Finalists with organiser Maaike to the right. Champion in yellow - congratulations!

Reported by organiser Maaike Kerschot, VEKN Prince of Mechelen:

Over the weekend of 20 and 21st of July De Spelfanaat in Mechelen was host to both the Belgian Limited Draft Championship on Saturday and the Belgian nationals on Sunday. The local game store who usually hosts the weekly VTES gamenights was now the dueling grounds for almost 40 Methuselah from Belgium, The Netherlands, France and Germany.

Saturday we had an amazing turnout of 25 players ready to try their hand at drafting from the old Jyhad boosters, Lords of the Nights and home-made boosters consisting of V5 cards and cards from the new 30th Anniversary set.

The main event was Sunday the 21st of July, very fittingly the Belgian national holiday where 36 players showed up to best eachother over 3 rounds.

Results before the final:
1. Axel Huet 2 GW, 8 VP
2. Gerhard Range 2 GW, 6 VP, 156 TP
3. Frédéric Pin 2 GW, 6 VP, 138 TP
4. Alf Behrends 2 GW, 5.5 VP
5. Serge Cirri 1 GW, 6.5 VP

All finalists were left the full 2 hours of the final and scored 0.5 victory points, but Axel Huet was top seed, and thus the 2024 champion – congratulations Axel!

The tournament winning deck:

Crypt (12 cards)
2x Dowager, The   6 ANI OBF aus pot primogen Nosferatu:6
2x Larissa Moreira  6 ANI OBF pot primogen Nosferatu:6
2x Lenny Burkhead 6 ANI obf pot pre primogen Nosferatu:6
1x Belinde  6 OBF ani aus pot prince Nosferatu:6
1x Benedito, a Lanterna 6 POT ani aus obf baron  Nosferatu:6
1x Jacques Rouge  6 OBF ani pot pre baron  Nosferatu:6
1x Kalinda  6 CEL OBF tha primogen Banu Haqim:6
2x Dominica   3 aus for    Salubri:7

Library (79 cards)
Master (20; 8 trifle)
1x Anarch Troublemaker
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Giant's Blood
1x Information Highway
2x Labyrinth, The
1x Saulot's Guiding Wisdom
7x Villein
4x Warsaw Station
1x Wider View

Action (7)
3x Army of Rats
4x Creeping Sabotage

Equipment (1)
1x Heart of Nizchetus

Political Action (8)
1x Conservative Agitation
1x Domain Challenge
5x Kine Resources Contested
1x Neonate Breach

Action Modifier (9)
2x Faceless Night
2x Forgotten Labyrinth
3x Lost in Crowds
2x Veil the Legions

Action Modifier/Combat (2)
2x Swallowed by the Night

Combat (10)
5x Aid from Bats
5x Carrion Crows

Reaction (22)
2x Guard Dogs
5x On the Qui Vive
15x Protected District

De spelfanaat gamestore was so kind as to provide the venue for the two day event of the Belgian limited draft championship and the Belgian National championship, they also provided prize support for all finalists. Also a big thanks to Ultra Pro  for providing the prize support for the finalists.

And finally thank you to all the players who traveled far and wide to make it an amazing event!

Both championship finals were streamed on the VTES Belgium Facebook group.