Riftbound in Simplified Chinese: a wholesale guide to Vols. 1–4

Riftbound is Riot Games' League of Legends trading card game, and the Simplified-Chinese print is the version we distribute. If your counter staff keep fielding questions about League product — and in most cities with a League scene, they do — the CN line is the cheapest way to find out what Riftbound actually does in your store. Here is the whole line as it stands, and how we would order it.

The Simplified-Chinese line: Vols. 1–4

The CN release line is four volumes deep as of August 2026:

• Vol. 1 — Origin: the first volume and the natural starting point for any shop's Riftbound wall.
• Vol. 2 — Spiritforged: the second volume, continuing the line.
• Vol. 3 — Unleashed: the third volume, and the one that brings champion decks (more below).
• Vol. 4 — Vendetta: the newest volume, released August 2026.

Four volumes is enough line depth to build a real shelf: an entry point, a current release, and catalogue in between. It is also shallow enough that a shop can stock the entire line without a painful outlay — which matters, and which we will come back to.

Slim and jumbo: the formats will look familiar

Like Chinese Pokémon product, CN Riftbound ships in slim and jumbo box formats. If you already carry Simplified-Chinese Pokémon, your wall logic transfers directly: slim boxes are the lower price point and the volume seller; jumbo boxes are the bigger, more dramatic rip for breakers and for customers who want the event of a large pack. Carrying one of each per volume is a perfectly sensible starting shelf.

Champion decks: Vex & Vi

Vol. 3, Unleashed, adds champion decks — preconstructed decks built around Vex and Vi. Do not skip these. Boosters sell a game to collectors; precons sell a game to players. A customer who is curious about Riftbound does not buy a booster box to find out — they buy a deck, play it, and come back for boosters if the game lands. The champion decks are what turn a Riftbound facing from a collectible curiosity into a game people actually start playing in your store.

Why CN Riftbound is the low-cost test

Every new TCG is shelf risk. Some become pillars, most do not, and nobody knows in advance which is which. The honest way to handle that risk is to make the experiment cheap — and that is exactly what the Simplified-Chinese print offers. CN case costs are low enough that a full wall facing of Vols. 1–4 is a small commitment, while the League of Legends brand does the discovery work for you: customers recognise the IP on sight, no pitch required.

If Riftbound takes in your store, you scale up with confidence and real sales data. If it does not, you have spent a fraction of what the same experiment would have cost in a premium print — and you have your answer either way. That is what a test should look like.

Where it sits on your wall

If you already run a Chinese Pokémon section, Riftbound belongs next to it, not off in a corner. The buyers overlap — collectors who came in for Simplified-Chinese exclusives are exactly the customers comfortable with CN-language product — and the formats rhyme, so your staff can explain one line in terms of the other. Three talking points cover most conversations at the counter:

• It is Riot's official League of Legends TCG, in the Simplified-Chinese print.
• Four volumes exist so far — Origin through Vendetta — so the line is easy to complete.
• The Vex & Vi champion decks are the way to actually learn the game tonight.

Our recommendation for a first order: Origin as the entry point, Vendetta as the current volume, and a handful of Vex & Vi champion decks so walk-ins can actually start playing. Adjust from sell-through, not from guesswork.