Riftbound's Game Director EXPLAINS When Your Cards Rotate

Riot's Riftbound Game Director Dave Guskin sat down with us at the Los Angeles Regional Qualifier and gave the first clear rotation timeline: Sets 1 to 5 and Proving Grounds leave Standard when Set 10 releases at the start of 2028, and overnumbered reprints like the Heartsteel Sett do not reset a card's legality. He also covers the Regional Championship meta with Origins and Spiritforged cards back in, whether the Best-Of system hides problems, bad apples at Nexus Nights, Riot's long-term commitment to Riftbound, choice restrictions vs bans, a Valorant card game, control decks and Ezreal, playtesting, two-cost dragons, Warwick, Viego, Mordekaiser, and the socks question you made us ask. ENDGAME Sleeves are an official sponsor of Turn ’em Sideways! Use code TURN10 at checkout for 10% off your order! → https://endgametcg.ca/ ======= CHAPTERS ======= 0:00 Year one lessons: community, scaling, competitive 0:41 Radiance panel: new art, draft-first sets, story 1:21 Player feedback vs the team's 2027 wishlist 2:08 Sustainability and the 2027 organized play system 2:49 Regional Qualifiers in LATAM? 3:18 Regional Championship meta: Origins and Spiritforged return 4:03 Does the Best-Of system hide problems? 4:58 Bad apples, angle shooting and a reporting system 6:19 Is Riot committed? Korea, factories, new languages 7:31 Rotation timeline: Sets 1-5 leave Standard in 2028 8:10 Reprints: Heartsteel Sett and overnumbered cards stay rotated 9:04 Crystal Rose, collectors and a format for old cards 9:58 Your questions: restrictions vs bans, collabs, Valorant 11:19 Control decks, Ezreal, playtesting, two-cost dragons 13:16 Warwick, Viego, Mordekaiser... and socks ======= SOCIALS ======= Follow us for more competitive Riftbound content: 🎥 YouTube –    / @turnemsideways   🐦 Twitter – https://x.com/TurnThemSide ⏲️ TikTok –   / turnemsideways   📸 Instagram –   / turnemsideways   🎧 Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/0qFsptq... 🍎 Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 🎮 Discord –   / discord   🩵 Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/turnthemside... 📝 Threads – https://www.threads.com/@turnemsideways