none *
* 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.

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.

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.

Before Top 8 *

• 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.
• 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.

* The organizer/judge may decide to run a Round 0 depending on the number of participants.

Updated!

The winner of Future Card Buddyfight Buddy Challenge 2015 will receive a 1st Place certificate.

1st Runner-Up, 2nd Runner-Up and 3rd Runner-Up will receive a 2nd Place certificate, 3rd Place certificate and 4th Place certificate respectively.

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.

1st Runner-Up and 2nd Runner-Up will also receive an invitation to the North America Continental Final. However, travel and accommodation expenses will NOT be provided.

* Players who have received an invitation from a previous Bushiroad Spring Fest 2015 tournament will NOT be eligible for another invitation. The invitation will be passed down to the next position if the winner has already received an invitation.

Individual

none *
* 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.

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.

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.

Before Top 8 *

• 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.

* The organizer/judge may decide to run a Round 0 depending on the number of participants.

Hot Stamp 「PR/0080EN Super Armordragon, Gran Railgun Dragon」
(Same as the Bushiroad Spring Fest 2015 PR Card)
– 1pc per participant

Winner will receive a 1st Place certificate.

1st Runner-Up will receive a 2nd Place Certificate.

Individual

None

Anyone may participate

Only English Edition cards may be used.