Yu-Gi-Oh! Regional Qualifier
Saturday, March 22nd, 2025
at the
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Grand Ballrooms A & B
12th and Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
https://www.paconvention.com/
Hosted by Alternate Universes
We are holding our next Philly Yugioh Regional Qualifier on Saturday, January 4th at the PA Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA!
📢📢📢 PREREGISTER ONLINE HERE!📢📢📢
Pre-register online using the link above. If you preregister, you still need a Decklist and Registration Sheet.
Online Preregistration will CLOSE the night before the Regional!
In-Person registration will be open from 8:00 AM to 9:45 AM on Saturday, March 22nd.
We will be accepting credit/debit cards for entry at this event. If paying in cash, exact change is appreciated!
Click here for the Official Konami Decklist form
Click here for the official Registration Sheet
These forms are editable PDFs. You can fill them out on your computer and print them instead of writing them by hand!
***We will have seating for 650 players at this Regional!***
In-person registration opens at 8:00 AM.
Registration opens at 8:00 AM and closes at 9:45 AM
Play begins at 10:00 AM
Duelists each receive 5 booster packs of Supreme Darkness for entering.
Entry Fee:
Credit/Debit – $24.00
Cash – $23.00
We will be accepting credit/debit cards for entry at the Philly Yu-Gi-Oh! Regional. If paying in cash, exact change is appreciated.
Format: Tier 2, Advanced Format, Constructed Deck, Swiss Rounds, Best-2-of-3 Matches. Â
Tier 2 tournament rounds are now 45 minutes long!
Click here for the current Forbidden/Limited list: https://www.yugioh-card.com/en/limited/index.html
Yugioh Regional Qualifiers are the primary qualifying events for World Championship Qualifiers (WCQs) in North America. Regional Qualifiers are Tier 2 events and require a high standard of sportsmanship from the Duelists.
There is a strict 650 player cap on this event.
PRIZES
When we reach 500 or more Duelists, the Top 64 finishers will receive invites to the next World Championship Qualifier!
Top 8 finishers will receive Regional playmats
Top 4 will receive Regional deck boxes.
*Note: There is no longer a Top 8 Cut. Prizes are awarded on the order of finish from Swiss rounds.
For more information about Yu-Gi-Oh! Regional Qualifiers click here: https://www.yugioh-card.com/en/events/regionals/regionalsfaq.html
Dragon Duels (open to Duelists born in 2011 or later)
Beginning at 1:00PM – Free! (Registration begins at 12:30 PM)
Dragon Duel Prizes
• The 1st Ranked Duelist at the end of Swiss will receive a Regional Card Case.
• Top 4 Duelists in a Dragon Duel tournament will receive a Regional Game Mat.
• Top 4 Duelists earn an invite to the Dragon Duel World Championship Qualifier for North America
Qualifying duelists must complete WCQ Invite Forms. Regardless of attendance, only four (4) invites are awarded for a Dragon Duel tournament at a Regional Qualifier.
Public Events Schedule (Open To Everyone)
ALL Public Event TOURNAMENTS WILL BEGIN REGISTRATION AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 AM.
You cannot play in a side event if you are still playing in the Regional.
Win-A-Mat Tournaments – Entry fee: $14.00 cash/$15.00 credit or debit card. (single elimination, 3 booster packs for entering, 8 players per tournament max, winner receives the official Win-A-Mat playmat)
Players may enter as many Win-A-Mat tournaments as they wish, but they cannot still be entered in the Regional tournament. Each new Win-A-Mat tournament will begin as soon as 8 players enter.
Time Wizard Tournaments (April 2010 Format) — Entry fee: $14.00 cash/$15.00 credit or debit card. (single elimination, 3 booster packs for entering, 8 players per tournament max, winner receives an official playmat). The Format uses all cards playable at the Shonen Jump Championship (SJC) April 2010 Tournament.
Card pool for April 2010 Format: edisonformat.com/card-pool.html
Banned List for April 2010 Format – edisonformat.com/banlist.html
Players may enter as many Time Wizard tournaments as they wish, but they cannot still be entered in the Regional tournament. Each new Time Wizard tournament will begin as soon as 8 players enter.
Structure Deck Tournaments – $12.00 cash/$13.00 debit or credit card entry fee (single elimination, 1 structure deck for entering, 8 players per tournament max, winner receives the official Structure Deck playmat)
Players may enter as many Structure Deck tournaments as they wish, but they cannot still be entered in the Regional tournament. Each new Structure Deck tournament will begin as soon as 8 players enter.
