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Star Wars CCG major tournaments in 2025 are continuing strong, with a return to Columbus, Ohio for the 2025 US National Championship on August 22-24. The weekend event concluded with Matt Scott defeating Hayes Hunter in the final confrontation match to take the trophy. This is New Allies’ member Matt’s first Major Event victory recently, although he is no stranger to finishing as a top 8 qualifier at Major Events.
Champion Matt Scott
Rounding out the main event’s top 8 finishers from “Day 1” were also Andrew Moss, Brian Fred, Matthew Harrison-Trainor, Chris Kelly, Joe Horbey, and Benji Chu. The weekend also included a Friday evening warmup tournament event won by AJ Hatoum, as well as a Sunday Consolation event taken down by Joe Olson.
The most popular decks played at the event included a lot of EOPs and First Order Reigns for Dark Side and a good amount of Luke Saga and No Idea for Light, with a lot of variety across the board. The decklists page has been updated for the event so check that out to see all the decks and card choices used by every player. Be sure to keep an eye out for player tournament reports posted soon about the weekend over on the Tournament Reports subforum. Thanks to any TR writers who want to share their experiences with the community! Also be sure to go watch some of the stream coverage over on the PC Youtube page, for the weekend.
A massive, special thanks go out to Tournament Advocate Chris Schoenthal for being the Tournament Director and the primary overseer for the weekend. Dan Tartaglione and Casey Anis deserve a huge round of applause for their awesome streaming and commentary coverage for the weekend, with Garrett Larson and Barry Alperstein also pitching in. Additionally, a big shout-out goes to especially Karl Koenig for helping organize the event, securing some amazing event space, as well as the local “Basement Crew” also for being warm and welcoming to players from near and far (of all experience levels). Go check out the full listing of people that the Players Committee needed to thank here, and also check out the Event subforum for any pictures and other info recapping the event.
That’s it for the third Major tournament this year, so stay tuned for more information on the next Major tournaments for this year, including the Euro Championship Event in Bochum, German on September 19-21, and the World Championship Event in Seattle, Washington on October 3-5. The rest of 2025 is looking to be a fun time for events and coverage, so be sure to head over to the Major Events Subforum to watch for more information! See you there!
