sound. When I conquer, play a 0 [S] Shadow Clone unit token to your base. (It has "When I attack, you may banish a unit from your trash. If you do, give me [Assault 4] this turn.")
[Action][>] [1][C]: Move me and a Shadow Clone you control to each other's locations.](https://cmsassets.rgpub.io/sanity/images/dsfx7636/game_data_live/be97ca6a33e25b85a04ec1b3a163b31f141776cf-744x1039.png?accountingTag=RB&w=2048&q=70&auto=format&fit=max)
Zed, Without a Sound
Chosen Champion — starts face-up in its Champion Zone