Riftbound Trial Deck List Guide: Master Yi, Lux, Garen, and Annie

Players searching for a Riftbound trial deck list usually need two things at once: the actual card list and a plain explanation of what the deck is supposed to teach. This page covers the four RiftStorm Proving Grounds trial deck seeds: Master Yi, Lux, Garen, and Annie.

Use this article as a learning hub, then open the Riftbound deck builder, community deck lists, and Riftbound card database to inspect individual cards.

The Master Yi trial deck is a Calm/Body list that teaches defending, late pressure, and when to save a real answer for the decisive combat turn.

• 2 Master Yi - Meditative
• 2 Master Yi - Honed
• 3 Stalwart Poro
• 3 Wielder of Water
• 3 Playful Phantom
• 3 Zephyr Sage
• 3 Stormclaw Ursine
• 2 Mountain Drake
• 3 En Garde
• 3 Meditation
• 2 Confront
• 3 Mobilize
• 3 Cannon Barrage
• 2 Highlander
• 3 Gentlemen's Duel
• 6 Calm Rune
• 6 Body Rune
• 3 Fortified Position

Play this deck if you want to learn patience. Your early goal is to contest without throwing away resources, then let your larger threats and combat tricks turn one battlefield into a scoring swing.

The Lux trial deck is a Mind/Order spell-control list. It teaches resource timing, spell windows, and how to use removal without skipping board development forever.

• 2 Lux - Illuminated
• 2 Lux - Crownguard
• 2 Eager Apprentice
• 3 Lecturing Yordle
• 2 Mega-Mech
• 3 Ravenbloom Student
• 3 Daring Poro
• 3 Vanguard Sergeant
• 3 Vanguard Attendant
• 3 Falling Comet
• 3 Singularity
• 3 Stupefy
• 3 Back to Back
• 3 Blast of Power
• 2 Final Spark
• 6 Mind Rune
• 6 Order Rune
• 3 Startipped Peak

Play this deck if you want to learn when to hold mana open. Lux rewards players who understand which spell answers the current battlefield and which spell needs to wait for the opponent's bigger commit.

The Garen trial deck is a Body/Order board deck. It teaches combat math, unit sizing, and how to make attacks that force opponents into bad trades.

• 2 Garen - Rugged
• 2 Garen - Commander
• 3 Daring Poro
• 3 Crackshot Corsair
• 3 First Mate
• 3 Faithful Manufactor
• 3 Noxian Drummer
• 3 Vanguard Sergeant
• 2 Dune Drake
• 2 Petty Officer
• 3 Vanguard Attendant
• 3 Confront
• 3 Back to Back
• 2 Decisive Strike
• 3 Recruit the Vanguard
• 6 Body Rune
• 6 Order Rune
• 3 Trifarian War Camp

Play this deck if you want to learn board presence. Garen games often come down to whether your units are in the right battlefield before combat starts.

The Annie trial deck is a Fury/Chaos damage deck. It teaches pressure, damage sequencing, and when to use movement or recursion to keep a scoring turn alive.

• 2 Annie - Fiery
• 2 Annie - Stubborn
• 2 Pouty Poro
• 3 Mystic Poro
• 3 Traveling Merchant
• 3 Sneaky Deckhand
• 3 Maddened Marauder
• 3 Sai Scout
• 2 Tibbers
• 3 Gust
• 3 Incinerate
• 2 Flash
• 3 Morbid Return
• 3 Disintegrate
• 3 Firestorm
• 6 Fury Rune
• 6 Chaos Rune
• 3 Void Gate

Play this deck if you want to learn pressure and timing. Annie rewards clean damage use; wasting burn on the wrong unit can cost the battlefield later.

Upgrade trial decks by fixing jobs, not by adding random rare cards. Ask what the deck fails to do first.

• Master Yi wants more reliable ways to protect or convert the big threat turn.
• Lux wants spell density that still leaves enough bodies to contest battlefields.
• Garen wants stronger early bodies and cleaner ways to force favorable combat.
• Annie wants more efficient damage and enough recovery to avoid running out of cards.

When you make changes, keep the deck's lesson intact. A beginner deck that teaches one thing well is more useful than a pile of powerful cards with no plan.

The best Riftbound trial deck list is the one that teaches the skill you need next. Master Yi teaches defensive timing, Lux teaches spell control, Garen teaches board combat, and Annie teaches pressure sequencing. Start there, then use RiftStorm's card database and deck builder to tune the list into your own version.