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An apex predator, Rek'Sai is a merciless Void-spawn that tunnels beneath the ground to ambush and devour unsuspecting prey. Her insatiable hunger has laid waste to entire regions of the once-great empire of Shurima—merchants, traders, even armed caravans, will go hundreds of miles out of their way to avoid her and her offspring's hunting grounds. All know that once Rek'Sai is seen on the horizon, death from below is all but guaranteed.
Overview
Even if OGN-253 managed to be in the competitive discussion at various moments of the Origins metagame, it didn't shine compared to most other Fury legends. Arguably, only the Fury - Body did worse than the Fury - Order pair, meaning SFD-187 had a tall order in this new set.
The Fury domain is fantastic when it comes to conquering battlefields. The Assault keyword, damage based removals, or simply great midrange units, there are plenty of cards fit to support this legend's ability. The Order domain isn't so bad either, with OGN-213 and OGN-209 representing one of the best removal tandems in Riftbound. However, if we spend our runes to support our conquests, how can we pay for the cards we reveal with Rek'Sai's ability?
The answer is to be able to keep our units alive from a turn to another, which is much easier said than done. Indeed, if our domains are great to take care of opposing units and help with conquests, Rek'Sai lacks some tools when it comes to supporting units from opposite removals.
Spiritforged Rek'Sai Deck
Rek'Sai Signature Cards
SFD-029 is a solid card, but doesn't see much play, eclipsed by other 3-costs such as SFD-113, SFD-140 or SFD-149 so far in Spiritforged. Rek'Sai plays one copy as its Champion Unit while SFD-170 is nowhere to be seen.
Unfortunately, the 5-cost's ability is pale in comparison of SFD-188, the real star among Rek'Sai signature cards. The spell can whiff at times when used early, but otherwise allows playing one of the top two cards of our deck while drawing the other for the mere cost of recycling a rune.
In the later stages of a match, the signature spell guarantees Rek'Sai can fetch in its deck for more options to pick from. Right now, it seems the deck mostly needs to improve its raw power to compare to other Fury legends, but the extra reliably is always welcomed.
Rek'Sai Staple Cards and Synergies
So far, Rek'Sai seems like she is still trying to find the right balance. There is a good amount of cards designed to help us play at a fast pace through gaining energy, readying our units, or alleviating power-costs. SFD-175 really is the card that separates Rek'Sai from other legends also pushing for an aggressive midrange play style. Otherwise, we'll find the usual Fury and Order suspects when it comes to developing proactively.
OGN-012 and OGN-027 form a great duo for any deck able to play multiple cards per turn, which Rek'Sai does very well through her ability.
Support cards, be it buffs or removals are also cheap, with most costing 2 energy. They will both help with playing several cards in a turn, or setup a conquest while keeping runes ready to use our ability. Plus, it means they are playable if seen with SFD-188, without hurting our rune usage for the turn.
