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Rumble is a young inventor with a temper. Using nothing more than his own two hands and a heap of scrap, the feisty yordle constructed a colossal mech suit outfitted with an arsenal of electrified harpoons and incendiary rockets. Though others may scoff and sneer at his junkyard creations, Rumble doesn't mind—after all, he's the one with the flamespitter.
Overview
Rumble inherited of the same domains as Kai'Sa, arguably the greatest legend in Riftbound heading into Spiritforged, and still a fantastic performer in this new metagame. In comparison, being forced to play a tribe focused synergy is a huge limitation, both in terms of cards we can run, but also the information we give our opponent when revealing our legend. As such, SFD-181 will see restricted play except when Mechs are able to dominate an opponent fully aware of our strategy from the very start of the match.
This ability is at its best when going first, as we get priority to conquer a battlefield on turn two. When we do with a mech, we have a unit with 3-might as the defender, limiting our opponent's ability to come and challenge it with their 2-cost unit.
In this dream scenario, Rumble is then able to snowball that position and score points regularly. SFD-026 comes as an additional threat to deal with, mechs are being summoned, buffed, and the deck just clicks. Unfortunately, an educated opponent will play against that outcome, while going second means we can't really follow this pattern.
Overall, Rumble found a way to build around its limited ability, while adding some of the great cards from the Fury or Mind domains. However, the real struggle starts once the opponent forces us to play outside our comfort zone. In that scenario, Rumble will just default to the best standalone cards from the Fury or Mind domain, something other legends are simply better at doing.
Spiritforged Rumble Deck
Rumble Signature Cards
Both champion units synergize with each other, meaning we'll often see both of them in Mech decks. SFD-026 will serve as the engine to summon more mechs, and represent a strong turn 2 play when going first. SFD-089 is more of a payoff card, also able to summon more mech, but mostly improving their resiliency as long as it is on the board. In the featured deck, we have a 3-3 split, meaning both are strong enough to see play with their associated legend. Unfortunately, they are not seeing play alongside any other legend, meaning they are limited to mech specific decks.
SFD-182 has yet to earn a staple status. Indeed, the Fury and Mind domains pack a ton of great non-mech units, limiting the appeal of a tribe only card, even alongside its signature legend. Most of the time, the signature spell will be used as a way to dodge a removal targeting SFD-026 or SFD-089 in the mid-game. Otherwise, it will be kept to support the final showdowns of the match, after we managed to summon multiple mechs. Due to this situational role, one or two copies are enough.
Rumble Staple Cards and Synergies
Finding a way to summon SFD-021 early on through SFD-026 is the best way for Rumble to pressure its opponent and score consistently. Another great card to summon mechs at a discount is SFD-076, always a 2-cost card in this deck. Alongside our champion units, the deck is looking for those tools, able to develop our side of the board for cheap or present cards requiring more resources to remove than we used to get them in play.
Alongside the mech package, you can expect to find the same strong standalone cards you would find with other Mind or Fury legends. Even with a unique synergy, the likes of OGN-116 or OGN-029 are too good to pass on. The same goes for cards able to edge a particular match-up, such as SFD-074 to destroy Seals in most Chaos decks.
Rumble plays a simple gameplan, which is its main limitation at the moment. Finding as many ways as possible to enforce that gameplan, be it through strong standalone or more synergistic support will determine how strong the legend can be in the Spiritforged metagame.
