Issue #27

Jul 24, 2023

Ghost Galaxy has announced the official retail release dates for Winds of Exchange!

English language KeyForge: Winds of Exchange decks, the new KeyForge 2-Player Starter Kit, and KeyForge Adventures: Fall of the House Gormangeist are set to release on Friday, August 4th at participating retailers in North America, and Friday, September 15th in other territories (Stock and availability may vary by store).

Additionally, stores which ordered Winds of Exchange Prerelease Packs are expected to run a Sealed Alliance Prerelease event, scheduled to run in the following timeframe:

North America: July 28 - August 3
Other Territories: September 8 - September 14

Check with your local game store for if and when they are running a Prerelease event. Retail release dates for non-English language decks has not yet been announced.

Philly Vault Tour Recap from Ghost Galaxy

Following the Philadelphia Vault Tour, Ghost Galaxy posted a statistical recap of the events run during the weekend. More information is listed below in the KeyForge Play section.

Ask a Judge

In my opponent’s battleline, they have Sanctum Guardian upgraded with Halo of Enlightenment as well as a token creature next to it. On my turn, I only have a single creature, and it is enraged. Can I use the creature to reap?

Yes. Sanctum Guardian cannot be fought because your opponent controls a token creature, and the token creature cannot be fought because it is protected by Sanctum Guardian’s taunt. Since Enrage says you must use your creature to fight, if able, but you are unable to use it to fight, you can use your creature to reap (or resolve its Action: or Omni: ability if it has one).

KeyForge Play Wrap-Up

=== Philadelphia Vault Tour ===

Archon:

Champion for $3,000: FlamingHobo with Ms. Minity, the Supernatural Traveller
Runner-Up for $1,000: Kokujin87 with Countless “Bullseye” Thain
Top 4 for $500: Big__Z with “Pink Jacket” Tadeusz, City Dreamchaser
Top 4 for $500: Grishhammer with Burglar C. Eagleplate
Top 8: Mikefuni with Trader Daniel Cottonharm
Top 8: Drsheep with Adm. Inslang, the Pink Fraud
Top 8: Fabulousing with Legefin of the Skeptic’s Pub
Top 8: Magicduck with “Moleman” Remus, Grave Archivist

Alliance:

Champion for $3,000: jaypower with an Alliance of Star Alliance, Logos, and Dis
Runner-Up for $1,000: lord0fwinter with an Alliance of Dis, Logos, and Untamed
Top 4 for $500: Moosemandude with an Alliance of Unfathomable, Sanctum, and Ekwidon
Top 4 for $500: Redabreg with an Alliance of Mars, Logos, and Untamed

Top 8: gamjuvenfuzzygruens with an Alliance of Untamed, Mars, and Logos
Top 8: cptncrispy with an Alliance of Sanctum, Unfathomable, and Star Alliance
Top 8: girltrumpeter85 with an Alliance of Brobnar, Sanctum, and Mars
Top 8: VermontGamer with an Alliance of Unfathomable, Ekwidon, and Saurian

Top 5 Most Used Cards:

Infurnace – 31
Wild Wormhole – 30
Daughter – 25
Effervescent Principle – 23
Ronnie Wristclocks & Infomorph – 22 (tied)

=== NKFL ===

NKFL Season 21 starts on August 7th. More information can be found on the NKFL discord and https://nkfl.online/.

The NKFL World Cup #1 is in progress. Find more information on the NKFL discord.

Semifinals are now set and are as follows:

Germany vs Sweden

USA 2 vs Argentina

The NKFL has also announced a series of upcoming Archon tournaments. Dates and signups are below:

July 30th - AoA Max SAS 70 - Signup here

Aug 13th - WC Max SAS 70 - Signup here

Aug 27th - MM Max SAS 70 - Signup here

Sep 10th - DT Max SAS 70 - Signup here

=== KFPL ===

KFPL 5, which is played as 3 simultaneous 2 deck survival leagues, is in progress. The three Challonge brackets are linked here: A Bracket, B Bracket, C Bracket, and the decks for each participant are linked here.

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