Bushiroad Championship Series 26/27

Bushiroad Championship Series (BCS) is an officially sanctioned tournament series held annually across more than 25 locations. Thousands of players gather to face off in heart-racing games for attractive prizes and a coveted invitation to World Finals.

The next season, Bushiroad Championship Series 26/27 (BCS 26/27), will span three regions: Asia & Oceania (AO), Europe (EU), and North & Latin America (NA/LA). Players can compete at the shop-level Shop Challenges or directly at the regional-level Regional Qualifiers.

The World Finals is an invite-only event and will be held in Spring 2027.

Card Legality
  • Only English edition cards may be used
  • All cards can be used after its official release date
Deck
  • Players must use the same deck throughout a tournament. No switching of cards is permitted in between games within a tournament
Eligibility
The tournament is open to all players except the following:

  • Organizer of the tournament
  • Staff of the tournament
  • Head Judge of the tournament
  • Judges of the tournament

Please ensure that your Bushi Navi account has been authenticated by SMS before registering for any Regional Championship.

Sleeves
  • Players are required to use opaque card sleeves so that the back of the cards cannot be easily distinguished.
  • Oversleeves with a matte finishing on one side and gloss finishing on the other side are allowed. However, the matte finishing has to be uniform on either the front or back of the cards. Oversleeves with patterns or borders are not allowed.
  • Only officially licensed sleeves may be used.
  • Main Deck
    • Standard sized sleeves are not allowed for use for your main deck
    • Sleeves used for all cards in the main deck must be of the same design
  • Ride Decks & G Decks
    • Sleeves must be used for cards in the ride deck and G deck
    • Sleeves must also be used for the ride deck crest
    • You may use sleeves with the same design for both your ride deck and G deck
    • Sleeves must have a different design from your main deck
  • Aid Items
    • You may choose whether to use sleeves for token cards, marker cards, and cards used to count energy
    • If you choose to use sleeves, please use different sleeves from your main deck
    • Please do not use sleeve combinations that may cause disruptions to the fight
Aid Items
Players are only allowed to use the following aid items:

  • Official energy counters
  • Power counters
  • Dice
  • Card status markers
Time-up Policy
  • Swiss
    • A double loss will be issued to both players. No extra time will be awarded.
  • Top Cut
    • Players have 10 minutes to finish 3 extra turns. After 10 minutes or at the end of the third turn, whichever comes first, the player with less damage wins the game. If damage is the same, both players play until the next instance of damage is taken.
  • Finals
    • There will be no time limit for the final match.
Standard Regulation
Standard will be held in an Individual format.

  • Time
    • Swiss
    • Best of 1
    • 30 minutes per round.
    • The number of rounds will depend on the number of players and schedule, with a cap of 9 rounds.
  • Top Cut
    • Best of 1
    • 30 minutes per round.
  • Finals
    • There will be no time limit for the final match.
Premium Regulation
Premium will be held in an individual format.

  • Time
    • Swiss
    • Best of 1
    • 35 minutes per round.
    • The number of rounds will depend on the number of players and schedule, with a cap of 9 rounds.
  • Top Cut
    • Best of 1
    • 35 minutes per round.
  • Finals
    • There will be no time limit for the final match.
Future Card Buddyfight × Cardfight!! Vanguard Special Tournament Regulation
Future Card Buddyfight × Cardfight!! Vanguard Special Tournament will be held in an Individual format.

  • Time
    • Swiss
    • Best of 1
    • 30 minutes per round.
    • The number of rounds will depend on the number of players and schedule, with a cap of 9 rounds.
  • Top Cut
    • Best of 1
    • 30 minutes per round.
  • Finals
    • There will be no time limit for the final match.
  • Card restrictions
    • Players may only use cards from【VGE-DZ-TB01】Cardfight!! Vanguard Title Booster 01 “Future Card Buddyfight” in their ride deck and main deck. Nationless cards are allowed.
Format
Weiß Schwarz will be held in an Individual format.
Sleeves
  • Players are required to use opaque card sleeves so that the back of the cards cannot be easily distinguished.
  • Oversleeves with a matte finishing on one side and gloss finishing on the other side are allowed. However, the matte finishing has to be uniform on either the front or back of the cards. Oversleeves with patterns or borders are not allowed.
  • Only officially licensed sleeves may be used.
Aid Items
Players are only allowed to use the following aid items:

  • Official center markers
  • Power indicators
  • Center markers must not be a card from any trading card game.
Time
  • Swiss
    • Best of 1
    • 35 minutes per round.
    • The number of rounds will depend on the number of players and schedule, with a cap of 9 rounds.
  • Top Cut
    • Best of 1
    • 35 minutes per round.
  • Finals
    • There will be no time limit for the final match.
Time-up Policy
  • Swiss
    • A double loss will be issued to both players. No extra time will be awarded.
  • Top Cut
    • Players have 10 minutes to finish 3 extra turns. After 10 minutes or at the end of the third turn, the player with less level wins the game. If both players are the same level, the player with less clock wins the game. If both players have the same level and clock, both players play until the next change of clock happens.
  • Finals
    • There will be no time limit for the final match.
Format
Shadowverse: Evolve will be held in an Individual format.
Sleeves
  • Players are required to use opaque card sleeves so that the back of the cards cannot be easily distinguished.
  • Oversleeves with a matte finishing on one side and gloss finishing on the other side are allowed. However, the matte finishing has to be uniform on either the front or back of the cards. Oversleeves with patterns or borders are not allowed.
  • Only officially licensed sleeves may be used.
  • Players are strongly recommended to use sleeves that differ from their other sleeves for their main deck.
Aid Items
Players are only allowed to use the following aid items:

  • Shadowverse: Evolve Sidekick App [Play Points, Leader Defense]
  • Shadowverse: Evolve Starter Deck Paper Mats with Play Point Tracker [Play Points]
  • Evolution Point Cards [Evolution Points]
  • Shadowverse: Evolve Starter Deck Defense Counter [Leader Defense]
  • Only official English edition materials and devices with Shadowverse: Evolve Sidekick app (specifically for use of the app) can be used.
  • In addition, writing material to keep track of life count is also allowed.
Time
  • Swiss
    • Best of 1
    • 30 minutes per round.
    • The number of rounds will depend on the number of players and schedule, with a cap of 9 rounds.
  • Top Cut
    • Best of 1
    • 30 minutes per round.
  • Finals
    • There will be no time limit for the final match.
Time-up Policy
  • Swiss
    • A double loss will be issued to both players. No extra time will be awarded.
  • Top Cut
    • Players have 10 minutes to finish 3 extra turns. After 10 minutes or at the end of the third turn, whichever comes first, the player with less leader defense loses the game. If both players have the same leader defense, both players play until the next change of defense at the end of the current turn. The player with less leader defense loses the game.
  • Finals
    • There will be no time limit for the final match.

  1. There will be 2 levels of tournaments: Regional Qualifiers, and World Finals
    • Champions of Regional Qualifiers will receive a sponsored invitation to the World Finals in Spring 2027.
      The 2nd and 3rd place will receive non-sponsored invitations to the World Finals
    • Invitations that are not accepted will be passed down, up to the 4th place. Sponsored invitations may only be passed down to the 4th place if both the 2nd and 3rd place are unable to attend
    • If the champion of a Regional Qualifier has already accepted a sponsored invitation, the sponsored invitation for that Regional Qualifier will be passed down. Similarly, if the 2nd or 3rd place of a Regional Qualifier has already accepted any invitation, the non-sponsored invitation for that Regional Qualifier will be passed down
  2. Champions of World Finals 26/27 will receive a sponsored invitation to the next World Finals as returning champions to defend their title
    • Returning champions will not be able to pass down their invitations
    • Bushiroad Championship Series 26/27 World Champions will participate at the Bushiroad Championship Series 26/27 World Finals
  3. All Regional Qualifiers, as well as World Finals, will be designated as Level 3 tournaments. Side Events held at Regional Qualifier events are designated as Level 1 tournaments
  4. Players will be able to compete and receive invitations in any region
  5. Players who have earned multiple World Finals invitations may only accept one invitation and will only receive one set of participation prizes corresponding to the game and format of the accepted invitation
    • Example 1: Player A receives a World Finals invitation for Cardfight!! Vanguard (Standard) and Shadowverse: Evolve at their region’s Regional Qualifiers. They choose to accept the invitation for Shadowverse: Evolve. As such, they will only be eligible to receive the participation prizes for Shadowverse: Evolve
    • Example 2: Player B receives a World Finals invitation for Cardfight!! Vanguard (Standard) in two different Regional Qualifiers (X and Y). They choose to accept the invitation from Region X. They will receive a single set of participation prizes for Cardfight!! Vanguard (Standard)

Event Calendar

Players participating in Cardfight!! Vanguard Standard will receive a Participation PR Pack and an exclusive BCS 26/27 card holder featuring Shiyoko!

Shiyoko Card Holder

Back

Front

PR Pack Contents:

Players will receive the pr card corresponding only to the specific event they placed in the Top 32

Cardfight!! Vanguard - Standard

Cardfight!! Vanguard — Standard

Type A

Top Cut Energy Generator

Top 8 Play Mat

Type B

Top Cut Energy Generator

Top 8 Play Mat

Type C

Top Cut Energy Generator

Top 8 Play Mat

Cardfight!! Vanguard — Premium

Top Cut PR Card

Top 8 Play Mat


Cardfight!! Vanguard — Standard

Each placing will have their own unique hotstamp (4th, 3rd, 2nd, Champion)

Type A

Type B

Type C

Cardfight!! Vanguard — Premium

Top 4 PR card hot stamp

Champion PR card hot stamp

Players participating in Weiß Schwarz will receive a Participation PR Pack and an exclusive BCS 26/27 card holder featuring Shiyoko!

Shiyoko Card Holder

Back

Front

PR Pack Content

Top 8 players will receive a Top 8 PR pack and Play mat

Top 8 PR Pack *Full content below

Top 8 Play Mat

Top 4 Players will receive an exclusive art PR

Each placing will have their own unique hotstamp (4th, 3rd, 2nd, Champion)

4TH

3RD

2ND

Champion

Players participating in Shadowverse: Evolve will receive a Participation PR Pack and an exclusive BCS 26/27 card holder featuring Shiyoko!

Shiyoko Card Holder

Back

Front


Shadowverse: Evolve

Top Cut players will receive a Top Cut PR

Top 8 players will receive a Top 8 Play  Mat

Shadowverse: Evolve - Crosscraft

1 set of both cards to be given to each Top CUT player


Shadowverse: Evolve

1 set of both cards to be given to each Top 4 player

Shadowverse: Evolve - Crosscraft


Shadowverse: Evolve

Shadowverse: Evolve - Crosscraft

November 8, 2026

Surakarta, Indonesia

Neo Grand Solo Mall

Slamet Riyadi St No.273, Penumping, Laweyan, Surakarta City, Central Java 57141, Indonesia

November 28–29, 2026

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Vietnam News Agency Building

116 Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai, Xuân Hòa, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam

January 23–24, 2027

Manila, Philippines

Ayala Malls Circuit

Circuit Makati, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines 1207

February 13–14, 2027

Singapore

Suntec Convention Centre(Level 3, Concourse)

1 Raffles Blvd, Singapore 039593

March 20–21, 2027

Jakarta, Indonesia

Green Sedayu Mall(Ground Floor)

Blk. B17, Jl. Taman Palem Lestari No.2, RT.7/RW.13, Cengkareng Bar., Kecamatan Cengkareng, Kota Jakarta Barat, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 11730, Indonesia

TBC

Melbourne, Australia

TBC

TBC

Sydney, Australia

TBC

TBC

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

TBC

November 7–8, 2026

Kissimmee, FL (USA)

Osceola Heritage Park - Exhibit Hall A

1875 Silver Spur Ln, Kissimmee, FL 34744

December 5–6, 2026

Pasadena, CA (USA)

Pasadena Convention Center - Hall A

300 E Green St, Pasadena, CA 91101

December 12–13, 2026

Philadelphia, PA (USA)

Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown - Liberty Ballroom

201 N 17th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103

January 9–10, 2027

Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Convention Centre East Ballroom ABC

999 Canada Pl, Vancouver, BC V6C 3C1, Canada

January 30–31, 2027

Houston, TX

Hilton Houston North - Raphael Ballroom

12400 Greenspoint Drive, Houston, Texas, 77060, USA

February 6, 2027

Caguas, Puerto Rico

Titan Games

13 Calle Luis Munoz Rivera, Caguas, PR 00725

February 13–14, 2027

Toronto, ON (Canada)

The Westin Harbour Castle - Frontenac Ballroom

1 Harbour Square, Toronto, ON M5J 1A6

February 13–14, 2027

Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Magic Lair

Av. José María Moreno 875, C1424AAI Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

February 20–21, 2027

Mexico City, Mexico

Expo Reforma - Salón Mercurio

Av. Morelos 67, Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, 06600 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico

March 6–7, 2027

Rosemont, IL (USA)

Donald E Stephens Convention Center - Rooms 1-5, 10-14

5555 N. River Road Rosemont, IL 60018

March 27–28, 2027

Duluth, GA (USA)

Gas South Convention Center Hall D

6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Duluth, GA 30097

TBC

Costa Rica

TBC

TBC

January 30–31, 2027

St. Pölten, Austria

SPORTZENTRUM Niederösterreich

Dr. Adolf Schärf-Straße 25, 3100 St. Pölten, Austria

February 20–21, 2027

Stuttgart, Germany

SpOrt Stuttgart

Fritz-Walter-Weg 19, 70372 Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, Germany

March 20–21, 2027

Créteil, Paris, France

La Maison du Handball

1 Rue Daniel Costantini, 94000 Créteil, France

March 6–7, 2027

Manchester, United Kingdom

Manchester Central Convention Complex

Windmill Street, Petersfield, Manchester, M2 3GX, UK

TBC

Malpensa, Italy

TBC