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Riot have banned three cards for Vendetta’s launch, alongside changing the core and tournament rules on costs within instructions, tokens, sideboards and more.
With Vendetta fast approaching on 31 July, Riot is laying out the lay of the land with new bans, errata and a fresh rules update.
Three cards have been added to Riftbound’s ban list — and none have been removed — in the update, effective 24 July.
Stealthy Pursuer from Origins has been banned due to its infinite combo with Eye of the Herald and Renata Glasc Industrialist. The combo was highlighted well before Vendetta’s release, with Riot earmarking it for a ban earlier in the month.
The two surprise bans are with The Arena’s Greatest and Aspirant’s Climb. These two battlefields have been staples of aggro and control decks respectively, with significant representation at every Regional Qualifier since the game’s launch.
The main reason for the ban is to “increase diversity of battlefields played and make player choices less deterministic on being first or second.”
Riot have also introduced a specialized ban list for 2v2. The initial ban list features all cards banned in Standard Constructed plus Master Yi, Wuju Bladesman from Proving Grounds.
“This Legend has been consistently overshadowing other options in 2v2 to the detriment of that format,” they said. “He is providing far more stats from the start of the game than are healthy.”
With the developers “experimenting with 2v2 as a competitive format”, future 2v2 focused bans should be expected.
Eight cards have received errata, taking effect immediately.
The errata can be piled into four categories:
On top of the errata, Riot have also acknowledged two printing errors in Overnumbered Illaoi and Gangplank.
As for the rules update, Riot has mostly codified rulings made during Unleashed, as well as explained new mechanics introduced in Vendetta.
The update outlines how the new Empowered, Flow, Burn and Skip mechanics work in detail. Riot defined them as such.
It also goes through how some new cards interact, including Rebuttal and making new choices. This includes being able to change only a subset of any possible choices, rather than making new choices for everything. You also won’t need to pay Deflect for any of these choices.
Other major changes include:
You can read the full rules update on the Rules Hub. They take effect on 24 July.