Format & Regulations | Regional Championship | Bushiroad Championship Series 2022 (BCS2022)

Bushiroad Championship Series 2022

Regional Championship
Format & Regulations

Format Individual
Eligibility

All fighters may participate in the Shop Challenges / Regional Championship.
There will be a region lock on the eligibility of receiving invites to World Finals.

The event is grouped into 3 regions:

  • North America / Latin America
  • Europe
  • Asia-Oceania
Language Only English edition cards may be used.
Cards Certain Weiß Schwarz Titles may not be used at specific BCS2022 locations
(Please check the product page to see if the title is allowed to be use for your region).

Cards from new expansions can only be used 2 weeks after the official release dates for BCS2022 Regional Championships & Shop Challenges.

*Hololive Production Premium Booster will only be legal for use in BCS2022 tournaments 2 weeks after its release date (September 30th).

Cards from expansions which are available after Sneak Preview / Pre-sale events are not allowed for use in the tournaments until the expansions are officially released.

Deck

A player must use the same deck throughout a tournament. No switching of cards is permitted in between games within a tournament.

Deck Registration

It is mandatory to register the deck (submit the deck list/decklog code) upon tournament registration.

Please kindly refer to the fighter’s rules and deck construction rules below:
VGE: https://en.cf-vanguard.com/howto/fighters_rules/
WSE: https://en.ws-tcg.com/rules/deck/

*VGE-S: Ride decks will be used for this format. It is mandatory to indicate your ride deck in your deck list.

Discrepancies between the deck list and actual deck used in the tournament may result in a penalty.

Entry Fee

Free
If the Regional Championship is held inside another convention, the entry fee to the convention may be applicable.

Sleeving Fighters are required to use opaque card sleeves so that the back of cards cannot be easily distinguished.
Oversleeves with a Matte finishing on one side and Gloss finishing on the other side are allowed. However, the Matte finishing has to be uniform throughout, on either the front or back of the cards.
Oversleeves with patterns or borders are not allowed.

For VGE-S, VGE-V, VGE-P: You are not allowed to use Standard sized sleeves for your main deck

Sleeves used for all cards must be of the same design unless otherwise stated.

Exception:
VGE-S: Ride Deck
VGE-V & VGE-P: Imaginary Gift markers & G-deck (if any)

VGE-S: You MUST use different card sleeves from your main deck for your Ride Deck.

VGE-V & VGE-P: You may choose to sleeve your Imaginary Gift Markers. However, if you do, you MUST use different card sleeves from your main deck for your Imaginary Gift markers.

VGE-P: You MUST use different card sleeves from your main deck for your G units.

Time-Out Policy Players have 10 minutes to finish the 3 extra turns. After 10 minutes or end of the third turn, whichever comes first, the winner is decided in the following manner:

・Cardfight!! Vanguard: The player with less damage wins the game. If the damage is the same, the game ends in a double loss.

・Weiss Schwarz: The player with the lower level wins the game. If the level is the same, the player with less clock wins the game. If the clock is the same, the game ends in a double loss.

In top-cut, players will have 10 minutes to finish 3 extra turns. After 10 minutes or end of the third turn, whichever comes first, the winner is decided in the following manner:

Players with less damage/lower clock/less clock wins the game. If the damage/clock is the same, both players play until the next instance of damage is taken/healed. The player with less damage/lower level/ less clock wins the game.

VGE-S / VGE-V / VGE-P / WSE Regulation & Formats

VGE Standard VGE V Premium VGE Premium WSE
Best of 1, Swiss
25 min/round
Best of 1, Swiss
25 min/round
Best of 1, Swiss
30 min/round
Best of 1, Swiss
35 min/round
Number of rounds will be dependent on the number of participants and schedule.
VGE-S, VGE-V & VGE-P will cap at 9 rounds, WSE will cap at 7 rounds

Cut to Top 8

Best of 1, Single
Elimination
Best of 1, Single
Elimination
Best of 1, Single
Elimination
Best of 1, Single
Elimination