Fight Formats are the different modes in which a Cardfight!! Vanguard game can be played. Each format provides rules for deck construction, and unless otherwise specified, the Standard Fight Rules are applied.
Official Tournaments[]
A set of Deck Regulations is also applied according to the specified format.
Standard[]
- Only cards with
icon in their collection information may be used (See this list for all such cards). - Nation Fight is followed.
- A Ride Deck must be prepared.
- Stride is restricted.
V Premium[]
- Only cards with
icon in their collection information may be used (See this list for all such cards). Cards with the collection IDs VPR/0001, V-SD01/### and V-SD02/### are treated as having the icon - Clan Fight is followed.
- A Ride Deck is not prepared.
- The following cards can also be used in all decks, even if they don't have the
icon.
Premium[]
- All cards may be used regardless of having an icon or not.
- Clan Fight is followed.
- A Ride Deck is not prepared.
Special Formats[]
Pack Fight[]
- Players open sealed booster packs and build decks using only cards they get from there, then play cardfights using those decks.
Relay Fight[]
- Main article: Relay Fight Rules
- A cardfight consisting of teams 3 vs 3. Each team picks one of their members to begin fighting each other, and when one of them loses, they are eliminated and one of their teammates takes over the fight in their place. The first team to have all three of their members eliminated loses.
Tag Fight[]
- Main article: Tag Fight Rules
- A cardfight consisting of teams 2 vs 2, where each team sits together on one side of the table. Damage is shared between teammates; the first team to get to 9 damage loses.
Flash Fight[]
- A main deck consists of 25 cards.
- Only 4 damage is needed to win the game.
- Only 8 trigger units are allowed per deck, including a maximum of 2 heal triggers.
Draft Fight[]
- Players open sealed booster packs and take turns selecting cards from the packs to build decks.
- Main article: Booster Draft
Character Fight[]
These are one-player cardfights where the player, using their own deck, plays against a character from the anime, whose actions are simulated using dice rolls.
Historical Formats[]
G Standard[]
- Introduced alongside Standard and Premium Standard when they became the new formats, and announced to be officially supported for a limited time only. A few tournaments were held and a few prize cards were given for this format until it was discontinued.
- Only cards released during the "G series" era may be used (including reprints of old cards). Cards with the icon may not be used.
- Some cards from the Series did not have the icon. These cards were listed on the official website.
- Some cards from the
- This format was officially discontinued on October 30, 2018.
International Formats[]
Some regions where Cardfight Vanguard is published have created their own formats.
G Regulation Plus[]
- This format was announced by Oriental Wave, the publishers of Cardfight Vanguard in Italy, on May 15th, 2021.[1] The following cards are legal in this format:
- Cards released during the G series
- All Legion Mates of cards released during the G series
- All promo cards
- All Ride Chains
- All cards with Sentinel except those belonging to Gold Paladin
- All trigger units, except Red Lightning and Supersonic Sailor
Retro Fight[]
- This format exists only in the Thai version of Cardfight Vanguard. In this format, all cards currently released in Thailand are legal except for G units and G guardians.
Limit Break in Memory[]
- This format exists only in the Thai version of Cardfight!! Vanguard in its format's 10th anniversary celebration event.
- All cards released are legal (Except grade 3 or higher cards that was released in V Premium Standard)
- Grade 3 units or higher with Limit Break abilities gain Imaginary Gifts according to their clan (Etranger clan gain gifts according to the deck's triggers clan, The Mask Collection clan gain Protect gifts, Iconic Clan gain Accel gifts. Reverse units in Link Joker Deck don't get any gifts)
- No cards allowed in G-Zone.
- Using Premium Standard restrict list.
- If a rear-guard stands by the effect of "Stand Trigger", that unit can't perform drive check in subsequential attacks. (If that unit stand itself during drive check, the check resumes until the attack's over)
Memory Fight Legion Mate[]
- This format exists only in the Thai version of Cardfight!! Vanguard in its format's 10th anniversary celebration event.
- All cards released are legal (Except grade 3 or higher cards that was released in V Premium Standard and Draw Sentinels)
- Grade 3 units or higher with Legion abilities gain Imaginary Gifts according to their clan (Etranger clan gain gifts according to the deck's triggers clan, The Mask Collection clan gain Protect gifts, Iconic Clan gain Accel gifts. When you perform legion with grade 3 legion mate, you don't get any gifts)
- No cards allowed in G-Zone.
- Using Premium Standard restrict list.
- If a rear-guard stands by the effect of "Stand Trigger", that unit can't perform drive check in subsequential attacks. (If that unit stand itself during drive check, the check resumes until the attack's over)
