Radiance promos: 24 Nexus Night cards, Lulu is the chase

by Riccardo Emanuele Eustor·Riftbound Zone

Along with the Showdown Deck lists, Riot has published what promos you'll find in stores with Radiance. The Nexus Night packs are refreshed with 24 cards from the set and carry Lulu, Whimsical as their chase card; at the Pre-Rift events, running October 16 to 22, you pick up Heimerdinger, Academy Instructor while supplies last. There are also six new promo Runes and dates for the two Summoner Skirmishes: November 9 and December 14.

This weekThe Pre-Rift promo is Heimerdinger

This is the one with a deadline attached: Pre-Rift events run from today through October 22, and anyone who signs up gets Heimerdinger, Academy Instructor (RAD 132/167) while stock lasts. He's a champion unit at 6 energy and 5 Might in Order, tagged Piltover and Yordle: while he sits at a battlefield, unit tokens you would play there become 3 Might Mechs instead.

He isn't a display-case card either: he's one of the 40 in the Seraphine Showdown Deck, which makes plenty of tokens. We covered the kit and how the week works here.

Nexus NightThe pool changes: 24 Radiance cards

Nexus Nights are the official evenings Riot runs through affiliated stores: you play, you get a promo pack. With the set's launch the contents of that pack change, and now we know what's inside. Twenty-four cards.

One thing jumps out when you set this list beside the ones published today: seven of these twenty-four cards are already in the two Showdown Decks. High Note, Hunting Dog, Party Crasher and Rousing Display are in Seraphine's; Hold'Em, Sneaky Zeebles and Reckless Innovator in Evelynn's. Anyone playing the preconstructed decks will be picking up promo versions of cards they already run.

The chaseLulu, Whimsical

The rare card in the pack is Lulu, Whimsical, RAD 110a/167 in promo numbering: a champion unit at 3 energy and 3 Might in Chaos, tagged Bandle City and Yordle. The text is short: when I move, you may have another unit's base Might become 4 this turn. Art is by Dark Glow, and the flavour line is the «Transmogulate!» League players know well.

Note the wording: it sets base Might to 4, not up by 4. On a small unit that's a boost, on a big one it's a demotion — and since the choice is yours, in practice it's always a boost.

The RunesSix new promos, and not the Alt Arts

In the same gallery Riot dropped six promo Runes, one per colour: Fury, Calm, Mind, Body, Chaos and Order, numbered RAD R01b through R06b, illustrated by Jincheng Guo. They're solid symbols on coloured grounds and should not be confused with the set's six music-themed Alt Art Runes, which carry the «a» numbering and completely different art.

Source: Riot Games — The Radiance Overview. Images: Riot Games.