Archons reaped Æmber from the radiant fields of France throughout the three significant tournaments held over the weekend. Many players excelled in achieving top ranks across various formats, showcasing a wide range of KeyForge skills and talent from one format to another. A number of competitors who had previously made it to the top cuts before did so again, emphasizing their prowess, even if most did not claim a champion title.

The Hall of the Ascended saw additional decks added, with special accolades to show off their accomplishments. As a reminder, Ascension removes these decks from Organized Play (additional rules governing Ascension are in the TRG). It’s possible that one of these decks will seize the glory again when all decks are unleashed for the World Championships and Open tournaments at KeyForge Celebration in November!

“Viva La France!” is an expression of French pride and culture, translating to Long Live France. Let’s shout “Viva La KeyForge!” as we recognize the first group of international players to forge their legends on Vault Tour 2025.

Sealed

Vault Tour France was the first-ever stop to use KeyForge: Prophetic Visions, giving 48 lucky players the unique opportunity to be the first to test the set in a competitive environment. They certainly embraced the challenge, making it the most popular event of the entire weekend!

Players gathered on Saturday for this tournament and competed using 1-3 sealed decks of KeyForge: Prophetic Visions. Decks were constructed using the Alliance deck mechanics.

Sealed allows players to swap house pods from their three decks between rounds. Because of this, we do not have a detailed breakdown of the houses used, pod selections, or top cards of this tournament.

Sealed Results

Below are the Top 8 competitors for Sealed at Vault Tour 2025 France.

Champion: VirusInfection* using Le Philosophe de la Boutique de Cacretin; L’Archiviste Naturel du Jardin Cryptique; and Tsarine Cooke de Lacswan

Runner-Up: Jelapenos** using La Forgeuse des Villages; L’Assistant Qui Venait de l’Entrepôt; and Le Borgne Qui se Faisait Appeler “Bagel”

Top 4: MotilityFive using “Ivan” Macro, Bazaar Gladiator; Weirdo Pipin, the Knotty; and Veishiokh, the Madman of The Left Brain

Top 4: Kraggy using Rhinocore, the “Burgher” of the Market; Miriam, Bawdy Heaven Guerilla; and Urchin Theroulde, the Tireless

Top 8: Xkix using The Card that Cleverly Flocks Bricks; Lucrezia, Deadlands Exolinguist; and Garcia, the Time-stopper of Adaptation

Top 8: Jim230 using Green the Freshly Vociferous; The Erroneous Shepherd of Pollward; and Pockpicket, Vinbutte’s Tribune

Top 8: LordJudo using Gerloc, the Elder of Pathinate; Fridmundr “Saint Zip” Budi; and The Scarcely Cold Colonist of Roddenkull

Top 8: Massimo using The Giantess who Wards off Squids; Magdelene, Resort Barber; and Blanca “Lord Girder” Saganoff

* – This person received an invite to the KeyForge 2025 World Championship for this format, and the coveted title of Vault Warrior!

** – This person received an invite to the KeyForge 2025 World Championship for this format.

ARCHON

Archon welcomed 42 players on the Sunday of the event. Many foresaw visions of their victories, placing their fates in KeyForge: Prophetic Visions despite no competitive data showing the set’s strength at the time of the tournament. KeyForge: Grim Reminders, classically a top tournament set, was a ghost of its former self with only single-digit deck representations. Meanwhile, KeyForge: Winds of Exchange achieved impressive outcomes, despite experiencing a lack of success in competitive Archon for some time. The complete field for Archon was:

A drop in the number of KeyForge: Grim Reminders in the field meant Geistoid representations dropped all the way to 6th. Dis, Logos, and Shadows surged in the number of rankings due to most players predicting these would be the houses to beat in KeyForge: Prophetic Visions. The top 10 houses were:

1. Dis (15 decks)
2. Logos (15 decks)
3. Shadows (15 decks)
4. Mars (13 decks)
5. Untamed (13 decks)
6. Geistoid (13 decks)
7. Ekwidon (9 decks)
8. Saurian (9 decks)
9. Star Alliance (8 decks)
10. Unfathomable (6 decks)

The top 10 cards that appeared most frequently in Archon decks were:

1. Junk Restoration (14 total)
2. Infurnace (11 total)
3. In Here Somewhere… (11 total)
4. Memette (11 total)
5. Traumatic Echo (10 total)
6. Evasive Maneuvers (9 total)
7. Steward Su-Uzyanĕ (9 total)
8. Against All Flags (8 total)
9. Miasma (8 total)
10. Strug (8 total)