Defender of Tomorrow / Jayce, Brilliant Inventor
Jayce, Brilliant Inventor — Matt Karminski — Aug 15, 2026: a standard Riftbound deck with 65 cards. Check the full list, legend, champion and energy curve.
This deck was first recorded in official tournament play on August 15, 2026 during Valley Forge 2026 - Riftbound $10k-$25,000.
Played by Matt Karminski against Void Burrower / Rek'Sai, Breacher.
Match result: draw
Official recorded uses: 15
By System
![Riftbound Legend: Defender of Tomorrow. [Empower] [2][A][A] ([2][A][A]: Empower me. Use only if not Empowered.)
[1], [T]: Ready a gear.
[Empowered][>] [1], [T]: Ready 2 gear.](/assets/riftbound/cards/vendetta/ven-149-166.png)
Deck statistics
- Cards
- 65
- Unique cards
- 25
- Average energy
- 3.0
- Average might
- 0.5
- Domains
- Body (33), Mind (30), Colorless (3)
- Keywords
- Reaction (13), Add (7), Repeat (6), > (5), NO TEXT (5), Empower (4)
Tournament record: 5–1 (83.3% win rate across 6 recorded matches).
Main deck
- 3× Elder Dragon (UNL-118/219) · Unleashed
- 3× Promising Future (OGN-115/298) · Origins
- 2× Garbage Grabber (OGN-099/298) · Origins
- 3× Dredge Up (VEN-049/166) · Vendetta
- 2× Sprite Burst (UNL-069/219) · Unleashed
- 3× Mobilize (OGN-134/298) · Origins
- 2× Sabotage (OGN-156/298) · Origins
- 2× Rocket Barrage (SFD-077/221) · Spiritforged
- 3× Bellows Breath (SFD-080/221) · Spiritforged
- 2× Gutter Palace (UNL-088/219) · Unleashed
- 3× Clairvoyance (VEN-056/166) · Vendetta
- 3× Dazzling Aurora (OGN-160/298) · Origins
- 3× Catalyst of Aeons (OGN-138/298) · Origins
- 2× Flurry of Blades (OGN-133/298) · Origins
- 3× Platewyrm Egg (VEN-075/166) · Vendetta
Runes
Legend
Sideboard
- 2× Repulse (UNL-106/219) · Unleashed
- 1× Garbage Grabber (OGN-099/298) · Origins
- 2× Disposal Order (UNL-103/219) · Unleashed
- 1× Sprite Burst (UNL-069/219) · Unleashed
- 1× Sabotage (OGN-156/298) · Origins
- 1× Rocket Barrage (SFD-077/221) · Spiritforged
- 1× Deadly Flourish (UNL-073/219) · Unleashed
- 1× Decree of Strength (VEN-085/166) · Vendetta