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Bushiroad Summer Fest 2026 Format

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Format

General

Card Legality


  • Only English edition cards may be used

  • All cards can be used after its official release date

Deck


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

  • All cards can be used after its official release date

Eligibility

The tournament is open to all players except the following:


  • Organizer of the tournament

  • Staff of the tournament

  • Head Judge of the tournament

  • Judges of the tournament

Please ensure that your Bushi Navi account has been authenticated by SMS before registering for any Regional Championship.

Cardfight!! Vanguard

Weiß Schwarz

Shadowverse: Evolve

Sleeves

Players are required to use opaque card sleeves so that the back of the 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 on either the front or back of the cards. Oversleeves with patterns or borders are not allowed.

Only officially licensed sleeves may be used.

Main Deck


  • Standard sized sleeves are not allowed for use for your main deck

  • Sleeves used for all cards in the main deck must be of the same design

Ride Decks & G Decks


  • Sleeves must be used for cards in the ride deck and G deck

  • Sleeves must also be used for the ride deck crest

  • You may use sleeves with the same design for both your ride deck and G deck

  • Sleeves must have a different design from your main deck

Aid Items (Sleeves)


  • You may choose whether to use sleeves for token cards, marker cards, and cards used to count energy

  • If you choose to use sleeves, please use different sleeves from your main deck

  • Please do not use sleeve combinations that may cause disruptions to the fight

Aid Items

Players are only allowed to use the following aid items:


  • Official energy counters

  • Power counters

  • Dice

  • Card status markers

Format

Standard Regulation

Standard will be held in both Singles and Teams formats.

Team Format Rules


  • Standard will be held in a team format, with 3 players in each team.

  • All 3 players must have unique ride decks.

  • Players may play the same Nation as their teammates, but all cards in their ride deck must not overlap with any card from the teammates’ ride decks with the exception of the Ride Deck Crest.

  • If there are 8 or less participating teams, the tournament may be held as an individual format tournament.

Time & Time-up Policy

Swiss
Time

Best of 1. 30 minutes per round. The number of rounds will depend on the number of players and schedule, with a cap of 9 rounds.

Time-up Policy

A double loss will be issued to both players. No extra time will be awarded.

Top Cut
Time

Players have 10 minutes to finish 3 extra turns. After 10 minutes or at the end of the third turn, whichever comes first, the player with less damage wins the game. If damage is the same, both players play until the next instance of damage is taken.

Time-up Policy

Players have 10 minutes to finish 3 extra turns. After 10 minutes or at the end of the third turn, whichever comes first, the player with less damage wins the game. If damage is the same, both players play until the next instance of damage is taken.

Finals
Time

There will be no time limit for the final match.

Time-up Policy

There will be no time limit for the final match.