The Boss

The Boss is a rare-rarity legend card from Riftbound's Origins set. Legends set which domains a deck can use. It belongs to the Body and Order domains. It has the Sett tag.

Legend | Body, Order | rare | Origins | Art: Envar Studio

Rules Text

If a buffed unit you control would die, you may pay Any Rune, exhaust me, and spend its buff to heal it, exhaust it, and recall it instead. (Send it to base. This isn't a move.) When you conquer, ready me.

Domain: Body Order

Errata

  • Errata 2025-10-21 (Origins): the text now reads “If a buffed unit you control would die, you may pay [C], exhaust me, and spend its buff to heal it, exhaust it, and recall it instead. (Send it to base. This isn't a move.) When you conquer, ready me.”. It previously read “When a buffed unit you control would die, you may pay [C] and exhaust me to spend its buff and recall it exhausted instead. (Send it to base. This isn't a move.) When you conquer, ready me.”.

Price

Market price $0.26 on TCGPlayer, updated Sep 28, 2026.

Related FAQ (1)

When I replace a unit's death with a card like Unlicensed Armory, does damage on the unit stay? If the unit died to lethal damage, doesn't it just die again?

The intent behind these four cards is to save your unit from dying, whether it died due to direct kill like Hidden Blade or due to lethal damage. To better communicate this, these cards will receive updated wordings. Two of them, Highlander (from the Proving Grounds boxed set) and Unlicensed Armory, have straightforward fixes, adding “heal" and listing “exhaust" and “recall" as separate actions. Choose a friendly unit. The next time it dies this turn, heal it, exhaust it, and recall it instead. (Send it to base. This isn't a move.) Discard 1, (E) Choose a friendly unit. The next time it would die this turn, you may pay (C) to heal it, exhaust it, and recall it instead. (Send it to base. This isn't a move.) Zhonya's Hourglass also has a slightly updated wording making it clearer that its ability applies any time a friendly unit dies, not just on the turn you play it. If a friendly unit would die, kill this instead. Heal that unit, exhaust it, and recall it. (Send it to base. This isn't a move.) The Boss was mistakenly worded like a triggered ability. It's receiving updated wording to make it clear that its ability is a replacement effect.

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