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3.1.5a Multi-Deck Finals
The Tournament Organiser must announce and communicate the method for players to determine decks to be used in the finals, before the first round begins:

In the final round, each finalist must play a deck according to one of the following methods, as determined by the Tournament Organiser:

Best-Performing Deck Method
The finalist must play the deck that achieved the best performance during the preliminary rounds.
The best-performing deck is determined by identifying the highest score in a single preliminary round, using the following criteria in order:

Game Wins (GW)
Victory Points (VP)
Tournament Points (TP)
If multiple decks are tied across all criteria, the deck to be played is selected by a random method, such as a die roll, among the tied decks.

Free Choice Method
Finalists may freely choose any of the decks they played during the preliminary rounds.

4.5. Proxy Cards
The organiser of an event that is not National Championship, Grand Prix or a Continental Championship can choose to allow proxy cards in their event.

The official Vampire: Elder Kindred Network Tournament Rules for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle has been updated. These are the major changes:

– Change of governing organisation from White Wolf inc to Black Chantry Productions limited.

– Clarification on when releases are legal (Section 2.1 Event Knowledge Responsibilities).

– Changes to the multi-deck system (Section 3.1.5 Multi-Deck System).

– Reminder when proxy cards are allowed and that custom cards are not allowed unless representing token cards (Section 4.5 Proxy Cards).

– Introduction of the V5 constructed format (Section 6.4).

Version updated 21th September 2025, effective immediately.

Updated tournament rules – what has changed?

This month the official Vampire: Elder Kindred Network Tournament Rules for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle were updated, but the announcement didn´t list exactly what was new. Here is a more detailed description:

Change of governing organisation from White Wolf inc. to Black Chantry Productions limited
This means exactly what it says: White Wolf is no longer the governing organisation behind the VEKN nor its tournament rules – now Black Chantry Production handles that. Black Chantry produces Vampire: The Eternal Struggle on license from White Wolf, the publishing entity of all World of Darkness games (of which Vampire: The Eternal Struggle is one). White Wolf is a part of Paradox Interactive.

Clarification on when releases are legal (Section 2.1 Event Knowledge Responsibilities)
Now all new cards and game rules take immediate effect for V:EKN tournaments on the release date, or earlier for pre-release events. Before that there was a 30-day delay.

Changes to the multi-deck system (Section 3.1.5 Multi-Deck System)
Previously, there was a 12-attendee limit for using the multi-deck system – now the limitation is instead that it may be used on any event that is not of Grand Prix, National Championship or Continental Championship level. For the final, the organiser may choose either the “Best-Performing Deck Method” or the “Free Choice Method” to determine what deck a finalist should play. Thus, a player cannot play a deck they haven´t yet played in the same tournament.

Reminder of when proxy cards are allowed and that custom cards are not allowed unless representing token cards (Section 4.5 Proxy Cards)
Any event that is not of Grand Prix, National Championship or Continental Championship level may be played with proxy cards. How this works is described in detail in this section – one new thing is that custom-artwork or custom-text cards are not allowed except when they are representing a game token, e.g. The Embrace or another card that creates a minion in game. Also, it is added that the term "proxy" includes counterfeit cards or any non-genuine game card, and that counterfeiters will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Introduction of the V5 constructed format (Section 6.4)
This is a new section describing this new tournament format.

Apart from this, some extra proofreading was done and small cosmetic things changed here and there.

All changes take effect on September 21, 2025.