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| <small>''For [[:Category:Tournament Rules|Tournament Rules]], see : [[:Category:Formats|Formats]] and [[:Category:Variants|Variants]]''</small>
| | 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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| | ==Current Official Formats== |
| | 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. |
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| | The Archon format pits a player’s single Archon deck against their opponent’s chosen Archon deck |
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| | '''Players Must Bring:''' One KeyForge Archon deck |
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| | '''Elimination Rounds:''' Archon format tournaments are played over a sequence of elimination rounds, each round featuring a number of two-player matches, each match consisting of one game. |
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| | Players are eliminated after losing two matches, also known as ‘double elimination’. |
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| | Elimination rounds continue until only eight players remain. |
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| | '''Playoff Rounds:''' After concluding the Elimination Rounds, the eight remaining players are randomly paired into four elimination brackets, each constituting a playoff match. |
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| | 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. |
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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]].
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| ==Formats== | | Continue playoff matches across the three elimination bracket rounds until two finalists play the last match in which a single tournament winner is determined. |
| There are two formats in [[:KeyForge Organized_Play|KeyForge Organized Play]]: '''Archon '''format and '''Sealed '''format. Each tournament utilizes one or the other, and each variant builds upon either one or both formats as a base. The standard way to play for both formats is '''Solo play'''. In a Solo tournament, each player uses the same single deck for the entirety of the tournament. Tournament rounds can be played either as '''one-game ''' (Best of One of BO1) matches or as '''best-of-three''' (BO3) matches.
| | ===Alliance=== |
| | 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. |
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| In Team Play, players form teams of two or three players, which then play simultaneous matches against an opposing team using standard KeyForge rules. Players on the same team sit side by side and table talk between teammates is allowed and encouraged.
| | '''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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| ===Archon===
| | The three House pods in the Alliance deck may be recruited from up to three different Archon decks. Each recruited House pod must be from a different House, and all recruited pods must be from the same KeyForge set. |
| In the Archon format, each player brings a deck (or decks) to the tournament. This deck must be an official, unaltered KeyForge Archon Deck that the player either obtained ahead of time or bought at the event itself. Before each match, players are allowed to review their opponent's Identity card (containing a list of all cards in the deck) for 2 minutes. Except in the VaultWarrior series, decks from all KeyForge sets are eligible for Archon tournaments.
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| The duration of an Archon match is limited to 35 minutes for official Organized Play, after which time is called and end of time rules apply. | | A House Pod is the set of twelve cards dedicated to one House in a single Archon deck (each Archon deck always consists of three House pods from three different Houses). |
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| | '''Elimination Rounds:''' Alliance format tournaments are played over a sequence of elimination rounds, each round featuring a number of two-player matches, each match consisting of one game. |
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| | Players are eliminated after losing two matches, also known as ‘double elimination’. |
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| | Elimination rounds continue until only eight players remain. |
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| | '''Playoff Rounds:''' After concluding the Elimination Rounds, the eight remaining players are randomly paired into four elimination brackets, each constituting a playoff match. |
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| | 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. |
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| | The winning player continues to the next playoff bracket and the loser is eliminated. |
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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. |
| ===Sealed=== | | ===Sealed=== |
| In the Sealed format, each player receives a new deck at the tournament, usually by purchasing it from the hosting retailer. In official play, only decks from the current KeyForge set are used for Sealed events. Players do not open their sealed decks until the official start of the event, and players are encouraged to wait to register the decks to their Master Vault accounts until the end. After opening their decks, players are given a few moments to read through and familiarize themselves with their contents, then the tournament begins.
| | The Sealed format challenges each player to make the best deck combination from the house pods found in up to three sealed KeyForge decks. |
| The duration of a Sealed match is limited to 45 minutes for official Organized Play, after which time is called and end of time rules apply.
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| In Sealed play, players are '''not''' allowed to review the identity card of the deck the opponent is playing and thus do not know the contents of their opponent’s deck (unless playing sealed reversal).
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| ==Official Variants==
| | '''Players Must Bring:''' Up to three sealed KeyForge Archon decks from the same KeyForge set. |
| Variants are optional, and do not need to be utilized in an event. Some variants require best-of-three matches or multiple decks for each player. All variants can be used for either Archon or Sealed format.
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| ===Solo===
| | A sealed deck is one that is unopened and sealed in its original packaging. |
| ''For official Tournament Rules, see [[Solo]]''
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| The standard way to play KeyForge making it the most played match variant.
| | '''Deck Creation:''' Players simultaneously open their sealed decks and construct a single deck by selecting three House pods from the six House pods provided in the two sealed decks. Each selected House pod must be from a different House. |
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| ===Adaptive===
| | A House Pod is the set of twelve cards dedicated to one House located within a single Archon deck (each Archon deck always consists of three House pods from three different Houses). |
| ''For official Tournament Rules, see [[Adaptive]]''
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| Each round of this tournament consists of best-of-three matches. For the first game of each match, players use their own decks. For the second game, each player swaps decks with his or her opponent and plays using his or her opponent’s deck.
| | Deck creation must be completed within 30 minutes. |
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| If the third game occurs, players bid chains to use the deck which won both of the previous games. The player who brought the deck starts by bidding 0 chains, and then the players take turns outbidding each other until a player declines to bid higher. The player who bid the highest uses that deck for the third game (with their bid number of chains applied at the start).
| | '''Elimination Rounds:''' After deck creation is finished, 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. |
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| Considered by many to be the most skill-testing variant, it will be used at the upcoming $100,000 prize pool [[KeyForge_Organized_Play#VaultWarrior_series|VaultWarrior Championships]].
| | Players are eliminated after losing two matches, also known as ‘double elimination’. |
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| ===Survival===
| | Elimination rounds continue until only 8 players remain. |
| ''For official Tournament Rules, see [[Survival]]''
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| In this [[Formats_and_variants#Tournament_Structure_Variants|Tournament Structure Variant]], each player enters the tournament with 2 or 3 decks (number determined by the organizer). The decks are ranked in an order of the player’s choosing before the first round. Each player must start with their first deck. Whenever a player loses a round, the deck they played with is “out” and cannot be used for the remainder of the tournament. When a player no longer has decks remaining, they are eliminated from the tournament.
| | '''Deck Calibration:''' Between each round of a sealed tournament, before being seated with the next opponent, players may calibrate their deck by substituting one or more House pods from their deck with one or more of their unused House pods. After calibration, a decks must consist of three House pods from three different Houses. |
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| Tournaments can be played either as "pure" survival (play proceeds until all decks are eliminated), or as survival events with a single-elimination bracket for the top cut (this format is used in the [[Special:MyLanguage/Vault Tour|Vault Tour]]).
| | '''Playoff Brackets:''' After concluding the Elimination Rounds, the eight remaining players are randomly paired into four elimination brackets, each constituting a playoff match. |
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| ===Triad===
| | 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. |
| ''For official Tournament Rules, see [[Triad]]''
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| Each player has 3 decks that they can use throughout the tournament. Each round, each player chooses one of their opponent’s decks to “bench,” making that deck unusable for that match.Each round consists of a best-of-three match. When a player wins a game, they must switch to their other deck for the rest of the match. This means that a player must win a game with each of their non-benched decks to win the match.
| | The winning player continues to the next playoff bracket and the loser is eliminated. |
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| In a Sealed Triad event, players choose to "bench" a deck only based on the houses of their opponent's decks, as looking at their opponent's Identity card is not permitted.
| | Continue playoff matches across the three brackets until two finalists play the last match in which a single tournament winner is determined. |
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| ===Reversal=== | | == Previous Official Formats == |
| ''For official Tournament Rules, see [[Reversal]]''
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| Each player brings a deck to the tournament which they believe is challenging to win with. Each round of the tournament, opponents temporarily swap decks for that match, and try to win the round with the deck their opponent brought.
| | ===Sealed Archon=== |
| | ''Removed in TRG version 2.0 (January 2024)'' |
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| Sealed Reversal was initially regarded as a bizarre variant, but has since proven to be a player favorite.
| | '''Players Must Bring:''' One sealed KeyForge deck. |
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| ===Auction===
| | A sealed deck is one unopened and sealed in its original packaging prior to the start of the tournament. |
| ''For official Tournament Rules, see [[Auction]]''
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| This [[Formats_and_variants#Deck_Selection_Variants|Deck Selection Variant]] is typically played as a sealed event in which each player buys and opens a deck before the start of the event. Unlike a normal Sealed event, after all players have opened and registered their decks, each deck is placed on a table. Players are arranged in a random order around the table. The event organizer then randomly selects and calls out a deck. That deck’s owner must start by bidding 0 chains. Then, in clockwise order, other players may bid higher than the current bid, or pass on bidding further for that deck. When all players have passed, the highest bidder wins that deck to use for the duration of the tournament and passes bidding on all other decks. Repeat the process for each deck. If a deck is randomly selected and its owner has already won the bid for another deck, the next player in clockwise order must place the initial bid of 0 chains for that deck.
| | '''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. |
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| Players start each game in that tournament with chains equal to their highest bid for the deck they are using. At the end of the event, each deck returns to the person who originally purchased and opened it.
| | '''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. |
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| ==Semi-official Variants==
| | Players are eliminated after losing two matches, also known as ‘double elimination’. |
| These variants have been announced for use in upcoming competitions, but FFG has not released official rules as of yet.
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| This is a new sub-variant introduced for the [[VaultWarrior|VaultWarrior]] series, where it will be used on the 2nd day of all Qualifier events. Players bring two decks (each from a different [[Sets|set]]) and before every round each player chooses one of two decks from their opponent to play against; the other deck is eliminated from that round. After both players choose a deck to eliminate, they then play using the Adaptive, Best of 3 or Reversal variant, depending on the event.
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| ===Team play===
| | Elimination rounds continue until only 8 players remain. |
| Although initially not part of official KeyForge Organized Play, team play has quickly grown in popularity and was acknowledged by Fantasy Flight Games when it was chosen to be the official format of the first [[World Championships|World Championships]] event.
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| Players form teams of three players, which then play three simultaneous matches against an opposing team using standard KeyForge rules. Players on the same team sit side by side and table talk between teammates is allowed and encouraged. Different formats and variants can be used for team play, including different variants for different players within a team. Sometimes, restrictions are placed on the number of decks that can contain a house within a team.
| | '''Playoff Brackets:''' After concluding the Elimination Rounds, the eight remaining players are randomly paired into four elimination brackets, each constituting a playoff match. |
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| Currently the most popular version of team play includes a different variant for each player and designated player positions within a team: Player 1 from each team plays with their own deck. Player 2 from each team plays reversal. Player 3 bids chains to choose which deck they'll play.
| | 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. |
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| Official team play rules have not yet been published by Fantasy Flight Games.
| | The winning player continues to the next playoff bracket and the loser is eliminated. |
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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. |
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