Vault Tour

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Vault Tour
Dates:
March 2019 - Present
Frequency:
Q2-Q3
Tier:
Formats:
Structure:
No set restrictions

The Vault Tour is a series of premiere KeyForge Organized Play events held throughout Asia, Europe, and North America. Vault Tours are open to all players and all decks. Usually held over the course of a three day weekend, Vault Tours offer players the chance to play in official tournaments for the official formats, as well as side events and casual play.

Vault Tours were initially run under Fantasy Flight Games and third party partners from 2019-2020. After Ghost Galaxy's acquisition of the KeyForge IP, they brought the Vault Tour series back in 2023.

The initial Vault Tour season under Ghost Galaxy had cash prizes, but this was discontinued the following season, citing a lack of interest generated by the offerings. Cash prizing was replaced with promotional decks, playmats, and pins. Attendees also receive limited prizes and other items for attending.


In 2025, the confirmed locations (and dates if applicable) for Vault Tours include the following:

  • Rochester, NY (April 25-27)
  • Roseville, MN (May 16-18)
  • Portland, OR (June 20-22)
  • Baltimore, MD (July 11-13)
  • Las Vegas, NV (September 19-21)
  • China
  • France
  • Germany
  • Spain
  • Vietnam

More information on the 2025 Vault Tours (including tickets and lodging information) can be found on the official KeyForge website

2024 Season

Date Location Format Winner Deck
Apr 5-7 Roseville, MN Sealed Varghast Alliance of Technician Bouchard, Zurlilac, the Demolisher of the Grave, and Milagros X. Aerolaff, the Infinite
Archon June Bandola, Archmage of the Spined Plateau
Alliance Varghast Alliance of I. A. Vitellius, Condottiero della Ruvidezza, F. Renovatus, the Bastion Spiritcaller, and Laila, Ermitã do Município Estranho
May 16-18 Rochester, NY Sealed SJess Alliance of The Pristine Cheat, Ogrecan, the Fisher of Reptiles, and U. Public, Typhonstunnel's Scaley Ears
Archon Asobi Cecelia, Error-Prone Grounds Professor
Alliance CatMarrow Alliance of "Bocca Larga", Colui Che Profetizza I'Ala, Aevor, Shop Armorer, and Geirhildr, Township Congressperson
May 24-26 San Antonio, TX Sealed Gorlami Alliance of Joscelin, Selelier Æmbercrafter, Arkhun "Cellar-Dweller" Lontur, and Cheney the Amazing
Archon DRSheep Adm. Inslang, the Pink Fraud
Alliance Sith of Angmar Alliance of Faythe B. Troptogram, the Center, "Dinamite", Profetessa di Volierafedele, and Heroine Zerfry, the Radical Pariah
Jun 14-16 Baltimore, MY Sealed Siaka Alliance of The Prisoner that Harasses Events, Banished Urban of the Peak, and The Sgt. of Barbecuerock Falls
Archon CatMarrow Bandola, Archmage of the Spined Plateau
Alliance FrogLegs Alliance of Mr. "Black Cat" Wisdom, 地下城卫士“传送门”伊万, and Offensively Cackling Flameth
Jul 12-14 Las Vegas, NV Sealed Siaka Alliance of Sodxew, the Collector of the Sepulcher, Appulia "Win Win" Kuerglen, and Vaughan the Mechanical
Archon FlamingHobo Y. Hayes, the Isle Carpenter
Alliance RandomJoe Alliance of Clemens, Boss della Penisola Temprata, Cloe Kinsil, Demolitrice di Pendiosilente, and King Terentia Hopavicious
Jul 12-14 Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam Sealed owlian
Archon deann Toản Kinh Hoàng Về Sự Hỗn Loạn
Alliance brie Alliance of Khai Tr. Trung Phiền Lo Với Chim, Trâu Quân Âu Lo Về Xác Suất, and Kẻ Móc Túi Tinh Tế
Aug 9-11 Hamburg, Germany Sealed DonKeyForge Alliance of Wissenschaftlerin O. Kälber, Pastor „Ass“ Nimrod, and Dr. „Eule“ Wagner
Archon isfet Le Dictateur de Thirwreck
Alliance CatMarrow Alliance of Boxsmack of the Bard's Abode, Fineas E. Greatnut, The Fortieth, and “Segaossa”, Imitatrice di Delfinofugace
Sep 6-8 Shanghai, China Sealed
Archon Wen 吴国霹雳火马中震
Alliance Huang
Sep 13-15 Firenze, Italy Sealed Foxblaster Alliance of Askold, l’Invisibile del Virus Ardente and O. C. Holstein, Ribelle della Vittoria
Archon Easy gallina Geir Tsong, Soldato di Cubonitido
Alliance DarkArtisan Alliance of I. Anderson, l'Umiltà Che Prende l’Altare, Quý Bà Kiêu Ngạo, and Lục G. Hướng Mộc Mạc
Sep 27-29 Madrid, Spain Sealed LordJudo Alliance of Gillian, Sargent of the Armed Camp, Chortha, Spawn of Entrolet, and Rev Olivenoy Bourchier
Archon Harmed Pastor „Ass“ Nimrod
Alliance Rewpeskao

[1] Some deck and player information is unavailable since there are no official articles for the 5 non-US vault tours.

2023 Season

Legacy Vault Tours (FFG Era)

The first Vault Tours were held in March 2019 in Eindhoven (NL) and Seattle (WA). Vault Tours in the US were initially run by Cascade Games, but from September 2019 are run by Yeti Gaming. In adaptive finals, the winner's deck was not always the deck that won most games in the final.

The winner of each Vault Tour was to be awarded free flight and accommodation for a later Vault Tour. Unlike the announced VaultWarrior series and current Vault Tours, no cash prizes were awarded at Vault Tours.

Æmbershards and power levels were awarded to all participating players and decks. Æmbershards from all Vault Tours count towards the Vault Tour Leaderboard.

Invites to the 2020 KeyForge World Championships event were to be awarded to the Top 100 players on the Vault Tour Leaderboard after the Sealed Solo event at Fort Worth, TX, USA on Feb. 6-9. 2020. If a player at any point entered the Top 100 by participating in a subsequent Vault Tour before Worlds 2020 (at the time, there were 4 scheduled Vault Tours between the Fort Worth event and the World Championships), they would also receive an invite. After the World 2020 Championships, the Vault Tour 2019-20 season would conclude and the leaderboard was to be reset.

Each Vault Tour also featured a Prize Wall where players could redeem Æmbershards for unique prizes. At the time, it was the only way to redeem Æmbershards gained by discovering decks in the Master Vault, as well as playing at Vault Tours and all other events within KeyForge Organized Play.

At the Collinsville VT in September, George Keagle became the first two-time Vault Tour winner, winning for the second time with the same deck. Jakub Nosal was the second player to achieve this, just a few weeks later at the Madrid VT. In November, Nova Westlake became the first player to win both an Archon and a Sealed Vault Tour (thus, winning with two different decks).

The final events of the 2019-20 season were to be held on the weekend of April 24-26 in Hannover, Germany and Alameda, California, USA.

2019
Mar. 15-17
Archon
Solo
184
Rachael Trimble
Archon
Solo
184
Rachael Trimble
Sealed
Solo
175
Yaro Tkatchenko
Archon
Survival
122
George Keagle
Archon
Survival
131
Nova Westlake
Sealed
Solo
128
Kav Manickaraj
Sealed
Solo
388
John Pickavance
Sealed
Solo
185
Ben Wallace
Jun. 21-23
Archon
Solo
342
Alessandro Storti
Archon
Solo
342
Alessandro Storti
Archon
Survival
151
Jakub Nosal
Sealed
Solo
241
Devin Chiriboga
Archon
Solo
203
Trevor May
Sealed
Solo
122
Marc Zontek
Archon
Solo
147
Panagiotis Kyriakou
Archon
Solo
69
George Keagle
Sept. 27-29
Archon
Survival
168
Jakub Nosal
Archon
Survival
168
Jakub Nosal
Archon
Triad
121
Joe Huber
Sealed
Solo
94
Nathan Starwalt
Sealed
Solo
166
Nova Westlake
Archon
Solo
72
Justin Lizza
Sealed
Solo
107
Nick Alexandro
2020
Archon
Survival
142
Luke Daniels
Sealed
Solo
94
Laura Darley

Meta and analysis

Main Article: Vault Tour Meta

The Vault Tour meta is always changing as new sets are released. For both the Call of the Archons and Age of Ascension periods, house Shadows was extremely dominant among Vault Tour top cuts, with Dis as the second most successful house. The card Urchin was the most common card among decks that reached top 16 or higher at a Vault Tour until the release of Worlds Collide. After the release of the third set, however, house Saurian replaced Shadows as the most successful house among Vault Tour top cuts.

Further reading

This Vault is Open, 16 January 2019
Each Vault is Unique, 18 February 2019
The Hunt for Æmber, 6 March 2019
What Is a KeyForge Metagame?, 27 March 2019
The Key to the Crucible, 9 July 2019
Bräkken Now on Tour!, 18 July 2019
Cracking the Vault Tour, 3 January 2020
Vault Tour Data, from Alex Watkins of FFG Organized Play