Issue #38
2023 National Championships Conclude
This weekend marked the conclusion of all National Championships for the 2023 season. National Championships were held in 12 countries over the span of a little more than two months, with the majority of championships taking place in late September and early October.
Across the 12 countries, there were over 320 participants in Archon and 199 participants in Alliance. The champion and runner-up in each tournament received an invitation to their respective World Championship tournament at KeyForge Celebration 2023 hosted in Roseville, MN. As previously mentioned by Ghost Galaxy, champions from select countries are eligible for travel reimbursement to participate in the World Championships.
The last three National Championships were located in Canada, Brazil, and Chile. In Canada, drsheep won the Archon tournament and the runner-up was JDG314, while drsheep was also the Canadian Alliance champion, and the runner-up was futureself. zanebr was the Brazilian Archon champion and srmilagr was the runner-up. In Alliance, garudinha was the Brazilian champion and zanebr was the runner-up. In Chile, uminaria was the Archon champion, and the runner-up was Cachorro, while Cachorro was the Chilean Alliance champion, and ElGrillo was the runner-up.
We’ve been keeping a tally on the Champion and Runner-Up results for each National Championship, which can be seen on the 2023 National Championships results page on Archon Arcana.
Florence Vault Tour
The last Vault Tour of the season was held this last weekend in Florence, Italy. It was the largest Vault Tour of the season with 84 players in Archon and 54 players in Alliance. In Archon, Dorian11 was victorious with the deck Geir Tsong, Soldato di Cubonitido. Holystewe was the runner-up with the deck Red, Specialista Allegra. In Alliance, PetitBOT was the champion with a Worlds Collide Alliance. BotOrNot was the runner-up with a Winds of Exchange Alliance.
More “Grim Previews”
Updates for the KeyForge: Grim Reminders Gamefound campaign continued to roll out this week, featuring more card previews.
Update #3 shared previews of some new and reprinted Brobnar and Untamed cards coming in Grim Reminders, Update #4 showcased the same for Ekwidon and Unfathomable, Update #5 revealed some new cards from multiple houses that utilize the new Scrap: abilities, and Update #6 revealed the first pledge level Reaper of Æmber and its contents. The campaign will launch on Thursday, October 12th at 10 AM Central U.S. Time.
Still wanting more spoilers for Grim Reminders? Look no further…
Bad Penny Press will be offering an exclusive look at two new cards from KeyForge: Grim Reminders — on the most haunted of days — Friday, October 13th! Be sure to subscribe to Bad Penny Press using the button below to get the new card previews delivered straight to your inbox!
Ask a Judge
In my opponent's battleline they have 8 Fish. In my battleline, I have Brikk Nastee. If I play Earthshaker, destroying all 8 of their Fish, what happens?
After Earthshaker enters play, its Play: ability resolves, causing all 8 Fish to be tagged for destruction. The active player then resolves each Fish's Destroyed: ability dealing 2 damage to the most powerful enemy creature. Once 4 of those Destroyed abilities have resolved, then Earthshaker (with 8 damage) is also tagged for destruction.
However, the rules for Destroyed state that "none of the cards that have been tagged for destruction are put into their owners’ discard piles until all Destroyed: effects have finished resolving." This means that even though Earthshaker has been tagged for destruction it will not leave play and will continue to be the most powerful enemy creature for the purpose of resolving the remaining four Destroyed: abilities on the Fish.
Once all Destroyed: abilities have finished resolving, all cards that are tagged for destruction are moved to their owner's discard pile.
KeyForge Play Wrap-Up
=== Upcoming Official OP Events ===
November 10 – 12: KeyForge Celebration 2023 / World Championships (Roseville, MN)
=== 2023 National Championships ===
2023 National Championships Results Page (Archon Arcana)
Completed this week: Brazil, Canada, Chile. All 2023 National Championships have now concluded.
=== Vault Tour Florence===
ARCHON
Winner: dorian11*
Runner-Up: holystewe92*
Top 4: not available at time of press
Top 8: zizzutti, leviatcg, massimo vincenzo, lumins94, viktorkyuzel, litops
ALLIANCE
Winner: petitbot*
Runner-Up: BotOrNot*
Top 4: Petitbat*, davidpappaianni*
Top 8: aliasnygma, jelapenos, easygallina, th4n4th0s
* Receives invite to respective 2023 World Championship
=== NKFL ===
NKFL Season 21 has nearly concluded. Matches will conclude on October 10th.
Registration for NKFL Season 22 is available here. The deadline to register is October 27th, and the season is expected to start on November 6th.
More information can be found on the NKFL discord and https://nkfl.online/.
=== KFPL ===
KFPL 5, which is played as 3 simultaneous 2 deck survival leagues, is nearing completion.
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!
Content Feature
LIVESTREAMS
Vault Tour Florence: Team GG Keyforge
Canadian National Championships: Fudgenator
Chile National Championships: Forjallaves
Master Vault Numbers
As of October 8, 2023, a total of 3,089,132 decks were registered in the Master Vault. This reflects an increase of 9,041 decks in the last week.
