Combo · ENGINE
Clash of Giants says 'two units', not 'a friendly and an enemy' — so both of them can be theirs
Pieces
- Clash of Giants ×1
UNL-110 · engine · body
Choose two units. They deal damage equal to their Mights to each other.
- Spoils of War ×1
OGN-144 · payoff · body
[Reaction] (Play any time, even before spells and abilities resolve.) If an enemy unit has died this turn, this costs 2 Energy less. Draw 2.
Payoff
Deck
- Any legend with Body among its two domains (103.1.b.3) — 17 names: Relentless Storm (OGN-249), Blind Monk (OGN-257), Bounty Hunter (OGN-267), The Boss (OGN-269), Wuju Bladesman - Starter (OGS-019), Might of Demacia - Starter (OGS-023), Purifier (SFD-183), Grandmaster at Arms (SFD-193), Battle Mistress (SFD-203), Grand Duelist (SFD-205), Pridestalker (UNL-183), Wuju Master (UNL-191), Voidreaver (UNL-201), Keeper of the Hammer (UNL-203), Butcher of the Sands (VEN-141), Defender of Tomorrow (VEN-149), Matriarch of War (VEN-153).
- Two enemy units of similar Might at the same time — the trade is only free if both die, and 143.2.a settles that by comparing each Might to the other's.
Prerequisites
- READ THE WORDING AGAINST ITS SIBLINGS AND THE CARD CHANGES SHAPE. `OGN-128 Challenge` says 'Choose a friendly unit and an enemy unit'; `VEN-083 Rampage` and `SFD-114 Marching Orders` say the same. Clash of Giants says 'Choose two units' — no side restriction at all. So it can point two ENEMY bodies at each other and risk nothing of yours, which no other card in that family does.
- IT IS UNIT DAMAGE, NOT SPELL DAMAGE, AND THAT IS RIOT'S OWN RULING ON THE FAMILY. 417.6.b.3: 'When a spell or ability specifies a Unit as the source of the Damage for the Deal action, it is not in addition to the spell or ability that instructed it', with Challenge as the worked example. So a blanket Prevent (`OGN-145 Unyielding Spirit`) does not stop it, and nothing that keys on spell damage sees it.
- THE ARITHMETIC IS MUTUAL AND UNFORGIVING. Each deals damage equal to its OWN Might to the other, so 143.2.a kills both only when each Might is at least the other's — two 4s trade, a 6 and a 3 leaves the 6 alive at 3 damage marked. Against unequal bodies this is a one-for-none rather than a two-for-none, and 466.1.a.1 heals the survivor at the next combat cleanup, so the marked damage is not banked.
- SPOILS OF WAR PAYS FOR THE TURN AND IS WRITTEN FOR THIS. 'If an enemy unit has died this turn, this costs :rb_energy_2: less' — the Clash supplies the corpse, so the draw costs 2 Energy + 1 Body Power instead of 4 + 1. It is a [Reaction] (813.1.c.1), so it can also be held for the opponent's turn once their own combat has killed something.
- The discount is a discount, with everything that implies: 166.2, 203.1 and 356.4.b mean you SPEND 2 rather than 4, so any 'if you spent N or more' clause in the deck reads the smaller number. That is the same trap as `raging-firebrand-thermo-beam-free-gear-wipe`, from the other direction.
- Priced whole: 6 Energy + 2 Body Power to kill two enemy bodies with none of yours involved, then 2 Energy + 1 Body Power to draw two. Expensive, and the entry does not pretend otherwise — what it buys is removal that costs no board.
Steps
- Wait for two enemy units of comparable Might to be on the board.
- Cast Clash of Giants (6 Energy + 2 Body Power) and choose BOTH of them — the card places no restriction on sides.
- They deal damage equal to their Mights to each other (417.6.b.3: unit damage). 143.2.a kills each one whose Might the other's damage reaches.
- With an enemy unit now dead this turn, cast Spoils of War for 2 Energy + 1 Body Power instead of 4 + 1.
- Draw 2.
Per iteration
-2 cards, -8 Energy -3 Body Power, +2 cards, up to two enemy units dead and none of yours involved
How it ends
engine — two enemy bodies traded against each other and two cards drawn, for 8 Energy and 3 Body Power across two cards; nothing here scores
Sources
Published elsewhere
- Riftbound Core Rules, Last Updated 2026-07-16 (data/Riftbound-Core-Rules-2026-07-16.txt) 2026-07-16
Walked here, in this project
- Hand walk 2026-09-07, issue #173 — the uncatalogued Fury / Body / Chaos cards 2026-09-07 record
How this entry was audited
REFUTE = a refutation pass, with its date and verdict · WOUNDED = the pass found a flaw and the entry was rewritten · BUDGETED = the pass checked the recycle-and-draw ledger · lens = the hunt that proposed it.
AUTHORED 2026-09-07, issue #173. UNL-110 Clash of Giants and OGN-144 Spoils of War were both in ZERO entries. Card text verbatim from data/corpus_flat.txt; 103.1.b.3, 143.2.a, 166.2, 203.1, 356.4.b, 417.6.b.3, 466.1.a.1, 813.1.c.1 opened in the Core Rules file. Both cards legal in both formats; neither is Signature. No unruled reading. The finding is a wording comparison across the 417.6.b.3 family rather than a rule: five of its six members name a friendly unit and this one does not.
Walked against Core Rules 2026-07-16