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The Reckoning listings add Malphite and Skarner: the 9 Legends

The product description of the The Reckoning booster display, Riftbound's set 7, now names Malphite and Skarner alongside Cho'Gath. Riftbound Report spotted it this morning, and a Reddit thread pieces the retailer listings together into nine names, the expected number of Legends in the set. We checked distributor ACD's catalog ourselves: six playmats are really there. Riot has confirmed nothing: these are listing clues, not an announcement.

by Riccardo Emanuele Eustor3 min readSource: Riftbound Report on X

Riftbound The Reckoning booster pack: possible Legends Malphite and Skarner
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What's newWhat the booster display listing says

According to Riftbound Report, distributors have updated the listing for The Reckoning booster display: the text now mentions upcoming "popular League of Legends champions" and names Cho'Gath, Malphite and Skarner. In u/imStare's thread on r/riftboundtcg, the source given is a product page on Australian retailer Let's Play Games, which we couldn't open because it blocks automated visits.

Why would that mean "Legend"? With previous sets, product descriptions have almost always named the headline champions of the set, the ones that went on to become Legends. It isn't a written rule, though: a champion can be in a set as a unit only.

Our checkSix playmats in the ACD catalog

We opened the catalog of ACD Distribution, a major US distributor, ourselves. For The Reckoning it lists six playmats, all on preorder with an April 30, 2027 release: Aurelion Sol, Katarina, Shyvana, Vayne, Zilean and Zoe. Aurelion Sol, Shyvana and Vayne also get deck boxes and sleeves. The same catalog has the booster display, the Vayne and Shyvana Champion Decks, a Vault and the Pre-Rift event kit for the in-store prerelease nights.

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According to the thread, one playmat listing calls it "one of six" mats for the set, featuring "six of the nine Legends". If so, the math works: six champions on playmats plus three on the booster display makes nine.

The possible Legends of The Reckoning and where each name comes from
ChampionClueVerified by us
VayneChampion Deck (Riot roadmap) and playmatYes, ACD catalog
ShyvanaChampion Deck (Riot roadmap) and playmatYes, ACD catalog
Aurelion SolPlaymat, deck box and sleevesYes, ACD catalog
ZileanPlaymatYes, ACD catalog
ZoePlaymatYes, ACD catalog
KatarinaPlaymatYes, ACD catalog
Cho'GathBooster display listingNo, per Riftbound Report and Reddit
MalphiteBooster display listingNo, per Riftbound Report and Reddit
SkarnerBooster display listingNo, per Riftbound Report and Reddit

ContextWhat we already know about set 7

In August Riot pitched The Reckoning as the set of League of Legends' "giants": 264 cards, 67 of them Showcase, releasing on April 30, 2027, three months after Legacy. Malphite, Cho'Gath, Skarner and Aurelion Sol are exactly that kind of huge champion, which makes the list believable. On November 4 the first images of the Vayne and Shyvana Champion Decks surfaced, and on November 5 the Zoe playmat listing: Zoe and Katarina now have one more piece of evidence, a distributor catalog.

Commenters point out that nine Legends is as many as sets with half the cards had, and some recall that Shyvana's Champion Deck is Fury/Body.

Why it matters. Release is more than five months away and none of this is official: it's not the time to buy or sell cards with The Reckoning in mind. Playmat collectors, however, already know which six champions get one, and once Riot opens previews our Spoilers section will track the Legends one by one. For the full calendar, see our piece on the 2027 sets.

In short

  • The Reckoning booster display listing names Cho'Gath, Malphite and Skarner, per Riftbound Report.
  • The ACD catalog lists six playmats: Aurelion Sol, Katarina, Shyvana, Vayne, Zilean and Zoe.
  • Together that's nine names, the possible Legends of set 7. Riot has confirmed nothing.
  • The Reckoning releases on April 30, 2027.

Sources: Riftbound Report on X; u/imStare on r/riftboundtcg; ACD Distribution catalog; set details from Riot's August 2026 roadmap. Images: Riot Games.

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