Riot Games has unveiled a new premium trading card collection in collaboration with South Korean esports organisation T1 to celebrate the team’s sixth League of Legends World Championship (Worlds) title, and estimates suggest that the limited-edition drop could bring in more than $10 million in gross revenue.
The company announced the Riftbound x T1 2025 Worlds Champion Collection during MSI 2026 in Seoul. This is the first time Riot has partnered with a specific esports team, rather than the league as a whole, to create signed, limited-run cards.
The bulk of the projected revenue will come from the collection’s high-end offering, the T1 2025 Worlds Champion Signature Edition. Riot plans to produce exactly 10,125 copies in each of three languages, English, Chinese, and Korean, bringing the total to over 30,000 copies.
At the English version price of $360 per unit, that single language alone could generate about $3.645 million. Multiplied across all three languages, the Signature Edition, alone, could bring in roughly $10.9 million before accounting for manufacturing, distribution, or platform fees.
A second, more affordable option, the T1 2025 Worlds Champion Player Bundle, priced at $70 in English, is expected to add further revenue on top of that figure.
Riot Games is expected to sell out all copies of the Signature Edition quickly because of the huge popularity of T1 and its star player, Lee “Faker“ Sang-hyeok. T1 has one of the biggest fanbases in esports, and limited-edition products featuring the team often attract massive demand.
The Signature Edition includes one serialised card per box, numbered from 1 to 2,025, featuring a gold-stamped player signature and a new foiling effect never before used in Riftbound. It also comes with a premium collector’s box and display stand. Pricing outside the U.S. is set at ¥2,025 in China and ₩500,000 in South Korea.
Riot will distribute the English-language Signature Edition through a lottery system on the Riot Merch store starting in August 2026, a method the company regularly uses for high-demand releases to curb scalping. The Player Bundle will follow later in the year through a similar drawing process. Chinese and Korean versions will be sold separately through regional channels.
Riftbound, Riot’s physical trading card game set in the League of Legends universe, has seen strong demand since its debut. Riot previously released a general Riftbound Worlds Bundle in 2025, priced around $100, which sold out quickly and has since been resold for $280 to $350 or more on secondary markets. That bundle was not tied to any single team.
It’s basically perfect timing, given the year T1 just had. The team claimed its third consecutive World Championship in 2025, while its star player, Faker, earned a spot on the TIME Magazine’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in Sports. On top of that, T1 finally turned a profit as a business for the first time, a lot of it coming from merch and sponsorships as the team’s popularity exploded worldwide.
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