North America WCQ 2026

📅 Jul 11, 2026 – Jul 12, 2026 📍 Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA🏷️ WCQ👥 2,077 players Official coverage ↗ 🚫 May 2026 banlist

The 2026 North America World Championship Qualifier was held at the Minneapolis Convention Center on July 11-12, 2026. 2077 Duelists played 15 rounds of Swiss (Day 2 cut to the Top 256 after Round 9) into a single-elimination Top 8 playoff. Ryan Yu of Ontario, Canada went a perfect 18-0 with Sky Striker, defeating Charley Futch in the final. Swiss records are reconstructed from the published per-round standings.

Archetype Breakdown — Top 8 Cut

Across 8 published decklists from the Top 8 cut.

Kewl Tune

7

Sky Striker

1

Standings

PlayerDeckRecordPrice

Winner

Ryan Linus Yu 18–0* –

Runner-Up

Charley Ray Futch III 15–3* –

Top 4

Gabriel Idris Braithwaite 14–3 –

Mario Angelo De Micco 13–4 –

Top 8

Logan Patrick Johnson 13–3* –

Yuhao Ye 12–4* –

Luka Kovac 12–4* –

Sebastian Wesley Todd 12–4* –

9th

Brian Chen 13–2* –

10th

Caleb Lee Venegas 12–3* –

11th

Adrian Gonzalez 12–3* –

12thThomas Paul Louis Paine 12–3 –

13th

Jacob Ryan Hawker 12–3* –

14thBrayden Michael Davis 12–3* –

15th

Jason Yuan 12–3* –

16th

Andrew Robert Hadfield 12–3 –

17thKevin Ketong Gao 12–3 –

18th

Christopher Jordan LeBlanc 12–3 –

19th

Stephen Michael Niskey 12–3 –

20th

Shannon Sean Long Baxter 12–3 –

21stWarren Bernard Bonner Jr. 12–3 –

22nd

Matthew Joseph Narvaez 12–3 –

23rd

Leonardo Dominguez 12–3 –

24thJeanpaul Alberto Perez Alonzo 12–3 –

25th

Rachamim Yair Messica DeAlmeida Brito 12–3 –

26th

Kazuma Yamamoto 11–4* –

27th

Jacob Alexander Lefkowitz 11–4* –

28thTyler Michael Johns 11–4* –

29th

Ruben Plascencia Jr. 11–4* –

30th

William Russell Candia 11–4* –

31st

Ruben Andres Penaranda 11–4* –

32nd

Laurent Despatie 11–4* –