Vault Tour
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Vault Tour
Dates:
March 2019 - Present
Frequency:
Q2-Q3
Tier:
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.
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
Archon
Solo
184
Rachael Trimble
Mar. 15-17
Sealed
Solo
175
Yaro Tkatchenko
Sealed
Solo
175
Yaro Tkatchenko
Mar. 27-31
Archon
Survival
122
George Keagle
Archon
Survival
122
George Keagle
Apr. 27-29
Archon
Survival
131
Nova Westlake
Archon
Survival
131
Nova Westlake
May 25-27
Sealed
Solo
128
Kav Manickaraj
Sealed
Solo
128
Kav Manickaraj
May 31-Jun. 2
Sealed
Solo
388
John Pickavance
Sealed
Solo
388
John Pickavance
Jun. 12-16
Sealed
Solo
185
Ben Wallace
Sealed
Solo
185
Ben Wallace
Jun. 21-23
Archon
Solo
342
Alessandro Storti
Archon
Solo
342
Alessandro Storti
Jul. 19-21
Archon
Survival
151
Jakub Nosal
Archon
Survival
151
Jakub Nosal
Aug. 1-2
Sealed
Solo
241
Devin Chiriboga
Sealed
Solo
241
Devin Chiriboga
Aug. 3-4
Archon
Solo
203
Trevor May
Archon
Solo
203
Trevor May
Aug. 22-23
Sealed
Solo
122
Marc Zontek
Sealed
Solo
122
Marc Zontek
Aug. 24-25
Archon
Solo
147
Panagiotis Kyriakou
Archon
Solo
147
Panagiotis Kyriakou
Sept. 6-8
Archon
Solo
69
George Keagle
Archon
Solo
69
George Keagle
Sept. 27-29
Archon
Survival
168
Jakub Nosal
Archon
Survival
168
Jakub Nosal
Oct. 4-6
Archon
Triad
121
Joe Huber
Archon
Triad
121
Joe Huber
Oct. 18-20
Sealed
Solo
94
Nathan Starwalt
Sealed
Solo
94
Nathan Starwalt
Nov. 8-10
Sealed
Solo
166
Nova Westlake
Sealed
Solo
166
Nova Westlake
Dec. 6-7
Archon
Solo
72
Justin Lizza
Archon
Solo
72
Justin Lizza
Dec. 7-8
Sealed
Solo
107
Nick Alexandro
Sealed
Solo
107
Nick Alexandro
2020
Jan. 10-12
Archon
Survival
142
Luke Daniels
Archon
Survival
142
Luke Daniels
Feb. 6-9
Sealed
Solo
94
Laura Darley
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
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