Issue #79
2024 U.S. National Champions Crowned
Yesterday marked the conclusion of the KeyForge 2024 U.S. National Championships, hosted at Gen Con in Indianapolis. Thursday’s Sealed Tournament, Friday’s Archon tournament, and Saturday’s Alliance tournament culminated with the top cuts (4, 4, and 2 respectively) for each on Sunday.
Congratulations to fabulousing, Grishhammer and AV8R who are the 2024 U.S. National Champions for Sealed, Archon, and Alliance respectively! More tournament results are listed in the KeyForge Play Wrap-Up section below.
While the U.S. was the first National Championship event in 2024, more will follow - with the National Championships season running from August 1st to October 4th. Visit the official National Championships page for a listing of events around the world.
Vault Assault
Ghost Galaxy started last week off by unveiling its official multiplayer KeyForge variant: Vault Assault, a 3-5 player where it’s every Archon for themselves!
Vault Assault is played over a series of rounds, each round consisting of all players each playing a turn and prior to each round, each player drafts a boon card which has an initiative number which determines player turn order and a special ability, such as reducing your key cost for the round, exhausting all creatures and artifacts of an opposing house, or making your Æmber safe from being stolen or captured. Get started now by getting the Print and Play cards or by buying a high quality production set of Vault Assault cards from Forgefire Connect.
Ask a Judge
Q: I am haunted, and I discard Missile Officer Myers from my hand to resolve its Scrap: ability, choosing to discard Trawler from my hand. Is Æmber captured, and if so, by which creature?
A: No creature captures Æmber. Despite it being activated by Missile Officer Myers’ Scrap:, Trawler is still the source of the Play: ability being resolved. Therefore, Trawler still captures onto itself. Since Æmber cannot be placed on a card in the discard pile, no Æmber is captured.
Upcoming Official Events
August 1 – September 30: 2024 National Championships
August 9–11: Vault Tour Germany (Hamburg, Germany)
August 16 – September 15: Special Event: Martian Civil War (LGS)
September 6–8: Vault Tour China (Shanghai, China)
September 13–15: Vault Tour Italy (Florence, Italy)
September 27–29: Vault Tour Spain (Madrid, Spain)
September (TBD): Æmber Skies Pre-Release (LGS)
November 7–10: KeyForge Celebration 2024 / World Championships (Roseville, MN)
KeyForge Play Wrap-Up
=== 2024 U.S. National Championships ===
SEALED
Champion: Fabulousing
Runner-Up: hurricanerelic
Top 4: AV8R + drsheep
Top 8: lqdsquash, SithofAngmar, Fozmonot, dugt8r
ARCHON
Champion: *Grishhammer
Runner-Up: *Wookie
Top 4: AV8R + guthmeister
Top 8: drsheep, kastravir, Future self, Fabulousing
ALLIANCE
Champion: *AV8R
Runner-Up: *JDG314
Top 4: drsheep + TBD
Top 8: Ewok_Jr, Dragonmaster101, Kastravir, Future self, Sundy
* Receives invite to 2024 World Championships
=== KAGI ===
KAGI 11.0 has started. Find out more information on the KAGI Discord.
=== ABR ===
Signups for ABR 12 will be starting soon.
More information can be found on the ABR Discord.
=== NKFL ===
The NKFL returns with Season 24 starting August 19. Registration for season 24 is open until August 11.
Find more information on the NKFL Discord.
=== KTL ===
The finals for Season 2 is set and is between team Island of Misfits and team Sloppy Weekend. Find more information on the KTL Discord.
=== KFPL 6 ===
Qualifiers for KFPL 6 have finished, with Fabulousing, Sundy, not2night, Harmed, Matze51, and Captain-Gale all qualifying. Find more information here.
Are you running an event you would like to see published here? Let us know!
Content Feature
VIDEO
KeyForge: US Nationals - Gen Con Day 1, 2, 3, and 4 by Ghost Galaxy
Master Vault Numbers
As of August 4, 2024, a total of 3,298,466 decks were registered in the Master Vault. This reflects an increase of 3,203 decks in the last week.