Seattle Vault Tour Results
KeyForge players recently gathered in Seattle, WA to face off in another set of Vault Tour tournaments. The attendance was lower at this event compared to some of the earlier Vault Tours this year, which created an opportunity to run the Archon and Alliance tournaments at separate times on Saturday. This staggered schedule allowed interested players to compete in both tournaments that day.
At the conclusion of the event, two new champions were crowned and each awarded the top prize of $3,000—one for the Archon tournament and one for the Alliance tournament. The two runners-up in each tournament each received a $1,000 prize, and the third and fourth-place finishers in both tournaments walked away with $500 each. The top two finishers in each tournament who didn’t already have invitations to the 2023 KeyForge World Championship received invitations in addition to the cash prizes.
The Archon tournament was the first event held on Saturday and began with 47 players. Just over half of the decks entered in this tournament came from the recently-released Winds of Exchange set, with the rest of field consisting of Mass Mutation, Worlds Collide, and Call of the Archons, plus a small representation from Age of Ascension and Dark Tidings.
Houses were pretty evenly dispersed in this field, with Logos narrowly taking the top slot by appearing in 17 decks. This is the complete list in order:
- Logos (17 decks)
- Brobnar (16 decks)
- Sanctum (16 decks)
- Saurian (15 decks)
- Mars (14 decks)
- Shadows (14 decks)
- Ekwidon (12 decks)
- Unfathomable (12 decks)
- Dis (10 decks)
- Untamed (8 decks)
- Star Alliance (7 decks)
The top 12 cards that appear most frequently in Archon decks were:
- Befuddle (15 total)
- Rowdy Skald (13 total)
- Kelpminder (12 total)
- Mk.2 Generator (12 total)
- Shock Herder (12 total)
- Berserker Slam (10 total)
- Bumpsy (10 total)
- Clone Home (10 total)
- Infurnace (10 total)
- Ironyx Propaganda (10 total)
- Membership Drive (10 total)
- Wild Wormhole (10 total)
340 different cards appeared only once across all Archon decks.
The Alliance tournament took place on Saturday after the Archon tournament had determined its top cut. Alliance had 26 players at its start.
The order of houses by frequency in Alliance builds were:
- Logos (14 decks)
- Dis (13 decks)
- Untamed (10 decks)
- Ekwidon (7 decks)
- Star Alliance (7 decks)
- Shadows (6 decks)
- Mars (5 decks)
- Unfathomable (5 decks)
- Sanctum (4 decks)
- Saurian (4 decks)
- Brobnar (3 decks)
The top 12 cards that appeared most frequently in Alliance decks were:
- Infurnace (10 total)
- Closed-Door Negotiation (10 total)
- Legionary Trainer (7 total)
- Trading Frenzy (7 total)
- Duskwitch (7 total)
- Fathom Reaver (6 total)
- Gateway to Dis (7 total)
- Eclectic Inquiry (6 total)
- Effervescent Principle (6 total)
- Labwork (6 total)
- Lethologica (6 total)
- Relentless Whispers (6 total)
A total of 275 different cards appeared only once across all Alliance decks.
Archon Results
Champion: Nova playing Jacques “Aombre”, lord de la station from Worlds Collide
Runner-Up: jdg314* playing Chandra the Probably Complex from Mass Mutation
Top 4: Big Z* playing The Ooze that Trains All Three Houses from Winds of Exchange
Top 4: TheNobleOne playing The Pronto Khatun from Winds of Exchange
Top 8: juiceboxmoorwolfpack playing Solidbyte Licinius-Rutilius, Adept from Winds of Exchange
Top 8: keyofthelost playing The Thing who Feels Falcons from Winds of Exchange
Top 8: n0nficti0n playing Avaldr D. Invictutrace, the Ninety Ninth from Winds of Exchange
Top 8: redtooth playing Mannius of Suddiz from Winds of Exchange
* Received an invitation to the 2023 KeyForge Archon World Championship Tournament
Alliance Results
Champion: aveightr playing playing an alliance of Mars, Logs, and Untamed from Age of Ascension
Runner-Up: randomjoe** playing an alliance of Dis, Shadows, and Untamed from Call of the Archons
Top 4: Big Z** playing Adm. Inslang, the Pink Fraud from Call of the Archons
Top 4: mathandlove playing an alliance of Ekwidon, Sacntum, and Saurian from Winds of Exchange using Scholar as the token creature
Top 8: jdg314 playing an alliance of Dis, Logos, and Star Alliance from Mass Mutation
Top 8: myrtani playing an alliance of Saurian, Star Alliance, and Unfathomable from Winds of Exchange using Scholar as the token creature.
Top 8: samuelhowes24 playing an alliance of Logos, Shadows, and Untamed from Call of the Archons
Top 8: TheNobleOne playing an alliance of Dis, Logos, and Star Alliance from Mass Mutation
** Received an invitation to the 2023 KeyForge Alliance World Championship Tournament
Seattle Archon Top 4 Players (L to R): The Noble One, Big Z, JDG314, Nova
Seattle Alliance Top 4 Players (L to R): mathandlove, randomjoe, aveightr, Big Z
Second Æmber
On Saturday, 39 players participated in the Second Æmber tournament after they were eliminated from a main event. A total of 66 Second Æmber games were played, earning a wide range of participants chances to win various prizes including sealed KeyForge decks, metal key tokens, or a Fuzzy Gruen. Seattle’s most dedicated Second Æmber player was David Mikalova, who played in nine matches throughout the day.
We’d like to extend a special congratulations to all of the finalists, and hearth-felt thank you to everyone who attended the Seattle Vault Tour. Your dedication to KeyForge is amazing! We hope to see you all at our next KeyForge event!
Four More Vault Tours to Come
You still have chances to compete in KeyForge Vault Tours this year! Visit the links below to learn more information about each of the upcoming events.
Dallas, TX USA is September 15-17
Shanghai, China is September 15-17
