Issue #149
2026 Community Card Signups Live
Community Cards are coming back in 2026, and KeyForge-centric community entities (groups, leagues, teams, content creators, etc.) can apply to participate and have a card created using this submission form. Are you part of a community group you’d like to see a Community Card for it? Share this link with your group’s organizer or administrator!
PLEASE NOTE: Entities which had a card created in 2025 are currently ineligible to create another card for that same entity in 2026.
Dead-Sync from the Bad Penny Press team was able to share this news on the recent episode of Bottom of the Beaker, as well as the winner of the 2025 Community Card awards! The 2025 Community Card of the Year, as voted by the community is, if you can believe it, the very podcast we announced the winner on: Bottom of the Beaker!
Congratulations to jtrussell, quickdraw3457, and Bottom of the Beaker! As a result, a 2025 Community Card of the Year edition of Bottom of the Beaker card will be made available at KeyForge Celebration 2026 for the upcoming year’s Community event.
All of the other winners and runner-ups are posted in the Community How to Play Rulebook.
Additionally, congratulations to Fig who won the live raffle ballot drawing, winning a complete 2025 Community Card set plus the three round promo foils from KFC 2025!
NEKO II: Sweet 16 Details Announced
NEKO II: Glorious Tradition is less than two weeks away, and the complete details of this year’s Sweet 16 side event have been announced. Similar to last year, players will get bingo cards with an arrangement of formats on it. Completing games of those formats earns you tickets, with bonus tickets for winning games and completing bingo lines. Prize tickets can be used on an assortment of items at the Sweet 16 prize wall.
Formats being featured are:
Archon (x3)
Sealed (x2) - Bulk decks will be available for sealed games!
Triad Bo1 (x2)
Shredder/Sealed Keymander/Community Card (x2) - Two slots that each ask you to play any one of these formats
Adaptive (bo1)
Sealed adaptive (bo1)
Main event free space (aka Crucible Clash w/o archon powers)
Crucible Clash (w/ archon powers)
Alliance
Reversal
Vault Assault/Certain Darkness - One slot that asks you to play either format
40 tickets have been sold so far, and they are available for purchase here if you’d like to join in the fun. If you also want a NEKO playmat, note that only two deluxe tickets remain!
2026 Store Championships Detailed
As hinted at last week, Ghost Galaxy released a number of pages pertaining to the 2026 Store Championships:
The official 2026 Store Championships page contains information about the event for both players and retailers, and starting in February, will contain a map of retailers confirmed to be running Store Championship evets.
Retailers interested in hosting a Store Championship event page can learn more on this page.
Ask a Judge
Q: I control an Infiltrator on my right flank and a Whirlpool. At the end of my turn, can I give Infiltrator to my opponent to destroy one of their creatures?
A: No. Both Infiltrator and Whirlpool’s abilities resolve in the same timing window. If you choose to resolve Whirlpool’s ability first, Infiltrator is now under the control of your opponent. Since abilities on cards in play are written from the perspective of their controller, Infiltrator’s ability will now only resolve at the end of your opponent’s turn — not at the end of yours — so its ability is no longer eligible to resolve.
Upcoming Official Events
Early 2026: 2026 New Player Event (LGS)
March 1 – April 14, 2026: 2026 Store Championships (LGS)
est. Q2 2026: Draconian Measures Pre-release (LGS)
April – September 2026: Vault Tour 2026 Season
July 30 – August 2, 2026: KeyForge at Gen Con 2026
August – September 2026: KeyForge Special Event (LGS)
August – September 2026: 2026 National Championships
est. Q4 2026: Shattered Reality Pre-release (LGS)
November 5–8, 2026: KeyForge Celebration 2026 & World Championships
KeyForge Play Wrap-Up
=== Random Access Archives League ===
Season 7 of the Random Access Archives league is in progress. Find out more information on the Miners 2.0 discord.
=== KAGI ===
KAGI 14.0 has started. Find out more in the KAGI Discord.
=== B-League ===
Congratulations to magije, the champion of the first season of the Keyforge B-League!
Find out more information on the Swindle-Tournaments Discord.
=== ABR ===
ABR League 14 is underway.
More information can be found on the ABR Discord.
=== NKFL ===
NFKL Season 26 is nearing completion.
Find more information on the NKFL Discord.
=== Sloppy Triad BO1 ===
The first Sloppy Triad BO1 swiss tournament has started.
Find more information on the Sloppy Labwork Discord.
=== KTL ===
The Deepwater Drakes win Season 5 of the KeyForge Team League.
Find more information on the KTL Discord.
Are you running an event you would like to see published here? Let us know!
Content Feature
VIDEO
Keyforge Tutorials- How To Read A New Deck by The Archivist
Master Vault Numbers
As of January 18, 2025, a total of 3,524,037 were registered in the Master Vault. This reflects an increase of 1,549 decks in the last week.
All right let's go!