Oct 19 – Oct 25 2026
OfficialSteam Next Fest Tournament (Crimson Cup)
Online, in game; sign-ups on the official Discord
Koin Games' biggest event so far, run during Steam Next Fest. Players could join any qualifier regardless of where they lived, but the team asked them to sign up only for the ones they could actually attend. Content creators got wildcard invites straight into the playoffs. Check-in opened two hours before each qualifier and closed five minutes before the start, together with deck submission: whoever missed it could not play. The tournament was played on the main demo, with the tournament card list; patch 0.7 of 29 September was the last balance patch before it, and Koin hosted weekly no-stakes practice tournaments, announced on Discord. CoachCrono won it on 25 October 2026, from the losers bracket.
Format
Five qualifiers of 512 spots each, open to everyone, 32 advancing from each: AMER on 19 October at 7pm EST, EMEA on the 20th at 7pm CEST, AMER on the 21st at 9pm EST, APAC on the 22nd at 7pm SGT and EMEA on the 22nd at 7pm CEST, plus 96 wild cards. Playoffs on the 24th at 10am EST (4pm CEST) with 256 spots, four of whom reach the finals on the 25th at 10am EST. Three-deck Conquest with at least 8 unique cards between each pair of decks, decklists hidden until the top 4 (in the ban you only see the Legendary). Best-of-3 matches, best-of-5 grand final: no ban there, you have to win with all three decks. Seven locations are out of the tournament pool: Junkyard, Cloning Lab, Reflecting Pool, Amplifying Amphitheatre, Giant's Beacon, The Colosseum and Nostradamus' Call. You may enter more than one qualifier.
Prizes
Prizes worth $10,000, split between cash, collectibles and exclusive promo cards (breakdown of 5 October): the winner gets a 1/1 Dracula promo card, two booster box cases and $1,500; 2nd a 1/8 Dracula promo card, one case and $750; 3rd and 4th a 1/8 promo card, two booster boxes and $350; the top 8 a booster box, a 1/8 promo card and $125; the top 16 a booster box and a Finalist Plus card; the top 32 ten packs and a Finalist card; then 8, 4 and 2 packs down to the top 256.