Riftbound Ban List: Every Deck That Just Got BETTER | The Winning Point Ep 63

Riot banned Ekko, Recurrent and Stacked Deck effective September 18, killing the Lux combo and pulling the best consistency card in the game out of Kennen, Diana, Ezreal, Kha'Zix and the rest of purple. Blevins, Casanova and Charmer disagree on the record about who actually got hurt: Charmer thinks Kennen took the worst of it, Blevins thinks Kennen keeps Lightning Rush and every other purple deck is the one paying, and Charmer's tinfoil theory is that Riot was aiming at the round timer the whole time. Then the part you can act on this weekend. Green is the de facto best color now, LeBlanc finally escapes the purple matchup that has capped her for three sets, three Lucians made Showdown top 8s without the combo, purple Ezreal and Vex are quietly back, Proving Grounds Yi is still a problem, and the Aurora panic is probably overblown. Convergence #3 and the CCS Houston Showdown on Saturday are the first real read on all of it, with RQ Los Angeles the week after. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 Stacked Deck and Ekko are banned 8:11 Two cards gone: Ekko and Stacked Deck 10:09 Tinfoil theory: the ban targets the round timer 17:33 A good long term ban, and Origins regrets 20:46 Is an Aurora winter actually coming? 24:49 Why Best-Ofs stop the meta from moving 30:05 LeBlanc, Vex and purple Ezreal rise 34:41 Lucian in Showdown top 8s, minus the combo 41:41 Houston and Convergence preview RQ LA 🎴 Thanks to our new partner Endgame Sleeves. 10% off with code TURN10: https://endgametcg.ca/ 🏆 Rift Atlas Convergence #3, 256 players, $5,500, sold out and streaming live here Saturday September 19 📊 Best-of decklists, tier list & event coverage: https://turnemsideways.gg/ 🛒 Playmats, dice & merch: https://shop.turnemsideways.gg/ 📬 Got a mailbag question? Drop it in the comments and we'll answer it on a future episode. ======= 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