Riftbound keyword
Unique
Unique is a Riftbound keyword that limits deck building: your deck can include only one copy of a card with Unique, instead of the usual three.
3 cardsFirst seen in SpiritforgedCore Rules 825
Official text
On the cards
Unique (Your deck can have only 1 card with this name.)
Core Rules
- 825.1
- Unique is a Deck Constraint Permission.
- 825.2
- It is normally present on main deck cards.
- 825.3
- Unique is not functionally short for any rules text, and instead provides a restriction to players during Deck Construction.
- 825.3.a
- A deck can contain only one card of a given name if the card has Unique
- 825.3.b
- If a card is a Signature card and is also Unique, then that deck can contain any combination of three Signature cards, but still only one of each named Unique card.
- 825.4
- Cards with Unique have no additional effects during gameplay.
- 103.3.b
- Your Main Deck can include up to 3 copies of the same named card.
Riftbound Core Rules, updated October 9, 2026
How Unique works
What does Unique do?
It limits deck building. Your Main Deck can normally include up to 3 copies of a card with the same name, but only 1 copy of a card with Unique.
Core Rules 825.3.a, 103.3.b
Does Unique do anything during a game?
No. Cards with Unique have no extra effects in play. It only matters while you build your deck.
Core Rules 825.3, 825.4
Can my opponent play the same Unique card?
Yes. Unique limits each deck, not the game, so you and your opponent can each have one, and both can be on the board at once.
Core Rules 825.3.a, 825.4
Can my deck have more than one Unique card?
Yes, as long as their names differ. Forgefire Cape, Rabadon's Deathcrown and Shurelya's Requiem are all Ornn Signature cards with Unique, so an Ornn deck can run one of each, which fills its three Signature slots.
Core Rules 825.3.a, 825.3.b, 103.3.d
What about a Signature card with Unique?
Your deck keeps its usual limit of three Signature cards in total, in any combination, but can include only one copy of each Unique one.
Core Rules 825.3.b, 103.3.d.1
Which cards have Unique?
Unique first appeared on three Spiritforged Equipment: Forgefire Cape, Rabadon's Deathcrown and Shurelya's Requiem. It was added to the Core Rules' keyword list in the Unleashed update.
Example: Building an Ornn deck
Your Champion Legend is Ornn, Fire Below the Mountain, so your deck can include his Signature Equipment. Shurelya's Requiem and Forgefire Cape both have Unique, so you include one of each and never a second copy. Doran's Shield doesn't have Unique, so you can include three. Once the game starts, Unique does nothing.
From Riftbound Core Rules
Official rulings
Riot's own words, from its rules articles.
Unique already existed on three cards in Spiritforged, but never received a corresponding part of the keywords section of the Core Rules Document.
Every Unique card (3)
kw:uniqueCards with Unique · 3
