DuelCircle Competitive – 2026 Season

2026 DuelCircle Competitive: July 18th through August 23rd

Visit this page often for all things DuelCircle Competitive including standings, weekly game schedules, league news, highlights and more. This page is your one-stop shop for the 2026 DuelCircle Competitive season.

Round 3 of the 2026 DuelCircle Competitive Postseason has been delayed! Stay tuned!

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2026 Postseason Bracket and Schedule

Robin Hood chose Angel Doomscythe as their Round 1 Upper Bracket opponent, as well as Sloan as the correlating Lower Bracket opponent, finalizing the postseason bracket.

Robin Hood holds the Head-to-Head tiebreaker over Paul from their Week 4 Saturday, August 8th matchup allowing Robin to be the 1st seed with player selection. Sloan holds the Head-to-Head tiebreaker over Stephen Fire from their Week 2 Friday, July 24th matchup, but both remain in the lower bracket and hold equitable seed value.

For full details of all competitive rulings, visit the Competitive Rulings section below.

Each matchup will be a best-of-three series. Similar to the regular season, each individual game will continue to have a 30 minute allotted time limit (+5 minute overtime if necessary). Players may alter their gear and deck setup in-between games during their approximate 15 minute break time, if they choose.

All game VODs will be uploaded to the DuelCircle Competitive YouTube Channel after each postseason gameday at 11am EDT. Reference the Player Info Sheet for all 2026 postseason game data!

Round 1 – Upper Bracket | Friday, August 21st

  • Series A1: 7pm EDT | (1) Robin Hood vs (3) Angel Doomscythe | Robin Hood wins 2-0 | Game 1 VOD | Game 2 VOD
  • Series A2: (Approx.) 8:15pm EDT [Delayed] | (2) Paul Time vs (4) Drew Drake | Drew Drake wins 2-0 | Game 1 VOD | Game 2 VOD

Round 1 – Lower Bracket | Friday, August 21st

  • Series X1: (Approx.) 9:30pm EDT | (5) Sloan vs (3) Angel Doomscythe | Angel Doomscythe wins 2-1 | Game 1 VOD | Game 2 VOD | Game 3 VOD
  • Series X2: (Approx.) 10:45pm EDT | (6) Stephen Fire vs (2) Paul Time | Stephen Fire wins 2-0 | Game 1 VOD | Game 2 VOD

Round 2 – Saturday, August 22nd

  • Round 2 – Series Y1 [Lower Bracket]: 3pm EDT | (3) Angel Doomscythe vs (6) Stephen Fire | Angel Doomscythe wins 2-1 | Game 1 VOD | Game 2 VOD | Game 3 VOD
  • Round 2 – Series B1 [Upper Bracket]: (Approx.) 4:30pm EDT | (1) Robin Hood vs (4) Drew Drake | Drew Drake wins 2-1 | Game 1 VOD | Game 2 VOD | Game 3 VOD

Round 3 Lower Bracket Semifinal – Sunday, August 23rd

  • Round 3 – Series Z1: 3pm EDT | (1) Robin Hood vs (3) Angel Doomscythe

Round 3 Final – Sunday, August 23rd

  • Round 3 – Series C1: (Approx.) 4:30pm EDT | (4) Drew Drake vs Z1 Winner

Postseason Prizing

For the first time ever, the winner of DuelCircle Competitive will receive 80,000 Crowns as the top prize. We’ve also heard everyone’s feedback about the illustrious permanently retired holiday mounts, and moved them to the top level of our prize pool. We’ve still got everything else you know and love from DuelCircle Competitive tournaments as well.

As always, members of the league will automatically receive a participation prize in the form of a $10 Pet Jewel Card (redeemable for 5,000 Crowns or 1 Month Membership), in the event that they do not reach the postseason.

For a text based list of prizing for the 2026 Postseason, including detailed prize values, click here to reference the DuelCircle Competitive Rulebook.

Official DuelCircle Competitive Rulebook

The DuelCircle Competitive comprehensive rulebook has information regarding gameplay rules, league structure, eligibility, tiebreaker scenarios, match processes, playoff format, player conduct, and other ancillary items. Throughout this season and beyond, we’ll be carefully adjusting these rules over time based on gameplay trends within the tournament, and within the Ranked 1v1 ecosystem.

The 2026 Season Official Rulebook may be referenced at any time, here.

Amendments to the rulebook go through a discussion period among our participants, as well as external third parties before passage. Amendments will be announced on all social media channels once approved and implemented.

League Format

10 randomly selected players from a prospective entry pool, including our finalist (Julian Winter) from the 2025 Postseason, will compete in the 2026 DuelCircle Competitive tournament.

In this 1v1 Level 170+ tournament, all 10 Players will face each-other in a 4-week single round-robin format from Saturday, July 18th through Saturday, August 8th. Players typically play each weekend day, 2-3 games per week, 9 total games over the 4-week span. Games begin at 3pm Eastern with a 30 minute time limit, with the exception of our Friday night gamedays beginning at 7pm Eastern.

The top 6 players at the conclusion of Week 4’s Saturday’s games (and any potential tiebreaker games) on Saturday, August 8th, will advance to the Postseason.

Postseason Format

The top 4 players will compete in a double elimination format (Upper Bracket) while the 5th/6th seed compete in a single elimination format (Lower Bracket).

The player who finishes in 1st place during the Regular Season will be able to choose between the 3rd/4th place seed as their Round 1 opponent in Match A1.

Postseason Matches are played in a Best-of-Three series. In between games, players have 15 minutes to reset and prepare for the following game. Similar to the Regular Season, games will also have a 30 minute time limit.

Due to a delay with the final postponed regular season games, the Postseason will now take place on August 21st-23rd with a 7pm Friday August 21st start time, and standard 3pm Eastern weekend specific start times. 

For more information, reference Section 5 of the DuelCircle Competitive Rulebook.

Final 2026 Regular Season Standings

Learn more about the 10 participants by referencing the Player Info Sheet, here.

+ – Clinched 1st place seed, ^ – Clinched top 4 seed, * – Clinched playoffs, E – Eliminated from playoff contention, NT – No Tiebreaker game to be played, T – Tiebreaker game played

Robin holds the Head-to-Head tiebreaker over Paul from their Week 4 Saturday, August 8th matchup. Sloan holds the Head-to-Head tiebreaker over Stephen Fire from their Week 2 Friday, July 24th matchup, but both remain in the lower bracket and hold equitable seed value.

For full details of all competitive rulings, visit the Competitive Rulings section below.

DuelCircle Competitive News and Updates

Saturday, August 8th Competitive Ruling: Paul Time vs Drew Drake Postponed Game

Due to the current regular season standings, Sunday August 2nd’s postponed game between Paul Time and Drew Drake will be forfeited. The results of this game do not have any tiebreaker implications, and shall remain unplayed. Officially, Paul Time receives the win but it bears no impact on Paul or Drew’s placement in the standings ahead of the playoffs.

Saturday, August 8th Competitive Ruling: Julian Winter

Due to Julian Winter’s availability, the postponed Week 2 Sunday game against Robin Hood and today’s game against Drew Drake have been forfeited. Julian will finish the regular season outside of the playoff picture. Wins have been awarded to Robin and Drew, which have been reflected in the Saturday, August 8th standings update.

Wednesday, August 5th Competitive Ruling: Omari Dreamgem and Brandon Legend

Due to Omari and Brandon’s availability, they have both decided to forfeit their remaining games. Both players will finish the regular season outside of the playoff picture. Wins have been awarded to their remaining opponents, and have been reflected in the Wednesday, August 5th standings update.

Saturday, July 25th Competitive Ruling: Paul Time vs Julian Winter (Spell Disqualification)

This game involved a spell disqualification for Julian Winter at 11:25 Game Time, resulting in a game disqualification. Paul Time has been awarded the game victory, which has been reflected in the Saturday, July 25th standings update. Watch the Game VOD here. 

Saturday, July 18th Competitive Ruling: Julian Winter vs Sloan (Timer Decision)

Sloan defeats Julian Winter after reaching the 35 minute allotted time limit. Watch the Game VOD here!

  • Week 1 Saturday’s Game 5 between Julian Winter and Sloan reached the maximum allotted time. In accordance with Rule 6.2, Rule 6.6.3, and Rule 8.1, the individual game VOD was reviewed internally by the DuelCircle Leadership Team and non-biased external third-party community members in order to determine a game winner.
  • Neither player had a true power advantage throughout this game, as it was a constant back and forth slowly drawn out game. Over the course of the first 20 minutes of the game, Sloan was hardly damaged while Julian was ever so slightly more damaged, but both at a reasonable and equitable game state.
  • The first significant play of the game comes at 21:59 where Sloan casts a Colossus to bring Julian’s health down to 7,900. A 2nd Colossus is cast by Sloan at 26:46, which brings Sloan to less than half of his starting health.
  • Julian’s first significant play comes in at 30:34 which finally brings Sloan below 10,000 health.
  • At 32:20 Sloan casts a Helephant which ends up being the deciding factor in this game, as it brings Julian down to 5,830 health. Julian simply was playing too passive and did not really do much in order to secure a game victory while Sloan was both passive, yet productive with his gradual attacks. Therefore, Sloan is awarded this game victory over Julian Winter.
  • Final health: Julian Winter 6,204/14,558 vs Sloan 7,579/14,558

Thursday, July 16th Competitive Ruling: Schedule and League Format Adjustment

We are once again adjusting the format and schedule for the 2026 DuelCircle Competitive regular season, which will begin this Saturday, July 18th at 3pm Eastern.

We are reverting the previously announced changes and moving back to a 10 player league, with 45 regular season games across 9 gamedays! We will continue to keep a 4 week regular season schedule, with 2 new Friday night gamedays on July 24th and 31st. Friday night gamedays will have a special 7pm Eastern start time.

The regular season will still conclude on Saturday, August 8th and the postseason will still occur beginning on Sunday, August 9th through Sunday, August 16th.

Tuesday, July 7th Competitive Ruling: Schedule and League Format Adjustment

Due to last minute player availability, internal personnel availability, and last week’s website issues which prevented access to the DuelCircle Competitive information hub, we are adjusting the format and schedule for the 2026 DuelCircle Competitive regular season.

We are condensing down to an 8 player league, with 28 regular season games, featured across 7 gamedays. This will allow for the tournament to begin on Saturday, July 18th, and maintain the rest of the regular season and playoff schedule.

The regular season will still conclude on Saturday, August 8th and the postseason will still occur beginning on Sunday, August 9th through Sunday, August 16th. These changes will allow flexibility among players and internal personnel, and ensure the highest level of gameplay.

Player announcements for the 2026 DuelCircle Competitive season will be made by Thursday, July 16th or earlier. We appreciate your patience.

2026 Regular Season Schedule

The 2026 Regular Season features 45 games over the span of 4 weeks (July 18th – August 8th). Participants compete in 2-3 games each week with games lasting 30 minutes or less.

To see the schedule for each week, click the arrows on the slideshow or select a radio button.

2026 Preseason Social Media Contest

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