Everything you need to know
Five days at The National. $500,000+ in prizing. Bo & LT are going live on Whatnot, Michael Buffer will be at our booth (#3012), and Battle Arena tournament matches will be running from open to close. Here's your whole week in one place.
Find the booth
5555 N River Rd, Rosemont, IL 60018
Getting there
Enter through the main Donald E. Stephens hall, keep to the main aisle past the corporate booths, and look for the Battle Arena booth with a crowd and players.
Tournament room
Bracket play happens in Room 11, off the main floor. Report there for your round; For some divisions, Final Battles and/or Top 8s may be completed at Booth #3012.
Events Every Day
Every Battle Arena event and every break on our stages. Top 8s from the Playmaker brackets get played out at Booth #3012, so come watch even if you're not entered.
N'26 Pack Drop
Brawl Playmaker
Elite Playmaker
Brawl Rookie Double-Up
N'26 Pack Drop
Star City Games "Almost MSRP" Tecmo Bowl Sale
AlphaTrilogy Playmaker
SPEC Playmaker
Blast Substitution, Low Ball Double-Up
SPEC + Rookie Double-Up
N'26 Pack Drop
Whatnot Live with Bo & LT
APEX Playmaker
Tecmo SPEC+ Playmaker
Brawl Madness (Team)
N'26 Pack Drop
Tecmo HiLo Madness (Team)
AlphaTrilogy Madness (Team)
APEX Madness (Team)
Granny's Gum HiLo Madness (Team)
GEEK Dinner
Power Glove Set Builder Bracket
Tecmo SPEC + Rookie Double-Up
Blast Substitution Double-Up
$500,000+
in prizing
Cash is allocated by Prize Pool Shares, so payouts scale with how many Coaches show up in your Division. Madness Head Coaches walk away with Griffey Set Jumbo Boxes to hand out to their team.
Only the cash values are listed below. Product and promo cards fill out the rest of the prize pool.
APEX Division
Playmaker, Blitz and Madness. All APEX events are free to enter. Bring an N'25 BoJax /99 Auto.
AlphaTrilogy
Everything printed before Nov 1, 2025. Entry needs an N'24 BoJax /99 Auto.
Brawl Brackets
All Brawl weapons and all Brawler Hot Dogs collide for a Battle Arena showdown.
Tecmo Bowl
Tecmo Bowl Edition only! Bring your best deck sporting only cards from the latest Battle Arena release.
Open Division
$20,000 base plus collector bonuses. Any card, any set, no collection requirements. The most open bracket of the week.
Granny's Gum
One event, one pool, 100% paid out. Linoleum and Bubblegum Battlefoils only!
Blast Division
Only 30 Heroes needed for the ultimate collector's deck. All Blast cards, Home Team Discount Plays and Blast Hot Dogs.
Power Glove
Set builders only. Own the complete 131-card set and win, and there's a $5,000 bonus.
The booth is the party
Every Playmaker Top 8 gets played out at Booth #3012 in front of a crowd. Michael Buffer takes the mic Saturday afternoon. And a fresh allocation of N'26 packs drops at Booth #3012 every day, one hour after doors: 3 PM Wednesday, 11 AM Thursday through Sunday. Chase Goldie (the 2027 World Champs entry ticket), RPUs, and Billy cameo alt-art cards!
- 1 Grab an N'26 pack. $100 each at Booth #3012, cut open on the spot. A limited number go on sale one hour after doors every day (3 PM Wednesday, 11 AM after that) and they go until they're gone. Learn more about how to score an N26 pack here.
- 2 Learn the game in 10 minutes. Never played? A Coach can walk you through a game on the spot. It's so easy... you could even compete for prizes in our sealed events on your very first day playing the game!
- 3 Watch the Top 8 and the Finals. Brawl and Elite Playmaker start us off Wednesday, followed by a Top 8 every day after.
- 4 Saturday @ 3:00 PM CDT. Michael Buffer, Bo Jackson and lots of athletes will be stopping by the booth!
The N'26
Event Pack
$100 a pack. (1) 2026 NSCC Exclusive Battlefoil inside, and the only place on earth to get one is Booth #3012 this week. We cut the top off with scissors when you buy it, so every single one that's purchased leaves the booth ripped... but you can also win SEALED N26 packs.
Buy one for $100
Walk up, pay $100, and we take the scissors to the top of the pack right in front of you. Rip it at the table or take it home cut.
Win one with wheel spins
A sealed N'26 pack is one single spot on the prize wheel. Every $200 you spend at the booth earns one spin. This is the only way to earn a sealed pack!
The 30-spot wheel
1 spin per $200 spentThe daily pack drop
We release that day's N26 packs one hour after doors open at Booth #3012: 3:00 PM Wednesday, 11:00 AM Thursday through Saturday. When each day's allocation is gone, it's gone until the next day, so line up early! Watching the action from home? Every break that happens at our Booth (#3012) will have 5–10 packs available!
What you're chasing
Entry Ticket
Pull it and your seat at the 2027 World Championships is punched. The best card in the pack, full stop.
Rookie Power Ups
Another big chase in the set! Rookie Power Ups feature rookie inspired Heroes from the past year in alt-art.
Billy Milk-Bone Cards
Billy joins the Milk-Bone family with N26 exclusive cameo alt-arts.
Billy Cameos
Look for N26 exclusive Billy alt-arts featuring Bruce Buffer and Ken Griffey Jr.
Place an In-Person Preorder for the Mahomes Set
Reserve a Hobby Box from the Mahomes set at the booth and the presale promo pack ships with your pre-order. No wheel, no line, no waiting on the daily drop.
Know before you go
Building your deck?
Full deck-building rules, division requirements, and the complete Worlds FAQ live on the blog. Read it before you register.
See you at Worlds
Room 11 and Booth #3012. Bring your decks. Come ready for Battle.