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KeyForge has a wide variety of Formats and Variants that create different experiences for players. This section contains all official and announced formats and variants. While there are many formats and variants available in official [[:KeyForge Organized_Play|KeyForge Organized Play]], the KeyForge community has created some very interesting variants of their own, which can be found [[Unofficial Variants, Tournament Structures, and House Rules|here]].  
KeyForge has a wide variety of '''Formats and Variants''' that create different experiences for players. This section contains all official and announced formats and variants. While there are many formats and variants available in official [[:KeyForge Organized_Play|KeyForge Organized Play]], the KeyForge community has created some very interesting variants of their own, which can be found [[Unofficial Variants, Tournament Structures, and House Rules|here]].  
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==Formats==  
==Current Official Formats==  
There are four formats in [[:KeyForge Organized_Play|KeyForge Organized Play]]: Two '''Standard''' formats and two '''Sealed''' formats. Each of these formats will be used to run events in a double elimination format. Ghost Galaxy has expressed that these formats will be used for all official "competitive" Ghost Galaxy-hosted events. There will be other formats provided at a future date for "casual" KeyForge organized play events.  
There are three official formats in [[:KeyForge Organized_Play|KeyForge Organized Play]]: '''Archon''', '''Alliance''', and '''Sealed'''. Events that are designated as "Official Tournaments" must use one or multiple of these official formats.  
===Archon Standard===
===Archon===
The Archon format pits a player’s single Archon deck against their opponent’s chosen Archon deck
 
'''Players Must Bring:''' One KeyForge Archon deck
'''Players Must Bring:''' One KeyForge Archon deck


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Continue playoff matches across the three elimination bracket rounds until two finalists play the last match in which a single tournament winner is determined.
Continue playoff matches across the three elimination bracket rounds until two finalists play the last match in which a single tournament winner is determined.
===Archon Sealed===
===Alliance===
'''Players Must Bring:''' One sealed KeyForge deck.
The Alliance format challenges both a player’s gameplay skills and deck-construction strategy by allowing Alliance decks to be created from up to three different Archon decks from the same KeyForge set.
 
A sealed deck is one unopened and sealed in its original packaging prior to the start of the tournament.


'''Open Decks:''' At the start of the tournament, players simultaneously open their sealed deck and may study the deck for 10 minutes after which the first tournament round should begin.
'''Elimination Rounds:''' Archon sealed format tournaments are played over a sequence of elimination rounds, each round featuring any number of two-player matches, each match consisting of one game.
Players are eliminated after losing two matches, also known as ‘double elimination’.
Elimination rounds continue until only 8 players remain.
'''Playoff Brackets:''' After concluding the Elimination Rounds, the eight remaining players are randomly paired into four elimination brackets, each constituting a playoff match.
Each playoff match is won by best-of-three games. In other words, for the match to be resolved, players continue to play games until one player has won two games.
The winning player continues to the next playoff bracket and the loser is eliminated.
Continue playoff matches across the three brackets until two finalists play the last match in which a single tournament winner is determined.
===Alliance Standard===
'''Players Must Bring:''' One KeyForge Alliance deck consisting of three '''House pods''' recruited from a player’s collection of Archon decks.
'''Players Must Bring:''' One KeyForge Alliance deck consisting of three '''House pods''' recruited from a player’s collection of Archon decks.


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Continue playoff matches across the three brackets until two finalists play the last match in which a single tournament winner is determined.
Continue playoff matches across the three brackets until two finalists play the last match in which a single tournament winner is determined.
===Alliance Sealed===
===Sealed===
'''Players Must Bring:''' Two sealed KeyForge decks from the same KeyForge set.
The Sealed format challenges each player to make the best deck combination from the house pods found in up to three sealed KeyForge decks.
 
'''Players Must Bring:''' Up to three sealed KeyForge Archon decks from the same KeyForge set.


A sealed deck is one that is unopened and sealed in its original packaging.
A sealed deck is one that is unopened and sealed in its original packaging.
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Continue playoff matches across the three brackets until two finalists play the last match in which a single tournament winner is determined.
Continue playoff matches across the three brackets until two finalists play the last match in which a single tournament winner is determined.


== Previous Official Formats ==
===Sealed Archon===
''Removed in TRG version 2.0 (January 2024)''
'''Players Must Bring:''' One sealed KeyForge deck.
A sealed deck is one unopened and sealed in its original packaging prior to the start of the tournament.
'''Open Decks:''' At the start of the tournament, players simultaneously open their sealed deck and may study the deck for 10 minutes after which the first tournament round should begin.
'''Elimination Rounds:''' Archon sealed format tournaments are played over a sequence of elimination rounds, each round featuring any number of two-player matches, each match consisting of one game.
Players are eliminated after losing two matches, also known as ‘double elimination’.
Elimination rounds continue until only 8 players remain.
'''Playoff Brackets:''' After concluding the Elimination Rounds, the eight remaining players are randomly paired into four elimination brackets, each constituting a playoff match.
Each playoff match is won by best-of-three games. In other words, for the match to be resolved, players continue to play games until one player has won two games.
The winning player continues to the next playoff bracket and the loser is eliminated.
Continue playoff matches across the three brackets until two finalists play the last match in which a single tournament winner is determined.
[[Category:Organized Play]]
[[Category:Organized Play]]


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