Gaming DNA Premier Series: Finals Weekend Announcement
Schedule
Sat, 06 Dec, 2025 at 12:00 am to Sun, 07 Dec, 2025 at 03:00 am
UTC+13:00Location
550 Anglesea Street, Hamilton, New Zealand 3204 | Hamilton, WK
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Our Gaming DNA Premier Series has been bringing together players, from across the Waikato and beyond, for high level competition in their favourite TCGs throughout 2025!Now, we're excited to announce the formats for our invite-only 2025 Finals Weekend in December!
But first... a quick recap! How do you become the Premier Series Store Champion and what does being the Premier Series Store Champion mean?
Competing in the Premier Series events for any TCG gets you points on that game's League Table. More events and/or higher placings earn more points. Then, the top 8 or 16 players (depending on the game system) on each TCGs League Table are invited to a free event to determine our Premier Series Store Champions!
For each game system, the Premier Series Store Champion for 2025 will have free entry to events hosted by Gaming DNA for that game system in 2026.
This includes: one event at every Prerelease; every Hobby League; every set-based Store Champs; every qualifier; and every other sealed, draft, or limited event in that game system for all of 2026! And our Premier Series Store Champion will have a guaranteed spot in every event of their game system that has limited spaces available.
And now, the Finals Weekend formats for the Gaming DNA Premier Series 2025!
SATURDAY 06 DECEMBER
Magic: the Gathering
> 16 Invites
> Standard Format
> 4 Swiss Rounds
>> Top 8 Cut <<
Avatar: the Last Airbender Draft
Single Elimination
Flesh and Blood
> 8 Invites
> Welcome to Rathe Draft
> 3 Swiss Rounds
> Classic Constructed
> 3 Swiss Rounds
>> Top 4 Cut <<
Classic Constructed
Single Elimination
SUNDAY 07 DECEMBER
Grand Archive
> 8 Invites
> Constructed
> 3 Swiss Rounds
>> Top 4 Cut <<
Constructed
Single Elimination
One Piece
> 8 Invites
> Constructed
> 3 Swiss Rounds
>> Top 4 Cut <<
Constructed
Single Elimination
Disney Lorcana
> 8 Invites
> Fabled Draft
> 3 Swiss Rounds
> "Rainbow" Constructed
> 3 Swiss Rounds
See "Rainbow" Constructed deck & play rules below
>> Top 4 Cut <<
Constructed, using one "Rainbow" Constructed deck
Single Elimination
Disney Lorcana "Rainbow" Constructed Rules
Each player requires 3 Constructed-legal decks with the following restrictions:
> Each deck must be two ink colours
> No two decks can share an ink colour
> All 6 ink colours must be represented
In each match, each deck can only be played once. Prior to each game of the match, you choose which deck you will play. Then you determine who will start. You do not need to announce your ink pairings to your opponent.
E.g. Your decks are Amber/Emerald, Ruby/Amethyst, and Sapphire/Steel.
Game 1: You choose to play Ruby/Amethyst
Game 2: You choose to play Sapphire/Steel
If you are tied and need to go to Game 3, you must play Amber/Emerald.
At the start of the Top 4 Cut, qualifying players select only one deck from their "Rainbow" Constructed decks to use for the remainder of the single elimination rounds. The TO must be notified of your chosen deck at that time.
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