Riftbound keyword
Quick-Draw
Quick-Draw is a Riftbound keyword on Equipment: you can play the card as a Reaction, and it attaches to a unit you control as you play it, with no Equip cost.
6 cardsFirst seen in SpiritforgedCore Rules 819
Official text
On the cards
Quick-Draw (This has Reaction. When you play it, attach it to a unit you control.)
Core Rules
- 819.1
- Quick-Draw is a Triggered Ability keyword. It is also a Permissive keyword.
- 819.1.a
- Quick-Draw is present on Gear with Equip abilities.
- 819.1.b
- Cards with Quick-Draw have Reaction inherently.
- 819.1.c
- Quick-Draw allows cards to be played and Attached using Reaction timing.
- 819.1.d
- Quick-Draw is functionally short for “[Reaction]” and “When you play this, attach it to a Unit you control.”
- 819.2
- Multiple instances of Quick-Draw do not trigger separately and have no effect beyond the first.
Riftbound Core Rules, updated October 9, 2026
How Quick-Draw works
What does Quick-Draw do?
Two things. It gives the Equipment Reaction, so you can play it from your hand at any time, even during combat or on your opponent's turn. And when you play it, it attaches to a unit you control without you paying its Equip cost.
Core Rules 819.1.b, 819.1.d, 813.1.c.1Riftbound Core Rules: Spiritforged Patch Notes
Do I pay the Equip cost when I play a Quick-Draw card?
No. You pay the card's own cost to play it, and Quick-Draw attaches it for free. You pay the Equip cost only if you use Equip later, for example after the unit carrying it leaves the board.
Core Rules 819.1.dRiftbound Core Rules: Spiritforged Patch Notes
Can I use its Equip ability at Reaction speed too?
No. Quick-Draw only changes when you can play the card from your hand. Its Equip ability still works only in your own Main Phase, outside showdowns and with nothing on the chain.
Core Rules 151.2Riftbound Core Rules: Spiritforged Patch Notes
Can I attach it to a unit at a battlefield?
Yes. The Equipment is played like any gear, then attaches to a unit you control and goes to that unit's location, wherever it is.
Core Rules 819.1.d, 435.4
What if I don't control any units?
You can still play it, but its attach ability has no unit to choose, so the Equipment stays in your base unattached. You can Equip it later.
Core Rules 149.2, 355.8
Can I give my other Equipment Quick-Draw?
Jax, Unmatched does. Riot's errata changed him to read "Your Equipment everywhere have Quick-Draw", so while you control him you can play any of your Equipment as a Reaction, and each attaches as it's played.
Does Quick-Draw stack?
No. A second instance does nothing, so Jax, Unmatched doesn't make Long Sword, which already has Quick-Draw, attach twice.
Core Rules 819.2
Example: Long Sword in the middle of combat
Your opponent attacks your 3 Might unit with a 4 Might unit. During the combat's showdown, you play Long Sword for 2 energy and one Fury power. Quick-Draw lets you play it as a Reaction, then attaches it to your defender without its Equip cost. With the Sword's +2 Might, your unit is 5 Might: it survives the 4 damage, and its 5 damage kills the attacker.
From Riftbound Core RulesRiftbound Core Rules: Spiritforged Patch Notes
Official rulings
Riot's own words, from its rules articles.
The new Quick-Draw keyword lets you play (and consequently attach) Equipment straight from your hand at Reaction speed. That is because Quick-Draw cards inherently have Reaction as a nested part of Quick-Draw. In addition to granting Reaction, this keyword is also a Play Effect that attaches the played Equipment directly to a unit you control—no need to pay the Equip cost. This time. Quick-Draw doesn’t, however, change when you can use an Equipment’s Equip ability, only when you can play it from your hand.
How does Jax, Unmatched work?
Jax, Unmatched grants Quick-Draw to Equipment in your hand, which works as far as letting you play them as Reactions… but doesn’t work so well when the Equipment hits the board and the other part of Quick-Draw tries to take effect. We’re fixing that.
Every Quick-Draw card (6)
kw:quick-drawCards with Quick-Draw · 5
Cards that give or gain Quick-Draw · 1
