Astral Heron
Astral Heron is an epic-rarity unit card from Riftbound's Vendetta expansion. At 7 Energy and 7 Might, it slots into the curve as a combat threat. Aligned with the Calm domain. It carries the Bird, Mount Targon, Errata tag. It appears in roughly 2.2% of tracked tournament decks.
7 Energy | 7 Might | Unit | Calm | epic | Vendetta
Rules Text
When you play your first card each turn, if I'm at a battlefield, the next card you play this turn costs 2 Energy Any RuneAny Rune less.
Domain: Calm
Meta Statistics
Inclusion Rate: 2.2% | Win Rate: 44.6%
Related FAQ (1)
What card does Astral Heron's triggered ability discount?
The next card played — added to the chain and queued for finalization — this turn after the ability resolves. Astral Heron received an erratum to make this clear: "When you play your first card each turn, if I'm at a battlefield, the next card you play this turn costs [2][C][C] less."
Tournament Decks
- Nasus — Team 26 (Carlos/Zachary Frame/Shawn Chau) (5W-2L), Breach the Bay 2 Riftbound 15k Team Trios
- Akali — Itah (5W-1L), Convergence #2
- Ahri — mellies_123 (4W-1L), Haven Online Challenger Series #3 - August 23rd 2026
- Vex — Daniel Rodríguez - _ajeel (4W-2L), I Micelion Cup
- Shen — Matthew R Miller (2W-3L), Convergence #2