World Championships

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World Championships
Dates:
November
Frequency:
Once a year
Tier:
Official
Formats:
Archon, Alliance
Structure:
Playstile 2LO
No set restrictions
Previous:
National Championships
Next:
n/a

World Championships, hosted once a year, are an opportunity for KeyForge players to play at the highest level. They are invitation-only events designed to bring together the most talented players in the game. Currently, players can receive a Worlds invite in the following ways:

  1. Place 1st or 2nd at a National Championship
  2. Place 1st or 2nd at a Vault Tour
  3. Place 1st or 2nd at the World Championships (invited to the next World Championships)

Invites are available for both Archon and Alliance formats, and are given based on placement in their respective tournaments. If a player qualifies for a World Championship invite but already has one for that format, the invite can be earned by the next highest ranking player in the tournament, which may be determined by a qualifying tie-break match.

In addition to receiving an invite, players can potentially earn a spot in a World Championship as part of a Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) tournament held at KeyForge Celebration prior to the start of the World Championship tournaments.

2025 World Championships

For 2025 the top 2 in each event earn an invite to next year's Worlds to match the VT structure.


See also Open Results.

Results

Format Standing Player Deck Set
Sealed

(24 players)

Winner DaveC [Invite] Dis, Shadows, Logos Alliance PV
Runner-Up isfet [Invite] Dis, Shadows, Logos Alliance PV
Top 4 Dorian Dis, Sanctum, Logos Alliance PV
Top 4 MyChill Dis, Shadow, Logos Alliance PV
Top 8 FlamingHobo Dis, Shadows, Logos Alliance PV
Top 8 DevDev Dis, Shadows, Saurian Alliance PV
Top 8 Harmed Dis, Shadows, Logos Alliance PV
Top 8 jelapenos Dis, Saurian, Logos PV
Archon

(24 players)

Winner willy510 [Invite] 隔离区女祭司“剧毒”杰斯敏 PV
Runner-Up lorenzo99 [Invite] Hennery, Diablesse Toxique de Blanstan PV
Top 4 _ashitaka_ Celui Qui Était Fait de Nacre PV
Top 4 jelapenos L’Architecte Verdoyant de la Somnolence PV
Top 8 easy gallina The Magnificent Corporal of Steelturat PV
Top 8 disthis Admiral Failve Dunn PV
Top 8 j.candika Grouseribius, the Bucolic Labs Zoomaster PV
Top 8 tutenkharnage Somneri, Fontberg’s Huntmaster ÆS
Alliance

(24 players)

Winner ellimac [Invite] Chevalière l’Abîmée de Hunter PV
Runner-Up virusincoming [Invite] PV Alliance PV
Top 4 catmarrow GR Alliance GR
Top 4 isfet PV Alliance PV
Top 8 thytiom PV Alliance PV
Top 8 drsheep PV Alliance PV
Top 8 crystal PV Alliance PV
Top 8 wei do PV Alliance PV

Invites

Sealed Archon Alliance
Invitee Invite Invitee Invite Invitee Invite
Varghast '24 Worlds Winner Bamboo '24 Worlds Winner dammat '24 Worlds Winner
Harmed '24 Open Winner Emperor Riku '24 Open Winner MarkH '24 Open Winner
CatMarrow Rochester VT Winner Striator Rochester VT Winner CatMarrow Rochester VT Winner
mikefuni Rochester VT Runner-Up Tutenkharnage Rochester VT Runner-Up Kymira Rochester VT Runner-Up
drsheep Roseville VT Winner Zenzizenzizenzic Roseville VT Winner Dave C Roseville VT Winner
sundy Roseville VT Runner-Up xraycreator Roseville VT Runner-Up The Wookie Roseville VT Runner-Up
DevDev Portland VT Winner Flaming Hobo Portland VT Winner WillyTheKid77 Portland VT Winner
Dave C Portland VT Runner-Up Mozi Portland VT Runner-Up RandomJoe Portland VT Runner-Up
VirusInfection France VT Winner isfet France VT Winner Harmed France VT Winner
Jelapenos France VT Runner-Up MotilityFive France VT Runner-Up Massimo France VT Runner-Up
KingOfBling Baltimore VT Winner Comrade Bubba Baltimore VT Runner-Up Lazarith Baltimore VT Winner
Comrade Bubba Baltimore VT Runner-Up sprek Baltimore VT Top 4 MammonDG Baltimore VT Runner-Up
? Shanghai VT Winner eheroarthas Shanghai VT Winner HF Shanghai VT Winner
? Shanghai VT Runner-Up rundll64 Shanghai VT Runner-Up Ronnie Shanghai VT Runner-Up
Serotonin (JasonKF) Vietnam VT Winner tradinhkhang Vietnam VT Runner-Up Serotonin (JasonKF) Vietnam VT Winner
NHCuong (redshogun) Vietnam VT Runner-Up Winner already invited, pass down not accepted Vietnam VT Helios (hieple) Vietnam VT Runner-Up
FlamingHobo Vegas VT Winner disthis Vegas VT Winner Thytiom Vegas VT Winner
Xoque Vegas VT Runner-Up cptncrispy Vegas VT Runner-Up lqdsquash Vegas VT Runner-Up
DanielV Madrid VT Winner EasyGallina Madrid VT Winner Ellimac Madrid VT Winner
Sergio Santos Madrid VT Runner-Up Ashitaka Madrid VT Runner-Up Brostoff Madrid VT Runner-Up
? Belgian Nats Winner Ellimac Belgian Nats Winner VirusInfection Belgian Nats Winner
? Belgian Nats Runner-Up Jelapenos Belgian Nats Runner-Up tonio72 Belgian Nats Runner-Up
zanebr Brazilian Nats Winner tatuira Brazilian Nats Winner diogoc Brazilian Nats Winner
? Brazilian Nats Runner-Up sukorski Brazilian Nats Runner-Up matougolias Brazilian Nats Runner-Up
JDG Canadian Nats Winner CatMarrow Canadian Nats Runner-Up thelv59 Canadian Nats Winner
dctreys Canadian Nats Runner-Up dctreys Canadian Nats Pass Down Jupiter Canadian Nats Runner-Up
MotilityDragon Dutch Nats Winner Harmed Dutch Nats Winner Isfet Dutch Nats Winner
MotilityFive Dutch Nats Runner-Up LordJudo Dutch Nats Runner-Up DonKeyForge Dutch Nats Runner-Up
jerrycp Hong Kong Nats Winner lonelystar Hong Kong Nats Winner hotsserotonin Hong Kong Nats Winner
matt. Hong Kong Nats Runner-Up hotsserotonin Hong Kong Nats Runner-Up matt. Hong Kong Nats Runner-Up
? Italian Nats Winner foxblaster Italian Nats Winner Fillo the Meeple Italian Nats Winner
? Italian Nats Runner-Up dammat Italian Nats Runner-Up uriel09 Italian Nats Runner-Up
? Portuguese Nats Winner DrewRibs Portuguese Nats Winner wrupah Portuguese Nats Winner
? Portuguese Nats Runner-Up naife Portuguese Nats Runner-Up naife Portuguese Nats Runner-Up
Christoffer Candika Swedish Nats Winner Jonas Candika Swedish Nats Winner Christoffer Candika Swedish Nats Winner
Jonas Candika Swedish Nats Runner-Up Christoffer Candika Swedish Nats Runner-Up Jonas Candika Swedish Nats Runner-Up
? Taiwanese Nats Winner willy510 Taiwanese Nats Winner edwardjames Taiwanese Nats Winner
? Taiwanese Nats Runner-Up 快樂小屋 志摩 Taiwanese Nats Runner-Up wei do Taiwanese Nats Runner-Up
jim2330 UK Nats Winner Mr Slogans UK Nats Winner yaaaxcomigen UK Nats Winner
esperino UK Nats Runner-Up Kalos UK Nats Runner-Up contecaly UK Nats Runner-Up

2024 World Championships

The 2024 World Championships was hosted at KeyForge Celebration 2024, which ran from November 7 – 10, 2024 at Gamezenter in Roseville, MN. Information is available at the official KeyForge Celebration 2024 website. This event marked the first time Sealed was a featured main event at the World Championships.

Results

Sealed (Æmber Skies)

Archon

Alliance

Open Tournament Results (KeyForge Celebration page)

2023 World Championships

The 2023 World Championships was hosted at KeyForge Celebration 2023, which ran from November 10 – 12, 2023 at Gamezenter in Roseville, MN. Information is available at the official KeyForge Celebration 2023 website.

Results

Archon

Alliance

Open Tournament Results (KeyForge Celebration page)

Invites

The table below lists the players who have qualified for an invite to the 2023 World Championships and their placing in the event that earned them an invite. If no winner or runnerup is listed for an event, it means the winner or runnerup had qualified for an invite at a previous event.

Archon Alliance
Invitee Invite Invitee Invite
Flaminghobo Philadelphia VT Winner Jaypower Philadelphia VT Winner
Kokujin87 Philadelphia VT Runnerup LordofWinter Philadelphia VT Runnerup
Nova US Nationals Winner AV8R US Nationals Winner
Vermont Gamer US Nationals Runnerup Jaylas21 US Nationals Runnerup
June Roseville VT Winner Nobleone Roseville VT Winner
Ewok Jr Roseville VT Runnerup JustinLizza Roseville VT Runnerup
Jdg314 Seattle VT Runnerup randomjoe Seattle VT Runnerup
Big Z Seattle VT Top 4* Big Z Seattle 3rd Place*
SithofAngmar Dallas VT Winner Gorlami Dallas VT Winner
Frozen Taun Taun Dallas VT Runnerup Dave Dallas 3rd Place*
Torvalpo DK Nationals Winner PetitBot DK Nationals Winner
Caspian_dk DK Nationals Runnerup Aurore DK Nationals Runnerup
Exina Shanghai VT Winner Vaivi Shanghai VT Winner
Black Shanghai VT Runnerup caijunyah Shanghai VT Runnerup
Jacktomyw Shanghai VT Top 4 sobatou Shanghai VT Top 4
Tinoke Shanghai VT Top 4 lotusxuanxuan Shanghai VT Top 4
Ashitaka FR Nationals Winner jelapenos FR Nationals Winner
Vice-fet FR Nationals Runnerup Tonio FR Nationals Runnerup
Kiivii DE Nationals Winner No Tournament DE Nationals Winner
dome_ DE Nationals Runnerup No Tournament DE Nationals Runnerup
Fwtaras GR Nationals Winner No Tournament GR Nationals Winner
Peavy GR Nationals Runnerup No Tournament GR Nationals Runnerup
Nathan [TTR] Las Vegas VT Runnerup Donutsdad Las Vegas VT Runnerup
Xraycreator Las Vegas VT Top 4* x073d Las Vegas Top 4*
Harmed NL Nationals Winner Spymaster NL Nationals Winner
Matze51 NL Nationals Runnerup Harmed NL Nationals Runnerup
Franul PL Nationals Winner Rob1k PL Nationals Winner
Pendzi PL Nationals Runnerup Dreamymarek PL Nationals Runnerup
AlgernonR SE Nationals Winner Jonas ”Candyman” Candika SE Nationals Winner
r0gershubber SE Nationals Runnerup Lainusu SE Nationals Runnerup
therevonline UK Nationals Winner Aurore UK Nationals Winner
George gj999 UK Nationals Runnerup George gj999 UK Nationals Runnerup
zanebr BR Nationals Winner garudinha BR Nationals Winner
srmilagr BR Nationals Runnerup zanebr BR Nationals Runnerup
uminaria CL Nationals Winner cachorro CL Nationals Winner
cachorro CL Nationals Runnerup ElGrillo CL Nationals Runnerup
drsheep CA Nationals Winner drsheep CA Nationals Winner
Rowbot CA Nationals 3rd place* Future Self CA Nationals Runnerup
dorian11 Florence VT Winner BotorNot Florence VT Runnerup
holystewe92 Florence VT Runnerup Petitbat Florence VT Top 4
Levia Florence VT Top 4 davidpappaianni Florence VT Top 4
Zizzutti Florence VT Top 4 EasyGallina Florence VT 5th Place*
* Qualified due to higher finisher already being invited.

Legacy Information (FFG Era)

2020 World Championship

The 2020 World Championship was to be hosted at the Saint Paul RiverCentre in St. Paul, Minnesota from Thursday, May 7 through Saturday, May 9, 2020 [1], but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ)

Immediately before the World Championship, on Thursday, May 7, there will be a Last Chance Qualifier. The qualifier will be a team event, and Fantasy Flight staff will assist players who come as individuals by helping them form teams.[2] A number of Worlds invitations have been set aside for top performing players from the Last Chance Qualifier, but more seats will become available if players who already have Worlds invitations do not claim their tickets. Players can register for the Qualifier tournament at this link; the registration deadline is April 24, 2020.

All players who are ranked in the Top 100 of the Vault Tour leaderboard after the Sealed Solo event at Fort Worth, TX, USA on Feb. 6-9. 2020 receive a World Championship invite. If a player at any point enters the Top 100 by participating in a subsequent Vault Tour before Worlds 2020 (there are currently 4 scheduled Vault Tours between the Fort Worth event and the World Championships), they will also receive an invite.[2]

Note: The Alameda Vault Tour on April 24-27, 2020 takes place after the Worlds registration deadline on April 17. Players are still able to qualify for Worlds through the leaderboard after this event by e-mailing FFG Organized Play directly.[3]

Registration

The 2020 World Championship will be a team event comprised of 3 players per team. The player who received the Worlds invitation is allowed to invite 2 additional players to form their team. Fantasy Flight will also help match invited players who cannot find teammates with people who wish to participate. Each team must contain a player who has an invite; if the invited player falls ill at the last minute or misses their flight, the team can only play in Worlds if there is at least one member who has an invite present or the team gets invited through the Last Chance Qualifier. Special exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.[4]

Players who have received an invitation and would like to register for Worlds can do so on this page. In order to register, players must have a designated team name and a list of two additional members for their team. The deadline to register is April 17, 2020.

Format and variants

Worlds 2020 will be in the Archon format with a different variant for each team member. The first member will play Archon Triad, the second will play Archon Adaptive, and the last member will play Archon Solo best of 3.


There will be two separate top cuts based on performance at Worlds. One possible way to make the top cut is if the team is one of the top performing teams before the cut. The second possible way to make the top cut is based on individual performance. There will be a separate individual ranking for each player at the event and a separate tournament for these top ranking individuals. The top cut will have a cut to the top 32 teams and top 32 individuals, and both Day 2 events will be single elimination. For the individual tournament, the variant will change from Day 1 to Day 2 and players will have the opportunity to change their decks.[5] The Day 2 variant for the individual tournament is still unknown.

The winning team from the team event and the winning individual from the individual event will share the honor of becoming 2020 World Champions. Therefore, there will be a total of 4 Worlds Champions from the tournament.

Prizes

Card sleeves for 2020 Worlds

The 2020 World Championship will have a prize wall containing prizes exclusive to the event. So far, only one prize has been officially announced: Gamegenic card sleeves with Logos art from Mass Mutation.[1]

The winning prize will be an interesting, unique prize that is “different from anything [FFG has] done before”, and winning players will open a vault at a vault opening ceremony. World champions will not be able to design a future KeyForge card.[6]

Side events

The 2020 World Championship will have a large number of side events on Thursday through Saturday. Every day offers Archon and Sealed pods in addition to several featured side events. Thursday will have a practice team event for those wishing to participate in a team tournament before Day 1 of the World Championship. Friday will have another team side event for bonus Aembershards.

Saturday, which is Day 2 of the World Championship, will have a team qualifier event for the World Championship in 2021. The specifics regarding this qualifier are still unknown.

Other Information

The power levels awarded by World Championships are not known at this time. Currently, the highest known power level awarded is power level 8, which is given at Vault Tours. The Master Vault allows decks to reach power level 11, so it is likely that the decks winning Worlds will rise to higher power levels. Certain decks will ascend at the end of the World Championship, but the details regarding deck ascension are still unclear.

A large amount of Æmbershards will be distributed to top performing players at each World Championship. Although the specific Æmbershard amounts have yet to be announced, Alex Watkins from FFG Organized Play has stated it will be the highest amount distributed per win for Æmbershards. Worlds will not have cash prizes, but there will be a prize wall in which players can redeem Æmbershards for exclusive prizes.

Further reading

Battle for the Vault: Information on the 2020 KeyForge World Championship, 26 February 2020
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Crucible Cast Ep. #14: Happy Turkey Weekend
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Director of Organized Play, Alex Watkins AMA
  3. ↑ Comments on Facebook from Matt Holland
  4. ↑ Facebook statement from Alex Watkins
  5. ↑ Another Facebook statement from Alex Watkins
  6. ↑ Archon's Corner: Alex Watkins Head of #keyforge Organized Play Responds


KeyForge Organized Play
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