Who to pick in FFVII Rebirth Queen’s Blood Tournament
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How to Win the Queen’s Blood Tournament in FFVII Rebirth

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth introduces a new card game known as Queen’s Blood that revolves around battling your opponent to get the most points on three lanes using cards of varying star ratings. There is even a FFVII Rebirth Queen’s Blood Tournament that you go through as a mandatory part of the story, which you can win.

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The Queen’s Blood Tournament happens on the Shinra-8 ship in Chapter 5 after leaving Junon. Players can forfeit their placement if they wish, but this is a waste of an amazing tournament arc and some great card rewards. How it works is there are five rounds in total, and you pick your opponent for each round. The goal is to beat the person you face each round and make it to the end.

Here are the opponents I faced in the tournament. I recommend fighting them if you can, but you can ultimately pick whoever you want:

  • Wize (robot dude)
  • Felix
  • Barret
  • Chadley (forced)
  • Regina (forced)

Spoilers alert! There is also a surprise sixth opponent, who I’ll name in the paragraph below. Skip this section if you want to keep it a surprise.

It’s Red XIII! You should be able to beat him if you succeeded against the previous five people, though. I found he was actually a less difficult to fight than Chadley. However, you can also eventually face him again at the Gold Saucer, and I found him a more challenging opponent then!

How to win FFVII Rebirth Queen’s Blood Tournament
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Best Strategies and Cards for the FFVII Rebirth Queen’s Blood Tournament

There are a couple of strategies our staff have come up with for FFVII Rebirth Queen’s Blood that can help you. First, what I like to do is the “king of the hill” strategy I discovered. Basically, there are three lanes: top, middle, and bottom. My goal is to always aim for the middle spot of the middle lane before the opponent.

What I often do is place a card in the left spot of the middle lane. Then I wait and go to another lane if my opponent places a card in the middle as well. If they don’t place one, I continue my push towards the middle spot. If they do place a card in the middle, I wait until they place a second one there and then place my second one. This overtakes theirs to give me claim over the middle. Then I place a card that takes over the middle spots of the top and bottom lanes to try and stop the opponent from moving forward on all three lanes.

The other strategy comes from our very own Brent Koepp. The Shiva card is pretty broken, only requiring a two-point spot to place. However, it is a steal since it gives about six points to almost every single lane if you have at least two blank spots on each one. This will make it hard for your opponent to win even a single lane. Either one or a mix of these strategies will decimate the foes in this competition.

What Do I Get for Winning?

There are four rewards for winning the tournament, and only two of them are Queen’s Blood cards. You get the Ifrit and Terror of the Deep cards in honor of your prowess. Both are pretty useful, and I kept Ifrit in my deck for most of the game. It does require three energy to play. You also get Assess Materia Earrings, which give the character wearing them access to the Assess command in battle. Finally, you get a Shinra-8 Tournament Trophy key item. It’s decorative! 

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is available right now exclusively for the PS5.


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Cody is a writer who has been sharing his love for video games and anime since his high school days in 2012. When he isn’t writing about the latest JRPGs and anime series, he can be found in Final Fantasy XIV, occasionally playing some Call of Duty, or lurking on Twitter @SoulcapCody.