Issue #100

Jan 13, 2025

Visions of the Future with Bad Penny Press

Bad Penny Press will be offering an exclusive look at two new cards from KeyForge: Prophetic Visions on Wednesday, January 15th! Be sure to subscribe to Bad Penny Press using the button below to get the new card previews delivered straight to your inbox!

FEATURE: KF Art Bot

One of the coolest parts of KeyForge is the community, its ingenuity, and the time people spend to give back to the community. Recently, xoque became aware of the KeyForge Art Bot, which can be used on the KeyForge Art Bot Discord Server, and sat down with catsmdogs to understand more about it and where it came from:

The tale begins when catsmdogs found KeyForge. "In mid 2024 I heard Richard Garfield on a podcast discussing Magic the Gathering and he mentioned one goal of KeyForge was to create a system where every card effectively gets played. I hadn't heard of Keyforge, looked up, bought a couple decks, played them solo and was immediately hooked! The game grabbed me instantly as having a high quality core. I only wish I'd discovered KeyForge sooner!" says catsmdogs.

Like any new player, he kept encountering cards in games that he'd never played against before. catsmdogs says, "I don't think of it as unfair, just that there's a challenge but also a journey of discovery for me until I fully recognize CotA and WC and MM card pools more fully. One day, thinking about this while staring at the little half sized TCO cards, I got inspired to make an art game to help myself and others learn the card pool while having fun." The art bot will show you a cropped art square from a random card, and you have to guess it. You can start the game by mentioning the @KF Art Bot in a message.

There were some high volume users which gave the opportunity to improve early. catsmdogs says "The art bot feedback has been great! There were some clear quality of life suggestions that I worked on right away. But overall folks have been happily playing, and most surprising to me there are, apparently, a lot of KeyForgers who don't need to use any of the bot filters to narrow down the card pool! They look at any art and guess it right with a high rate. I even added harder modes (tinier samples of the art) because I thought the "tiny" mode was already ludicrously hard, but no!! So there's also "micro" and "impossible" for the folks who need that challenge!" catsmdogs has plans to add each main set that comes out, and is open to feedback of course. You can find catsmdogs on many different KeyForge discord servers as well as on the KeyForge Art Bot server. Try it out!

Additional NEKO Details

Additional details for the first Northeast KeyForge Open (NEKO) — running Saturday, February 1st to Sunday, February 2nd — have been announced! For prizing, the two finalists will receive personalized playmats, and the winner will receive a unique, custom-made trophy. There will be additional deck prizing for top 8 players as well.

Secondly, there will be a new side event called Sweet Sixteen created by Fabulousing. Throughout the weekend, attendees can participate in ten different formats scattered across a 4x4 bingo board, getting prize tickets for participation, match wins, and completed bingo lines. The event will also feature a prize wall where participants can spend tickets earned by completing rounds in the main event or Sweet Sixteen side event.

Lastly, NEKO will be streamed by June on Twitch, so people can follow the event from home/ People planning on attending should purchase their tickets through the event website. and can join the NEKO Discord server for more information.

Ask a Judge

Q: I have a ready Belligerent Guard in my battleline, upgraded with Mirror Shell. I reap with Belligerent Guard and resolve the After Reap: ability granted by Mirror Shell. When I make a token creature later in my turn, will that token creature enter play ready?

A: No. In this case, the token creature enters play as a copy of the owner's token creature, not as a copy of Belligerent Guard. Once the token creature is in play, then the constant ability is applied to it, and the token creature becomes a copy of Belligerent Guard. However, since the creature has already entered play, that part of Belligerent Guard's ability text will not resolve.

Upcoming Official Events

January 31: Discovery Release
January 31 (and beyond): New Player Discovery Events (LGS)
February 22 - March 31: 2025 Store Championships
Q2 2025: Prophetic Visions Pre-Release (LGS)
April - September: 2025 Vault Tour Season
April 25–27: Vault Tour 2025 Rochester (Rochester, NY)
July 31 – August 1: 2025 KeyForge Gen Con Bash (Indianapolis, IN)
August - September: Summer Special Event (LGS)
September - October: 2025 National Championships
Q4 2025: Draconian Measures Pre-Release (LGS)
November 6-9: KeyForge Celebration 2025 / World Championships (Roseville, MN)

KeyForge Play Wrap-Up

=== KAGI ===

KAGI 12.0 has started!

Find out more information on the KAGI Discord.

=== ABR ===

ABR 12 has started! More information can be found on the ABR Discord.

=== NKFL ===

NKFL Season 25 has started!

Find more information on the NKFL Discord.

=== KTL ===

Signups were pushed back to close on Sunday, January 12th for Season 4 of the KeyForge Team League, and it expected to start soon after. Find more information on the KTL Discord.

Are you running an event you would like to see published here? Let us know!