Riftbound's World Showcase heads to Shanghai

Riot has published two Riftbound announcements this week. The first sets the date, place and format for the World Showcase, the event that closes Riftbound's first competitive season. The second opens an online drawing for two Worlds-themed products, the T1 2025 Worlds Champion Player Bundle and a Riftbound x Worlds 2026 Edition.

#The World Showcase: Shanghai, January 22-23

Riot calls the World Showcase the finale of the inaugural season, where the first Riftbound World Champion will be crowned. It runs January 22-23, 2027, in Shanghai, China, and will be streamed on the official Riftbound Twitch and YouTube channels.

The announcement does not say how players qualify or who is invited.

#Format

The format is constructed, and it is built around the next set, Legacy:

• Competitors get the Legacy card list two weeks before the event. Legacy releases on January 29, 2027, a week after the Showcase, so this is the first event played with it.
• Each player registers three decks (A, B and C) with no overlapping Domains, and marks one of them as their Playoff Deck at registration.
• The Swiss portion is nine rounds. Rounds 1-3 are played with Deck A, rounds 4-6 with Deck B and rounds 7-9 with Deck C. Opponents cannot repeat in rounds 1-3; from round 4 on, repeat pairings are allowed.
• The top 4 play a single-elimination bracket of best-of-three matches, using only their Playoff Deck.

Three decks with no shared Domains makes this a wide event. Players cannot lean on one Domain across their lineup, so a strong player needs three tuned decks rather than one deck and two backups. Because the Playoff Deck is chosen at registration, you also have to decide before the event which of the three you trust most in a best-of-three.

#Prizes

According to Riot, the Showcase pays out:

• a $100,000 USD total prize pool
• an all-expenses-paid trip to China for competitors
• a World Champion trophy
• an exclusive serialized English promo, numbered 1-24 and handed out by final standing
• OVN Foil Plated Legends, drafted in order of final standing, with every Legend available, Legacy included. Riot notes these differ from the Regional Championship versions and carry no promo stamp.

#The Worlds 2026 drawing

The second announcement covers two products sold through a single online drawing on the Riot Games Merch store:

• T1 2025 Worlds Champion Player Bundle, $70 plus shipping, in English, Chinese and Korean. It has five Champion cards picked by T1's 2025 roster: Ambessa The Wolf, Xin Zhao The Vigilant, Galio Indefatigable, Miss Fortune Buccaneer and Seraphine Not Alone. It also includes a deck box, a binder, sleeves and a D12 die.
• Riftbound x Worlds 2026 Edition, $80 plus shipping, in English only. It contains an Unforgiven (Yasuo) Legend promo with new Worlds art, three Battlefield promos (Los Angeles, Allen and New York City), a deck box and foil sleeves.

Key dates, converted to Eastern Time:

• Registration opens November 13 at 12:00 PM ET and closes November 16 at 12:00 PM ET.
• The first round of selected entrants is emailed on November 17.
• If you are selected, you have 24 hours to complete the purchase. After that, another entrant is drawn.
• Online fulfillment begins in mid-December.

Riot says both products are also sold at the on-site merch stores at the Worlds quarterfinals and semifinals in Allen, Texas, and at Worlds Fan Fest in New York City this month, while supplies last. The announcement does not give quantities or list eligible regions. Before registration opens, Riot recommends checking that you can sign in to your Riot account and that riotgames.com emails are not going to spam.

#Sources

• Riftbound World Showcase (Riot Games)
• Riftbound T1 Player Bundle and Worlds 2026 Drawing (Riot Games)