• Tournament Format:
  Cardfight!! Vanguard Standard Format

Number of participants	Preliminary Rounds	Top Cut	Players Advancing to Top Cut
1 – 32	Swiss Format (played until 1 or fewer players remain undefeated)	No Top Cut	－
33 – 64	Swiss Format (Suggested 4 rounds, up to 6 rounds)	Single Elimination	Top 8
65 – 128	Swiss Format (Suggested 4 rounds, up to 7 rounds)	Single Elimination	Top 16
129 – 256	Swiss Format (Suggested 5 rounds, up to 8 rounds)	Single Elimination	Top 32

Round	Time Limit	If Time Runs Out
Preliminary Rounds	30 minutes	Both players receive a loss.
Top Cut Rounds	30 minutes	Players are given 10 additional minutes to complete 3 extra turns. At whichever comes first — 10 minutes elapsed or the end of the third extra turn — the player with less damage wins. If damage is equal, play continues until the next instance of damage is taken.
Finals	No time limit	Not applicable. Slow play is not permitted.

• Tournament Structure:
  – Individual Format
  – Best-of-1
  – Preliminary rounds: Swiss format (up to 8 rounds)
  – Top Cut: Single Elimination
  – Time for each round: 30 mins
  – Time-up Policy:

  • Preliminary rounds → Double loss
  • Top 16 to 8 → Players have 10 minutes to finish 3 extra turn. After 10 mins or at the end of the third turn, whichever come first, the player with the lesser damage wins the game. If damage is the same, both players play until the next instance of damage is taken.
  • Finals → No time limit, however no slow plays allowed
• Card Legality:
  – Only English cards may be used.
  – All cards can be used after their official release date.
• Eligibility:
  – The head judge and judges of the tournament are not allowed to participate in the tournament.
  – The organizers of the tournament are not allowed to participate in the tournament.
  – Staff of the organizing shop are allowed to participate in the tournament if they are not working on the day of the event.
• Sleeves:
  – Players are required to use opaque card sleeves so that card backs cannot be easily distinguished.
  – Oversleeves with a matte finishing on one side and a glossy finishing on the other are allowed. 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 the main deck.
  – Sleeves must be of the same design for all cards in the main deck.
• G Deck:
  – G decks must be sleeved.
  – Sleeves must have a different design for the G decks.
• Aid Items:
  Players are only allowed to use the following items:
  – Dice
  – Power Counters
  – Card Status Markers

To participate in these events, you will need to register for the tournament in advance using the Bushi Navi app.

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