Lux Is DEAD. Purple Isn't. Riftbound Ban List Reaction

Riot's September 2026 Riftbound ban list takes Ekko, Recurrent and Stacked Deck out of Standard and 2v2 Constructed on September 18, ending the Lux infinite and pulling the best filtering card out of Kennen, Heart of the Tempest. Here's why the Stacked Deck ban hits Diana, Draven, Ezreal, Kha'Zix and the rest of purple harder than the Kennen deck it was aimed at, why green is now the best color in Vendetta, and Cas' full top 8 prediction for RQ Los Angeles. Kennen went into the ban at a 58.6% win rate with 27 top 8 finishes, and I still think one makes the LA top 8. Jayce and LeBlanc are the early front runners, Astral Heron decks are about to be everywhere, and the Best-Of system means the meta will move a lot less than the panic says it will. CHAPTERS 0:00 Lux is dead, and purple took a big hit 1:35 Stacked Deck: the controversial ban 3:51 Diana, Draven, Ezreal, Mel, Pyke, Sivir get hit too 4:29 Ripple effects: Jayce rises and Green is the best Color 6:53 LeBlanc finally escapes the purple matchup 8:00 Can Kennen survive without Stacked Deck? 11:48 Hot take: my RQ LA top 8 prediction The receipt: at RQ Barcelona and RQ Singapore, Stacked Deck was in more than a third of every registered deck (783 of 2,133 and 650 of 1,903). Every single Diana, Draven, Ezreal, Kha'Zix and Sivir list at both events played it, and so did 488 of 489 Kennens. The one big purple deck that could live without it was Irelia, at 59% and 61%. Decklists: Rift Registry. Meta stats on screen: zero.gg (9 Vendetta events, 8,580 players). Best-of decklists, tier list & event coverage: https://turnemsideways.gg/ Playmats, dice & merch: https://shop.turnemsideways.gg/ ======= SOCIALS ======= Follow us for more competitive Riftbound content: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@TurnemSideways?sub_confirmation=1 Twitter - https://x.com/TurnThemSide TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@turnemsideways Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/turnemsideways/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0qFsptquUddq21pGXu9Thx Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-winning-point/id1847709608 Discord - https://discord.gg/MNFCaxFGpZ Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/turnthemside.bsky.social Threads - https://www.threads.com/@turnemsideways