Issue #34

Sep 11, 2023

Additional National Championships Updates

As a follow-up to our report from last week on National Championships, Brazil’s championship information is now available, and there has been a date change for the Netherlands Alliance tournament. Details are below:

» PLEASE NOTE: This information is based on organizer data, subject to change, and not yet confirmed by Ghost Galaxy. Contact event organizers for more info.

BRAZIL

Polar Jogos (São Paulo, Brazil)
October 7 – 8, 2023
Registration Website

NETHERLANDS (Date Change)

Spellenwinkel.nl (Delft, The Netherlands)
September 30 – October 1, 2023
Alliance (Sep. 30) Registration (was previously September 16)
Archon (Oct. 1) Registration

A directory of all other National Championships announced by event organizers can be found here.

Poland is reportedly still planning its National Championship event and did not have a primary source of event documentation online at the time of publication.

Seattle Vault Tour Report

Thursday morning, Ghost Galaxy posted their Seattle Vault Tour results post. Similar to last week’s report for Roseville, the post details top placing players and decks and most common cards and sets.

Deck Scoring Sites Updates

This week, two deck scoring sites received updates.

The team behind the Archons Corner podcast released their Z Score system at Draw Better Cards. According to the website, the scoring system “was designed to analyze the sum of card values of a KeyForge set and compare the overall strength of sets. Furthermore, it lets users analyze differences between house strengths within and across sets.” You can read more about the Z scoring method here. All users who sign-up can import 30 decks + 5 additional decks per month, with Patreon tiers enabling additional monthly deck imports and more features.

Additionally, Decks of KeyForge was updated to version 6.19. The update allows for Vault Masters 2023 decks to be imported to the site, as well as newer decks which contain Mavericks (which the KeyForge Master Vault sometimes reported as cards from the VM23 set). You can also now select your token when building Alliance decks as part of the update.

Ask a Judge

How does Disruption Field work if I play it on an opponent’s creature? Does it still effect my opponent’s key cost?

Yes, Disruption Field is controlled by the player who plays the upgrade, even if the upgrade is attached to an opponent’s creature. In this case, even though Disruption Field is granting an After Fight/After Reap: ability to your opponent’s creature, Disruption Field’s constant ability will affect your opponent’s key cost.