Spring Fest 2015
(i) Event Timeline
(A) Store Level: PR Coupon Campaign (Cardfight!! Vanguard Only)
- 2nd March 2015 - 3rd March 2015
To kick start Bushiroad Spring Fest 2015, Bushiroad PR Coupon campaign will be launched in Bushiroad official tournament shops in March! Collect Bushiroad PR Coupons and exchange for special PR cards at Bushiroad Spring Fest 2015!
1: Collect Your Bushiroad PR Coupons!
Step 2: Participate in a Cardfight!! Vanguard tournament shop from Mar 2 to May 3 (March & April tournament periods)
Note: Find the shop tournament listing here (Shop tournament listings for March period will be announced in late February)!
Step 3: Receive 1 Bushiroad PR Coupon with every participation of each Cardfight!! Vanguard Shop Tournament!
Note: Fighters may receive more than one coupon if attending multiple shop tournaments during the campaign period. While stocks last.
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2: Redeem PR Coupon for the Special PR Card!
Step 5: Participate in the Cardfight!! Vanguard Team League 2015
Step 6: Exchange 1 special Cardfight!! Vanguard PR card 「PR/0183EN Snow Element, Blizza」 with 1 Bushiroad PR Coupon
Note: One coupon can be redeemed for one PR card only. A maximum of 4 special PR cards can be redeemed per person at each Bushiroad Spring Fest 2015 venue. While stocks last.
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(B) Regional Level:
Team League 2015 / Buddy Challenge 2015 / Weiss Schwarz Neo-Showdown 2015
- April 2015 - July 2015
1: Asia-Oceania Regional
Indonesia
Venue: Jakarta, Mal Artha Gading, Atrium, Jl. Artha Gading Selatan No. 1, Jakarta Utara, DKI Jakarta 14240
Date: 16th March 2015
- Cardfight!! Vanguard Team League
Date: 17th March 2015
- Weiss Schwarz Neo-Showdown
- Future Card Buddyfight Buddy Challenge
Malaysia
Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Berjaya Times Square, 1, Jalan Imbi, 55100, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
Date: 30th March 2015
- Cardfight!! Vanguard Team League
- Weiss Schwarz Neo-Showdown
- Future Card Buddyfight Buddy Challenge
Singapore
Venue: Singapore, Chara Expo 2015, Singapore Expo Hall 8, 1 Expo Drive, S486150
Date: 20th June 2015
- Cardfight!! Vanguard Team League
Registration: 9.30 a.m. - 10.45 a.m.
Tournament: 11 a.m.
Date: 21st June 2015
- Weiss Schwarz Neo-Showdown
- Future Card Buddyfight Buddy Challenge
Australia
Venue: Sydney, Club Ashfield, 1-11 Charlotte St., Ashfield, Sydney, NSW 2131
Date: 4th July 2015
- Cardfight!! Vanguard Team League
Date: 5th July 2015
- Weiss Schwarz Neo-Showdown
- Future Card Buddyfight Buddy Challenge
Philippines
Venue: Manaila
Date: T.B.A.
- Cardfight!! Vanguard Team League
- Weiss Schwarz Neo-Showdown
- Future Card Buddyfight Buddy Challenge
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2: Europe Regional
Greece
Venue: Athens, Kaissa Café, Mesogeion 12, Ampelokipoi, Attiki, Athens 11527
Date: 19th April 2015
- Cardfight!! Vanguard Team League
- Future Card Buddyfight Buddy Challenge
Germany
Venue: Berlin
Date: 16th May 2015
- Cardfight!! Vanguard Team League
Date: 17th May 2015
- Weiss Schwarz Neo-Showdown
- Future Card Buddyfight Buddy Challenge
France
Venue: Paris, EPITA, L’école de l’intelligence informatique, 14/16 Rue Voltaire, 94276 Kremlin Bicêtre Cedex
Date: 11th June 2015
- Cardfight!! Vanguard Team League
Date: 12th June 2015
- Weiss Schwarz Neo-Showdown
- Future Card Buddyfight Buddy Challenge
United Kingdom
Venue: London
Date: T.B.A
- Cardfight!! Vanguard Team League
- Weiss Schwarz Neo-Showdown
- Future Card Buddyfight Buddy Challenge
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3: North America Regional
Mexico
Venue: Mexico City
Date: 4th April 2015
- Cardfight!! Vanguard Team League
Date: 5th April 2015
- Weiss Schwarz Neo-Showdown
- Future Card Buddyfight Buddy Challenge
USA (California)
Venue: Los Angeles
Date: 18th April 2015
- Cardfight!! Vanguard Team League
Date: 19th April 2015
- Weiss Schwarz Neo-Showdown
- Future Card Buddyfight Buddy Challenge
USA (Ontario)
Venue: Toronto
Date: 2nd May 2015
- Cardfight!! Vanguard Team League
Date: 3rd May 2015
- Weiss Schwarz Neo-Showdown
- Future Card Buddyfight Buddy Challenge
USA (Texas)
Venue: Pasadena
Date: 30th May 2015
- Cardfight!! Vanguard Team League
Date: 31st May 2015
- Weiss Schwarz Neo-Showdown
- Future Card Buddyfight Buddy Challenge
USA (New York)
Venue: White Plains
Date: 13th June 2015
- Cardfight!! Vanguard Team League
Date: 14th June 2015
- Weiss Schwarz Neo-Showdown
- Future Card Buddyfight Buddy Challenge
USA (Georgia)
Venue: Atlanta
Date: May 2015
- Cardfight!! Vanguard Team League
- Weiss Schwarz Neo-Showdown
- Future Card Buddyfight Buddy Challenge
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(C) Junior Level:
Junior Challenge 2015- April 2015 - July 2015 (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Candda Only)
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(D) Continental Level:
Team League 2015 / Buddy Challenge 2015 / Weiss Schwarz Neo-Showdown 2015
- July 2015 (North America Only)
USA
Venue: T.B.A
Date: 18th July 2015
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(D) Tournament Format
1: Cardfight!! Vanguard Team League
Format:
- Team of 3 persons
Entry Fee:
- none
Note: If the tournaments are held inside another event organized by a third party such as an exhibition or a convention, the entry fee to that event may apply.
Eligibility:
North America
- All fighters living in North America may participate. Fighters living outside of North America may not participate.
Europe
- All fighters living in Europe may participate. Fighters living outside of Europe may not participate.
Asia-Oceania
- All fighters living in Asia-Oceania may participate. Fighters living outside of Asia-Oceania may not participate.
Deck Regulations:
- All English version cards can be used. Cards of other languages may not be used.
- Fighters are required to use opaque card sleeves so that the back of cards cannot be easily distinguished.
- Cards from new expansions are legal to use from the expansion’s release date.
- Fighters’ decks (including G-Units) must only contain cards from the same clan, with the exception of:
■ <<Cray Elemental>> cards;
■ <<Royal Paladin>> decks may consist of up to 4 copies of “Blaster Dark”;
■ <<Link Joker>> decks may consist of cards with “Яeverse” in its name.
- Each team member must also use a different clan from the other team members within the team.
- Fighters will have to adhere to the deck regulations/requirements.
Tournament Structure:
[Before Top 8]
Note: The organizer/judge may decide to run a Round 0 depending on the number of participants.
■ Modified Swiss
■ Best out of 1 game, 1 game per round.
■ 1 round is 20 minutes. If round exceeds 20 minutes, both fighters lose.
■ Cut to Top 8 – The number of rounds for the modified Swiss will depend on the number of participants.
■ The Top 8 participants after the final round of modified Swiss will advance to the top 8 single elimination.
■ The standing of participants with the same record will be decided by opponent’s match win percentage. (i.e. fighters who played opponents with a better record will be ranked higher.)
■ Tiebreakers will be calculated by the Bushiroad Tournament Software.
■ Team will be automatically dropped out if they missed 2 rounds.
[Top 8]
■ Single Elimination
■ Best out of 1 game, 1 game per round
■ 1 round is 20 minutes. If round exceeds 20 minutes, both fighters lose.
Prizes:
Participation Prizes:
Note: 1pc per Team League participant
Top 50 Team Prizes:
Note: 1pc per Team League participant (i.e. 3pcs per Team) for Top 50 Teams
- Yellow: North America
- Orange: Europe
- Green: Asia-Oceania
Winning Team’s Prizes:
- Winning team of Cardfight!! Vanguard Team League 2015 will receive a 1st Place certificate.
- 1st Runner-Up team and 2nd Runner-Up team will receive a 2nd Place certificate and a 3rd Place certificate respectively.
Note:
- North America: Winning team will also receive an invitation to the North America Continental Final. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided. Minors will need confirmation from a parent or guardian to earn the invitation to travel.
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2: Future Card Buddyfight Buddy Challenge
Format:
- Individual
Entry Fee:
- none
Note: if the tournaments are held inside another event organized by a third party such as an exhibition or a convention, the entry fee to that event may apply.
Eligibility:
North America
- All fighters living in North America may participate. Fighters living outside of North America may not participate.
Europe
- All fighters living in Europe may participate. Fighters living outside of Europe may not participate.
Asia-Oceania
- All fighters living in Asia-Oceania may participate. Fighters living outside of Asia-Oceania may not participate.
Deck Regulations:- All English version cards can be used. Cards of other languages may not be used.
- Fighters are required to use opaque card sleeves so that the back of cards cannot be easily distinguished.
- Cards from new expansions are legal to use from the expansion’s release date.
- Sleeves used for the main deck and Buddy monster must be of the same design.
Sideboard Rulings:- Fighters must use the same Buddy and Flag throughout the whole tournament. Fighters cannot change the Buddy or Flag between games.
- Fighters can have 0-10 cards for their sideboard.
- The 4 per deck rule applies to the main deck and sideboard as a whole. (i.e. You may only have up to 4 of a certain card between your deck and sideboard. Like normal games, your Buddy does not count towards the 4 per deck.)
- Between games 1-2 and 2-3 of each round, fighters may use cards from their sideboard to change their deck.
- After sideboarding, the deck needs to be in a legal state and the sideboard can be no more than 10 cards.
- Fighters must return deck to pre-sideboard state before each new round.
Tournament Structure:
[Before Top 8]
Note: The organizer/judge may decide to run a Round 0 depending on the number of participants.
■ Modified Swiss
■ Europe & North America:
- Best 2 out of 3 games, 3 game per round. 1 round is 40 minutes.
Asia-Oceania
- Best out of 1 game, 1 game per round. 1 round is 20 minutes.
■ 1 round is 30 minutes. If round exceeds 40 minutes (Europe, North America) / 20 minutes (Asia-Oceania), both fighters lose.
■ Cut to Top 8 – The number of rounds for the modified Swiss will depend on the number of participants.
■ The Top 8 participants after the final round of modified Swiss will advance to the top 8 single elimination.
■ The standing of participants with the same record will be decided by opponent’s match win percentage. (i.e. fighters who played opponents with a better record will be ranked higher.)
■ Tiebreakers will be calculated by the Bushiroad Tournament Software.
■ Participant will be automatically dropped out if they missed 2 rounds.
[Top 8]
■ Single Elimination
■ Best out 2 of 3 games, 3 games per round
■ 1 round is 40 minutes. If round exceeds 40 minutes, both fighters lose.
Prizes:
Participation Prizes:
Note: 1pc per participant
Top 50 Fighters' Prizes:
Note: 1pc per participant for Top 50 Fighters
- Yellow: North America
- Orange: Europe
- Green: Asia-Oceania
Winner Prize:
- The winner of Future Card Buddyfight Buddy Challenge 2015 will receive a 1st Place certificate.
- 1st Runner-Up and 2nd Runner-Up will receive a 2nd Place certificate and a 3rd Place certificate respectively.
Note:
- North America: Winner will also receive an invitation to the North America Continental Final. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided. Minors will need confirmation from a parent or guardian to earn the invitation to travel.
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3: Future Card Buddyfight Junior Challenge 2015
Note: Only applicable in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Canada.
Junior Championship is similar to and runs concurrently with the Bushiroad Spring Fest 2015 program, but is tailored for young fighters and below and uses Best of 1 in the format.
Champions do not receive any invitation to compete in further events. Age limit depends on the education system used on the host country:
- Eg. Primary 6 and below for British education system.
- Grade 6 and below for Japanese education system.
Format:
- Individual
Entry Fee:- none
Note: if the tournaments are held inside another event organized by a third party such as an exhibition or a convention, the entry fee to that event may apply.
Eligibility:- All fighters living in Asia-Oceania and Canada may participate. Fighters living outside of Asia-Oceania Canada may not participate.
- Age limit dependent on the education system in the host country.
Deck Regulations:
- All English version cards can be used. Cards of other languages may not be used.
- Fighters are required to use opaque card sleeves so that the back of cards cannot be easily distinguished.
- Cards from new expansions are legal to use from the expansion’s release date.
Tournament Structure:
[Before Top 8]
Note:The organizer/judge may decide to run a Round 0 depending on the number of participants.■ Modified Swiss, Double Elimination
■ Best out of 1 game, 1 game per round.
■ 1 round is 20 minutes. If round exceeds 20 minutes, both fighters lose.
■ Cut to Top 8 – The number of rounds for the double elimination will depend on the number of participants (fighters to lose 2 matches will be eliminated).
■ The top 8 fighters after the final round of double elimination will advance to the top 8 single elimination.
■ The standing of participants with the same record will be decided by opponent’s match win percentage. (i.e. fighters who played opponents with a better record will be ranked higher.)
[Top 8]
■ Single Elimination
■ Best out of 1 game, 1 game per round
■ 1 round is 20 minutes. If round exceeds 20 minutes, both fighters lose.
Prizes:
Participation Prizes:
Note: 1pc per participant
Finalists’ Prizes:
- Winner will receive a 1st Place certificate.
- 1st Runner-Up will receive a 2nd Place Certificate.
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4: Weiss Schwarz Neo-Showdown
Format:- Individual
Entry Fee:- none
Note: if the tournaments are held inside another event organized by a third party such as an exhibition or a convention, the entry fee to that event may apply.
Eligibility:North America:- All fighters living in North America may participate. Fighters living outside of North America may not participate.
Europe:- All fighters living in Europe may participate. Fighters living outside of Europe may not participate.
Asia-Oceania:- All fighters living in Asia-Oceania may participate. Fighters living outside of Asia-Oceania may not participate.
Deck Regulations:- All English version cards can be used. Cards of other languages may not be used.
- Fighters are required to use opaque card sleeves so that the back of cards cannot be easily distinguished.
- Cards from new expansions are legal to use from the expansion’s release date.
- Neo-Standard
Tournament Structure:[Before Top 8]Note: The organizer/judge may decide to run a Round 0 depending on the number of participants.■ Modified Swiss
■ Best out of 1 game, 1 game per round.
■ 1 round is 30 minutes. If round exceeds 30 minutes, both fighters lose.
■ Cut to Top 8 – The number of rounds for the modified Swiss will depend on the number of participants.
■ The Top 8 participants after the final round of modified Swiss will advance to the top 8 single elimination.
■ The standing of participants with the same record will be decided by opponent’s match win percentage. (i.e. fighters who played opponents with a better record will be ranked higher.)
■ Tiebreakers will be calculated by the Bushiroad Tournament Software.
■ Participant will be automatically dropped out if they missed 2 rounds.
[Top 8]■ Single Elimination
■ Best out of 1 game, 1 game per round
■ 1 round is 30 minutes. If round exceeds 30 minutes, both fighters lose.
Prizes:
Participation Prizes:
Hot Stamp PR Card 「KC/S25-PE07 PR 2nd Shiratsuyu-class Destroyer Shigure-Kai-Ni」
Note: 1pc per participant
Top 50 Fighters' Prizes:
Note: 1pc per participant for Top 50 Fighters
- Yellow: North America
- Orange: Europe
- Green: Asia-Oceania
Winners’ Prizes:- The winner of Weiss Schwarz Neo-Showdown 2015 will receive a 1st Place certificate.
- 1st Runner-Up and 2nd Runner-Up will receive a 2nd Place certificate and a 3rd Place certificate respectively.
Note:- North America: Winner will also receive an invitation to the North America Continental Final. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided. Minors will need confirmation from a parent or guardian to earn the invitation to travel.
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5: Side Event (Free Fights)
Free Fight is a format to play simply for fun without competition. Participants can go in and out freely during the Free Fight time. Fighters will be randomly matched against a new opponent after each match.
Format:
- Individual
Entry Fee:
- None
Eligibility:
- Anyone may participate
Deck Regulations:
- Only English Edition cards may be used.
Participation Prizes:
Cardfight!! Vanguard:
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Weiss Schwarz:
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Future Card Buddyfight:
For more details, please visit the official website:
- Team League 2015
- Buddy Challenge 2015
- Neo-Showdown 2015