Format & Regulations | Regional Championship | Bushiroad Championship Series 2023 (BCS2023)

Bushiroad Championship Series 2023

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 BCS2023 locations
(Please check the product page to see if the title is allowed to be used for your region).
Cards from new expansions are eligible for play only after 2 weeks of their official release dates for BCS2023 Regional Championships & Shop Challenges. These include cards from the Monthly Shop Tournament, Title Cup, Shop Challenge etc.

Cards from expansions that 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 is mandatory for all team members in order to check in as a Team.
Deck Registration It is mandatory to register the deck via BushiNavi

Please kindly refer to the fighter’s rules and deck construction rules below:
Cardfight!! Vanguard : https://en.cf-vanguard.com/howto/fighters_rules/
Weiß Schwarz: https://en.ws-tcg.com/rules/deck/

*Cardfight!! Vanguard Standard Format: Ride decks will be used for this format. It is mandatory to indicate your ride deck on your Deck Log.
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 Cardfight!! Vanguard Standard, Cardfight!! Vanguard V Premium, Cardfight!! Vanguard Premium: 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:
Cardfight!! Vanguard Standard Format: Ride Deck
Cardfight!! Vanguard V Premium and Premium Format: Imaginary Gift markers & G-deck (if any)

Cardfight!! Vanguard Standard Format: You MUST use different card sleeves from your main deck for your Ride Deck.

Cardfight!! Vanguard V Premium and Premium Format: 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.

Cardfight!! Vanguard Premium Format: You MUST use different card sleeves from your main deck for your G units.

Time-up 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.

Regulation & Formats

Cardfight!! Vanguard Standard Cardfight!! Vanguard V Premium Cardfight!! Vanguard Premium Weiß Schwarz
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
30 min/round
Number of rounds will be dependent on the number of participants and schedule.
All of the games will be capped at 9 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