---
license: other
license_name: riot-legal-jibber-jabber
license_link: https://www.riotgames.com/en/legal
pretty_name: Riftbound TCG Card Database
tags:
  - riftbound
  - tcg
  - trading-card-game
  - card-game
  - riot-games
  - league-of-legends
size_categories:
  - 1K<n<10K
task_categories:
  - other
configs:
  - config_name: default
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: cards.csv
  - config_name: errata
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: card_errata.csv
---

# Riftbound TCG Card Database

Machine-readable snapshot of every card in
[Riftbound: The League of Legends TCG](https://playriftbound.com), auto-scraped
from the official Card Gallery and errata pages.

**Snapshot date**: 2026-08-11
**Cards**: 1188

Source repo (scraper + pipeline): <https://github.com/LouisCourrian/riftbound-cards>
Every GitHub release publishes the same three formats as attached assets and
mirrors them here.

## Files

| File | What |
| --- | --- |
| `cards.csv` | Full corpus, one row per card. Array fields (`card_type_labels`, `tags`) are JSON strings. |
| `cards.json` | Same corpus, with arrays as real arrays. |
| `card_errata.csv` | Merged errata (auto-scraped + manual overrides). |
| `riftbound.db` | Prisma-managed SQLite with a `cards` and a `card_errata` table. |

## Quick start

Load the primary card list with the `datasets` library:

```python
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("Wysme/riftbound-cards", split="train")
print(ds[0])
# {'card_code': 'ven-r01', 'name': 'Fury Rune', 'domain': 'Fury', ...}
```

Load the errata list:

```python
errata = load_dataset("Wysme/riftbound-cards", "errata", split="train")
```

Query the SQLite directly (nicer for joins):

```python
from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
import sqlite3, pandas as pd
path = hf_hub_download("Wysme/riftbound-cards", "riftbound.db", repo_type="dataset")
con = sqlite3.connect(path)
pd.read_sql("SELECT name, domain, energy, might FROM cards WHERE card_type='Unit' AND domain='Calm'", con)
```

## Schema

Notable columns on `cards`:

- `card_code`  — stable identifier (`<setCode>-<cardNumber>`, e.g. `ven-sp2-006`)
- `name` / `subtitle` / `full_name` — split for champions (`Sona` / `Harmonious` / `Sona, Harmonious`)
- `card_type` — primary type (`Unit`, `Rune`, `Spell`, `Gear`, `Legend`, `Battlefield`, `Token`)
- `card_type_labels` — every label displayed under **Card Type** (`["Unit","Champion"]`); JSON string in the CSV, real array in the JSON
- `tags` — creature type / faction tags; same shape as `card_type_labels`
- `energy`, `power`, `might` — integers or null
- `domains` — every domain symbol printed in the card frame; JSON string in the CSV/SQLite, real array in the JSON. Legends are usually bi-domain (`["Fury","Chaos"]`)
- `domain` — first entry of `domains`, kept as a plain string for consumers that expect a single value (`Calm`, `Fury`, `Mind`, `Body`, `Chaos`, `Order`, `Colorless`)
- `ability_original` — the printed text
- `ability_corrected` — the errata replacement (null when none applies)
- `ability_effective` — `ability_corrected ?? ability_original` (what you should treat as canonical)
- `has_errata` — boolean shortcut
- `image_url` — full-resolution CDN URL (query string stripped)
- `source_url` — deep-link into the Card Gallery

**Power's rune colour always equals the card's `domain`** — that's the
Riftbound rule, so no separate `power_domain` column is stored.

## Last diff

- **Total**: 1188
- **New**: 9
- **Changed**: 3
- **Missing (kept in DB, absent from latest scrape)**: 1

## Legal

Card data (names, subtitles, ability text, artwork URLs, set names, artist
credits) is © Riot Games. Redistributed here under Riot's
[Legal Jibber Jabber](https://www.riotgames.com/en/legal) fan-content policy
and the [Riftbound TCG Digital Tools Policy](https://x.com/playriftbound/status/1948792879201370296)
for non-commercial community use. Downstream users are responsible for their
own compliance with Riot's policy — in particular, do not build
gameplay-simulation clones or aggregate metagame data from this dataset.

This dataset is **not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Riot Games**.
Riot may revoke the redistribution license at any time; if you're from Riot
and want a change, please open an issue on the source repo.

The scraper code itself is [MIT-licensed](https://github.com/LouisCourrian/riftbound-cards/blob/main/LICENSE).

_Snapshot published on 2026-08-11 by the auto-updater; the source repo is the canonical view._