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Riftbound T1 Worlds Champion Cards Could Net Riot Over $10 Million

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Riftbound T1 Worlds Champion Cards Could Net Riot Over $10 Million

Riot Games has revealed the Riftbound x T1 2025 Worlds Champion Collection, a premium set of trading cards celebrating T1’s sixth League of Legends World Championship, and estimates suggest the limited run could gross more than $10 million from its top-end Signature Edition alone. Announced during MSI 2026 in Seoul, it is the first time Riot has partnered with a single esports team, rather than the league, to make signed, limited-run Riftbound cards.

The collection comes in two bundles: a collector-focused Signature Edition and a cheaper, deck-ready Player Bundle, both built around the T1 roster’s personal Worlds skins.

The $10 Million Signature Edition Maths

Most of the projected revenue rides on the T1 2025 Worlds Champion Signature Edition, priced at $360. Riot plans to produce exactly 10,125 copies in each of three languages, English, Chinese, and the newly added Korean, for a total of more than 30,000 units. The English run alone could bring in around $3.6 million, and across all three languages the Signature Edition could generate roughly $10.9 million before manufacturing, distribution, or platform fees. The $70 Player Bundle would add further revenue on top, and Riot is expected to sell through quickly given the enormous popularity of T1 and star mid laner Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok.

What’s in the Signature Edition

The $360 Signature Edition includes all five T1 Riftbound cards, each with unique art chosen by the players:

  • Doran – Ambessa, The Wolf
  • Faker – Galio, Indefatigable
  • Gumayusi – Miss Fortune, Buccaneer
  • Keria – Seraphine, Not Alone
  • Oner – Xin Zhao, Vigilant

Riftbound T1 Worlds Champion

The Seraphine card is drawn from a future Riftbound set, Radiance, and so will not be legal to play until that set releases. One of the five cards in each box is serialised with a number from 1 to 2,025, and that serialised card features a gold-stamped player signature and a new foiling effect never before used in Riftbound.

Riftbound T1 Worlds Champion

The edition also ships with a premium collector’s box and a glass frame and stand for display.

Riftbound T1 Worlds Champion

Riftbound T1 Worlds Champion

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The Cheaper Player Bundle

For those who want to actually play with the cards, the $70 T1 Worlds Champion Player Bundle carries the same five cards, but with different art matching the players’ League of Legends skin splash arts. It also comes with a set of accessories: one Sleeves Pack, one Deckbox, one Binder, and one Metal Die, with one in every ten dice coming in a black and gold finish.

Riftbound T1 Worlds Champion

Riftbound T1 Worlds Champion

How to Get Them

The English-language Signature Edition will be sold through a lottery on the Riot Merch store starting in August 2026, a system Riot regularly uses on high-demand releases to curb scalping, with the Player Bundle following later in the year through a similar drawing. The Chinese and Korean versions will be sold separately through regional channels, with the Korean Signature Edition priced at 500,000 won.

Riftbound’s Momentum and T1’s Big Year

Riftbound, Riot’s physical trading card game set in the League of Legends universe, has seen strong demand since its debut. A general Riftbound Worlds Bundle in 2025, priced around $100 and not tied to any single team, sold out quickly and has since been resold for $280 to $350 or more on secondary markets. The T1 tie-in arrives at a high point for the organisation: the team claimed its third consecutive World Championship in 2025, Faker earned a place on TIME’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in Sports, and T1 turned a profit as a business for the first time, driven largely by merchandise and sponsorships. The English lottery opens in August.

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