Nocturne, Horrifying
Nocturne, Horrifying is a rare-rarity unit card from Riftbound's Origins set. It costs 4 Energy and has 4 Might. It belongs to the Chaos domain. It is a Champion card for Nocturne. It has the Ganking keyword. It appears in 9% of tracked tournament decks whose legend can run it.
4 Energy | 4 Might | Unit | Chaos | rare | Origins
Rules Text
[Ganking] (I can move from battlefield to battlefield.) As you look at or reveal me from the top of your deck, you may banish me. If you do, you may play me for Any Rune.
Keywords
Domain: Chaos
Errata
- Errata 2025-10-21 (Origins): the text now reads “[Ganking] (I can move from battlefield to battlefield.) As you look at or reveal me from the top of your deck, you may banish me. If you do, you may play me for [A].”. It previously read “[Ganking] (I can move from battlefield to battlefield.) When you look at cards from the top of your deck (and don't draw them) and see me, you may play me for [A].”.
Meta Statistics
Inclusion rate 8.8%. Win rate 53.7% across 173 decks with results.
Price
Market price $2.60 on TCGPlayer, updated Sep 15, 2026.
Related FAQ (1)
So how exactly does this ability work?
The process starts as you look at or reveal cards from the top of your Main Deck due to an effect. Let's use Stacked Deck as an example. You play Stacked Deck and look at the top 3 cards of your deck. Nocturne is among them. You now get to choose whether to banish him or not. If you choose to banish him, you immediately begin the process of playing him from banishment, placing him on the chain as a pending item. Then you continue resolving Stacked Deck. There are only 2 cards left of the original 3; you'll choose one to put into your hand and recycle the other one. Then, since Stacked Deck has finished resolving, you'll finish the steps of putting Nocturne onto the chain from banishment, paying (A) (that's one power of any type) instead of his base cost. As usual for units, he'll resolve immediately and enter the board exhausted. If you weren't able to play him for any reason, he'll just stay banished.
Tournament Decks
- Draven — andrew do (10W-0L), CCS $25,000 Riftbound Invitational Qualifier #2
- Kennen — Subops Peninha (9W-0L), Convergence #2
- Jinx — Eric Liu (7W-2L), CCS $25,000 Riftbound Invitational Qualifier #2
- Sivir — Griffin Day (6W-3L), Riftbound $25,000 Cash Tournament @ Pro-Play Summit: Pittsburgh
- Teemo — Crabby Nabs † (5W-3L), CCS $25,000 Riftbound Invitational Qualifier #4
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