Store Championships

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Store Championships
Dates:
Fall 2019 – Present
Frequency:
Annually (per store)
Tier:
Formats:
Structure:
No set restrictions
Previous:
n/a

Store Championships are Official Tournament Retail Events which are held once per year at participating retailers. Store Championships provide players with a threshold experience at the retail level, using the same official formats used at Premiere Events, as well as prize support unique to that event.

Ghost Galaxy (2024 and beyond)

2024

2024 Store Championships — the first of said event run under Ghost Galaxy — took place at participating retailers between March 1 – April 14, 2024. Each Store Championship kit contained the following prize support and event materials:

  • 3 Premium Metal Key Sets
  • 6 Store Championship Grim Reminders Archon Decks
  • 24 Haunted Indicator Cards
  • 4 Table Signs
  • 1 Poster
  • 1 Event Sheet

The 2024 Store Championships used either the Playstile 2LO or Swiss tournament structures, with Archon, Alliance, and Sealed being the encouraged tournament formats, with each retailer having flexibility on how to approach their events and how many tournaments to run.

More information is available on the official KeyForge website.

Legacy Information (FFG Era)

Overview

Under FFG, game stores were allowed to host store championships twice a year. Even though store championships were officially a casual tier event, they were a chance for players from a local area to play for better prizes than normal weekly chainbound events. There were no power level restrictions on decks that could be used in store championships.

Players who reach top 8 at a store championship will see their decks reach power level 1. The finalist's deck will be awarded power level 2, and the winning deck will rise to power level 3.

The following Æmbershards were distributed to players based on performance for all formats and variants outside of Survival:

Round Æmbershards Power Level
Participation 5  
Per win in Swiss 3  
Top 8 10 1
Top 4 20  
Finalist 25 2
Winner 40 3

If there were over 76 players, the top 16 players also received a bonus of 5 Æmbershards.

For Store Championships using the Survival variant, the following Æmbershards were distributed to players based on performance:

Round Æmbershards Power Level
Participation 5  
Per game played 2  
1 win 2
2 wins 5  
3 wins 8  
4 wins 8  
5+ wins 12  
Finalist 25 2
Winner 40 3


Fall 2020

Sanctum art sleeves

One of the prizes for Store Championships in 2020 will be Sanctum card sleeves featuring KeyForge artwork from a future set. This was announced on Episode 14 of the Crucible Cast.

Spring 2020

Store Championships in Spring 2020 offered prizes featuring art from the card Crash Muldoon.

Acceptable formats and variants for the spring season of Store Championships in 2020 are Archon Solo, Archon Reversal, Sealed Solo, and Sealed 2-Deck Survival. These are the same options as the formats in fall 2019. The following prizes are distributed to top performing players based on ranking:

  • Top 32: a chain tracker dial featuring Crash Muldoon and Captain Val Jericho
  • Top 16: a deck box featuring Crash Muldoon and Captain Val Jericho
  • Top 4: acrylic, yellow stun tokens and a Crash Muldoon playmat indicating final placement
  • Winner: a metal shield token

Fall 2019

Bingle Bangbang prizes for 2019

Store Championships for the fall 2019 season featured artwork from the card Bingle Bangbang.

Acceptable formats and variants for the first season of Store Championships were Archon Solo, Archon Reversal, Sealed Solo, and Sealed 2 Deck Survival.

The following prizes are awarded to top ranking players:

  • Top 32: Bingle Bangbang chain tracker
  • Top 8: Bingle Bangbang deck box
  • Top 4: Acrylic power tokens, Bingle Bangbang playmat
  • Winner: Bingle Bangbang art sleeves

A full description of prizes can be found on The Spoils of Strength.

Further reading

The Spoils of Strength, 18 June 2019

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