We’re proud to announce that the North American Netrunner Players Circuit will continue and enter its third year in 2026… and we’re even prouder to announce we’re adding four, yes, four, new locations to the circuit. These are:

Also of note, we have rebranded NANPC San Francisco to NANPC Bay Area.

We are currently in the midst of selecting the attendance alt art prize for 2026, and hope to announce it soon. We can also let you know that dice will not be a prize this year; as we’ve opted to branch away from that. Exactly what’s replacing it will also be announced soon.

Thanks again to everybody for their continued support. Keep running.

This will be the first major tournament held under the ban list which will be in place for Worlds 2025, so we should see the start of some interesting innovations! Here’s a couple of players to watch for in this one-day tournament.

Neel Kapse (Nykride)

From: San Francisco
Notable finishes: 9th at Worlds 2024, top cut at NANPC Boston 2024 and Cascadia 2025
Pictured here shortly after confusing the Mehendi artist at his wedding

A member of testing group Logic Bomb, Neel is a diehard Criminal player (and by NANPC Beans, the best Criminal player of 2024). He probably holds the record for the most top cuts made with Debbie “Downtown” Moreira.  Neel is a fan of dynamic board states and you’ll often see him playing Hermes or rush Ob, where he’s sure to score Above the Law and trash that important resource you just installed.

Fa Phanachet (Wikignometry)

From: San Mateo
Notable finishes: 1st, East Coast US Nationals 2023; 4th, 2024 Circuit Breaker Invitational; 1st, Pittsburgh District Championship 2025

Fa began playing Netrunner in 2023 and very quickly established herself as a top player with a win at East Coast Nats within months of picking up cards.  She tends to play more “reg” decks with no particular favorites but plays them with skill and precision, honed through regular testing against other great players. Fa’s favorite thing about Netrunner is the agency of the game – the choices you can make and the control you can have over your game. 

With a large number of people already registered, this tournament is shaping up to be one of the largest events in the Americas this year. There’s still time to book a ticket for this top-tier event, with a long weekend’s worth of fierce competition, as well plenty of fun side events and unique prizes.

Check out the ABR page as well as the Discord for detailed information about how to get ready for the event.

Diogene

From: Montréal
Notable Finishes: 1st Montreal Districts 2025, 7th Montreal NANPC 2024

Chances are, you may have encountered Diogene’s signature greeting – “Hi from Montréal, gl hf.” A strong, local player, Diogene is looking to represent Montréal with the rest of their Dép Dive testing group. Diogene aims to pressure and go fast on both sides of the table, whether with a sleek Shaper deck or a wily Jinteki brew.

SebK

From: Virginia
Notable Finishes: 1st Pittsburgh Megacity 2025, 1st NANPC OTG 2024, 14th Worlds 2024

Another skilled player and deckbuilder, SebK has reliably put up impressive finishes at large tournaments for years. Part of the TAI Breakers testing group, he’s had success with everything but Hoshiko, which goes against his moral fiber. Of course, Corp-wise, anything goes – the scarier the better!

Ant1

From: Montréal
Notable Finishes: 1st New Year’s Showdown 2025, 6th Montreal NANPC 2024

An oldhead from the Netrunner days of FFG past, Ant1 has been in the game for more than 10 years. They’ve hit their stride with impressive finishes the past year, spamming assets and Hermes-bouncing with the best of them. Keep an eye out to see if Ant1 is able to win it all for their meta.

The King

From: Torsaug/Toronto
Notable Finishes: 4th Worlds 2024, 1st APAC Online Continental 2025, 2nd NANPC Philly 2024

The King is a rare Netrunner triple threat – player, deckbuilder, and podcaster. Spiky Corps and facechecking Runners are sure to make an appearance for them. Part of the TAI Breakers testing group, they’re coming off a dominant performance in the APAC Online Continental and are looking to drive to the paint to victory in Montréal.

NANPC Montréal is shaping up to be one of the biggest tournaments on the continent this year. Keep an eye on these players, and check back after for a recap of the weekend’s events.

You can catch the action on Null Signal Games’ YouTube and Twitch channels.

Paillu "Frog"

Notable finishes: Vancouver Megacity 2025 Champion, Seattle Districts 2025 Champion, 2nd at US Nats East 2024, 6th at Cascadia 2024

A pioneer in new ways to look at PE and how to play against it, Paillu is an avid net damage enthusiast. Ey is also a founding member of QtM, and has held various leadership positions in NSG, including EDI and staff support leads. Ey won the recent Vancouver Megacity, so watch out for see what ey brings to Cascadia this year.

Sam "Whiteblade" Keilback

Asia Pacific Continental Champion 2020, US National Champion 2019, NANPC Boston Champion 2024, 6th at Worlds 2022, 2nd at Canadian Nationals 2022, 4th at UK Nationals 2022, 2nd at Canadian Nationals 2019, various top 8’s among Store Championships and Regionals 2016-2019

The one the only the legend Whiteblade the 3rd. One of the original founders of Cascadia, and the NANPC league. The winner of almost every Netrunner event she has attended in Seattle. Watch out for her psychological wit, she can as easily lull you into throwing as tactically out maneuver you in a 13 turn round house play.

Preferred decks would all be Zahya on both sides of the table, but since that isn’t allowed be prepared to get killed by whatever corp she is playing.

Kris "tzeenchling" MacLennan

Notable finishes: 8th at Worlds 2025, 3rd at LA Megacity 2025, 10th at New Years Showdown 2025

A true resident of SanSan and Logic Bomb member, Kris mixes methodical play with controlled aggression, making him a force to be reckoned with any in any. He currently organises Netrunner meetups in the East Bay Area and will be running the NANPC tournament in Berkeley on September 20th

Cascadia is this weekend! We hope to see you there, and if you can’t make it, be sure to watch the action live here!

Here are three players with a strong shot to win it all this weekend:

William “Sokka34” Huang

Meta: Vancouver
Notable finishes: World Champion 2022 and 2023. Top 4, Worlds 2024.

Sokka’s three top 4 finishes in a row makes him probably the best Netrunner player in the world, no disrespect to current champ Aruzan (who attended last year’s NANPC LA!).  Unable to attend the Vancouver MegaCity, he’ll be looking to get a win in Los Angeles.

Timmy “the people’s champ” Wong

Meta: Los Angeles
Notable finishes: 3rd at Worlds 2014, 2nd at Worlds 2015, 8th at Worlds 2016, top 16 at Worlds 2024.

Timmy matches Sokka on at least one achievement: four top 16 Worlds finishes.  While he’s never won the Big One, he’s won regional championships, so a MegaCity should be no problem for him!  While Timmy has been part of other groups or flown solo over the years, he’s currently a member of California testing group Logic Bomb.

Winston “Thomashaas” Gao

Meta: San Francisco Bay Area
Notable finishes: 2nd at the 2025 Denver MegaCity

Winston is a key member of Logic Bomb, although he was not one of the four members who finished in the top 16 at Worlds 2024.  He was the runner up at the 2024 Denver MegaCity, piloting Magdalene and AU Co.  A data scientist by day, Winston brings a statistically sound, rigorously tested voice to the group’s deck building, and is well poised for a solid finish in LA!

Tickets to the Los Angeles MegaCity are still available! If you want to watch it live, you can do so here!

Here’s a look at three of the fiercest competitors who will be attending our event this year.

Alex “Aruzan” Boyd

From: Vancouver born and raised
Notable finishes: World Champion 2024, OKORINA 2 Champion, 4th at NANPC Boston 2024, 1st at Throwback Cascadia 2024

Our current world champion (that’s three for Canada!) Alex works incredibly hard to fine tune his decks. This can include unusual, but undeniably effective tech (50 cards in your deck is great Personal Evolution tech, for example). A founding House Hippo, and now a member of QtM, we can expect more splashes from him in the future.

Ryan “hams” Berg

From: Vancouver area
Notable finishes: NANPC Champion 2024 , 15th at Worlds 2022, BC Regionals Champion 2018

Known for playing “off meta” decks, and making them work incredibly well, Ryan is never to be underestimated. He has been terrorising local corps with both his Drowning Machine Esâ and Hermes Tāo decks for quite some time, along with myriad weird and wonderful corps. Also of note: he doesn’t believe in using dice to pick card accesses. Just “wham, that one!”

Paillu

Notable finishes: Seattle Districts 2025 Champion, 2nd at US Nats East 2024, 6th at Cascadia 2024

A pioneer in new ways to look at PE and how to play against it, Paillu is an avid net damage enthusiast. Ey is also a founding member of QtM, and has held various leadership positions in NSG, including EDI and staff support leads. It’ll be exciting to see what ey brings to Vancouver this year.

Known as a meta filled with sharks, the Vancouver event this year will be as fierce as any.

Tickets are still available, and can be bought here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/vancouver-netrunner-megacity-championship-nanpc-vancouver-tickets-1313526155089

More details on Always be Running

CTZ

From: SanSanFransisco
Notable Finishes: Top 16 Worlds 2024, Reigning Champion of “Nor vs Sol Cal 2016 Tournament, sponsored by Mattress King”

Ctz firmly believes in unconventional deckbuilding and playstyle, whether it’s on his stream SanSanFrancisco, or in the ring. To him, Netrunner is wrestling, and his goal is always to put on a good show, whether it’s with a crafty Criminal or a showboating NBN ID.  This Muntal Bost member might just have what it takes to knock out the rest of the competition this weekend.

Wenjong

From: Shanghai, Toronto meta
Notable Finishes: 4th Americas Contenintals 2025, 1st Toronto Districts 2025, 3rd NANPC NJ 2025

Issuaq? Issuaq!!! Wenjong, part of a Meeting of Minds formed at a prior OTG event, knows exactly where his strengths lie – although just how much flatlining is in the cards is anyone’s guess. A relative newcomer to the scene, starting less than two years ago, Wenjong is sure to make make waves at this highly competitive showdown.

NotAgain

From: Boston
Notable Finishes: 1st NANPC NJ, 1st NYC Districts 2025, Top 16 Circuit Breaker 2024

Fresh off a third place finish in last year’s circuit, and winning 2025’s inaugural event in New Jersey, Dhairya is poised to make his mark in the Twin Cities. Likely paired with an aggressive Crim or Anarch, he’ll make sure to bring a puzzling Corp that will confound opponents at every turn.

NANPC OTG is going to make an exciting splash in the emerging Elevation meta! Pay attention to these players as the event begins, and check back after for a recap of the weekend’s events.

Sam "Radiant"

From: Seattle/Vancouver (former), NYC (current)
Notable Finishes: 27th at 2022 World Championship

Sam is known not only for his top finishes but also for judging and tournament organization.  One of the Muntal Bost OGs, he’s put up strong finishes on both sides of the continent.  Known for technical Crim play, will he stay true to his fundamentals, or bring an exciting new brew?

Dee “DeeR” Ruttenberg

From: Princeton
Notable Finishes: 2nd at 2024 World Championship, 6th at 2023 World Championship, 14th at 2021 World Championship

Coming off of a spectacular 2024 World Championship 2nd place finish, Dee is certain to be a top contender at New Jersey.  Along with their top finishes, they also practice extensively with two testing groups, QtM and Snare Bears.  Will they try to murder you with an exciting Personal Evolution brew or run you over with a brutally efficient Shaper? Whatever the choice, chaos is on the menu.

NANPC New Jersey is shaping up to be an exciting start to the new season! Pay attention to these players as the event begins, and check back after for a recap of the weekend’s events.

📅 When:
June 21st: 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM
June 22nd: 1:30 PM – 10:00 PM

📍 Where:
Beaumont Studios Main Hall – a wonderful non-profit venue right in the heart of Vancouver.

Why Vancouver?

Vancouver isn’t just a beautiful city surrounded by mountains and ocean—it hosts a strong Netrunner meta. The last three World Championships have been won by two incredible players from Vancouver, making this city home to some of the fiercest competition on the planet. If you’re looking to test your skills against the best, this is the place to be.

Beyond the tournament, Vancouver offers everything you’d want from a travel destination: breathtaking scenery, a vibrant and diverse food scene, and endless opportunities for adventure. Make it a trip you won’t forget!

For International Runners

Planning on going to Worlds in Scotland this October? If you’re based in the British Isles or continental Europe, you have just a short trip to Edinburgh this year. So if you’re itching for some Netrunner-fueled travel, here’s the perfect excuse to pack your bags and fly west to Vancouver!

For players in Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand: Scotland is literally on the other side of the planet, and that’s a long way to go. If Worlds feels out of reach, why not make Vancouver your big Netrunner adventure this year? With its top-tier competition and unforgettable setting, this event is the perfect excuse to visit our fair city. And despite the long distance, there are many direct flights available.

The Main Event(s)

Prizes to Flatline For:

We’ll have prizes galore; here’s a sneak peek for you:

And that’s just the beginning! Keep an eye out for more announcements (details and prizes) as we get closer to the tournament.

More Information:

Locations

The locations from 2024 were well attended and easily accessible. We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be hosting at these locations again in 2025.  In addition, we’re adding a tenth location, New Jersey, to our schedule.

The New Jersey meta has an active scene at Gilded Raven Games for the last two years.  It is a welcoming store that supports both TCGs, RPGs, Wargames, and Boardgames. The owners have been gracious and accommodating hosts for all of our local Circuit Openers (now known as CTKs).

We’re also excited to announce it will also be the kickoff to the 2025 NANPC season! We hope you’ll come join us at the event that is also doubling as a District Championship.

Prizes

Aside from being the champion of 2024, Ryan is working with NANPC coordinators to create the participation alternate art card for this year’s circuit.  We’ll be revealing that card in a future article, but are pleased to announce that we’ll be continuing this tradition. The NANPC 2025 Champion will get to work with coordinators to create an alternate art participation card for a future circuit.

There will also be custom NANPC dice available as prizes, with a unique color for the 2025 circuit.

Local organizers also work with local artists to provide one-of-a-kind prizing for attending events.  Check each event’s AlwaysBeRunning.net page – you never know what kind of cool prizing you’ll be in the running for!

Side Events and More

NANPC events are large celebrations of the game of Netrunner, and there is much more to play than just the main, Standard-legality format. Drafts, alternate legalities like Startup and Throwback, as well as narrative campaigns and other events are in the cards.  Check with your local tournament organizer for more info.

We also encourage all participants to coordinate with others, such as in local meta Discords.  These are big, social gatherings, and part of what makes them great is getting to socialize with like-minded runners before and after the tournament. 

Contacting Us

We’re constantly working to organize great and memorable Netrunner tournaments for players. If you have questions or suggestions, we’re happy to hear from you. Reach out to us on Discord – local tournament organizers are:

General: @sindarin
Vancouver: @sindarin & @Solomir
Toronto: @zeebag
Boston: @NotAgain 
Twin Cities (OTG): @Orbital Tangent
Philadelphia: @Pouchsurfer 
Seattle: @Radiant & @Whiteblade111
Montreal: @amavric
San Francisco: @tzeentchling
Los Angeles: @StephenE
New Jersey: @coldlava

Congratulations to Alexander “GreatA1exander” Potapov on winning NANPC LA.

Sasha won the event on a glacier Aginfusion and a Spark fueled Kit deck. We asked them some questions about the lists they brought and their thoughts on the event!

Congratulations on your win at NANPC Los Angeles, You chose to bring Aginfusion And Kit to the event, why those decks?

I chose Aginfusion since I love jinteki glacier and I think it’s really well positioned right now with all the delicious sentries. I almost played Azmari kill or PD shoot the moon, but wanted to stick to something more different and dear to me. The logic with Kit was that I’ve loved Kit since early days and these are the last chances to really show off the fun of her tricks, especially with Lobisomem. The real trick is to not draw your breakers! (I’m not good at that)

How did you prepare for the event?

I prepared by playing almost these exact decks at our local San Diego monthly events and in our weekly meetups. Also discussing card choices with the crew and even making some swaps the night before! Shoutout To Sisyphus protocol for being a terrifying one of.

Did you have any memorable games or moments on the day?

The grand final was a superb game in particular, Esa got off to 5-0 early on and I barely stabilized off of a bacterial steal. I managed to get multiple bio vaults and nisei counters and it got to the point where he was running for single accesses on rnd through an anansi, breaking just the indexing sub and I was popping vaults to stop it! Very picturesque. 

Anyone you want to shout out?

I’d like to shout out my San Diego crew who we all drove up with! And then Tyler in particular for hanging out through the top cut and driving back with me and also convincing me to stick with my decks of choice.

Congratulations to Alexander Potapov for winning NANPC Los Angeles! Our NANPC leaderboard is now updated with results from all NANPC events! Stay tuned for an announcement at worlds regarding prizing for the top 8 finishers…

Congratulations to Erin Celovsky for winning NANPC Montreal!

Erin brought a Prana Condenser PE list and Mining Accident 419 to the tournament. We spoke to Erin about her deck choices and what she thought about the event.

Congratulations on your win at NANPC Montreal! You chose to bring Personal Evolution And 419 to the event, why those decks?

Thank you! The PE is a deck I’ve been working on since Revolution Without Rehearsal. Like I said in its writeup, I often got frustrated playing against poorly built PE decks on JNet, so I opted to try my hand at it and see if I could do better. Mining Accident 419 has a long, long time love of mine, and every time Crim gains or loses cards, I check to see if I can still make it viable.

Anyways, in late 2023, I had major surgery and I wasn’t fully recovered until April 2024 or so. You’d think that’d give me a lot of time to jam games on JNet, but that was not the case. It was a long painful recovery. And then, when I was recovered, I was more focused on rebuilding my life career-wise. This is all to say, that I’ve been somewhat checked out of the competitive circuit for quite some time. So, when I went to my first major tournament in 2024, East Canadian Nationals, I brought off meta decks of what I was most comfortable with: the aforementioned PE and Aesop’s Lat. I immediately regretted the Lat choice, as the corp to beat was Precision Design. Then there was another big tournament in Toronto, the Suburban Wasteland, where I changed it up, and brought 419 and the Shoot the Moon PD. This time, it was my corp that let me down. The weeks before going to NANPC Montreal, I still didn’t have a ton of time to practice, especially with on-meta decks, so I brought decks that I knew well and had the reps with under my belt.

Corp decks seemed to be really aggressively oriented right now, to beat late game Shaper inevitability, so 419 seemed a good choice. And PE can cheese out wins in Swiss, and people seemed less teched for asset spam lately. So I felt confident despite being somewhat forced into my off-meta picks here.

How did you prepare for the event?

 I think the key for having a successful tournament, much like having a successful vacation, is knowing what you enjoy and focusing on maximizing that. Don’t bother paying for flying business class if it means you can’t afford to go scuba diving. In this case, I’ve come to accept that I have the most fun at tournaments if I’m able to be competitive. I really hate losing a tournament game because I’m playing a jank deck that does fun things against a competitive deck that’s actually focused on winning. (It grinds my gears much less in a casual game.)

So, I was panicking a little in the week before, because I had not felt like I had nearly enough practice. I built a Weyland Built To Last glacier from scratch and brought it with me, but I realized I wouldn’t have that competitive fun I liked out of tournaments if I played it. My best chance for that was to play the strongest decks I had the most experience with. Once I had made up my mind about that, I was pretty serene on the ride down. I had some decent competitive experience with those decks from prior tournaments, so I could rely on that.

Did you have any memorable games or moments on the day?

think there were two particular things that stand out to me.

First off, in Swiss, I was 2-0 going into round 3. I was feeling pretty good about my choices. Playing corp, and my opponent won off R&D. There wasn’t really any discrete play error of mine, these things happen (also my opponent played well, stayed calm and didn’t make sloppy plays.) That’s fine, I could eat a loss. We breaked for lunch, and I can eat a dumpling too. Then round 4, I kept a bad hand against a PD deck, and I had an absolutely miserable time. I just had no money all game, and it felt an exercise in futility. I lost, obviously.

But now, I was worried. I knew this kind of bad loss, to a sloppy mulligan choice on my part, had a very real possibility of sending me into a tailspin. So in the break between rounds, I put my headphones on, focused on my breathing, and tried to re-centre myself. Rounds 5, 6, and 7 were all hard fought, but I won them all. People like to think tournaments are all about these big moments where you make the daring play and it succeeds, but I find they’re more about consistency, and so taking the time to calm my nerves and refocus on playing my best game is what got me through Swiss more than anything else.

The other moment was in the cut, and I had a rematch against the same PD player from round 4. I remembered our earlier game and focused on learning that lesson of staying cool and level-headed. Drawing my opening hand, I saw that while it had a lot of engine pieces, it didn’t have any econ, so I mulliganed into something slightly better. Patience is rewarded. However, I still didn’t draw much more econ throughout the game, so in many ways, it really was a repeat of last time. Luckily, my opponent seemed to also have had a brick draw, and we were both clicking for credits. I had managed to land a bad publicity early, as well as stealing 5 points. I stayed calm and focused on my outs, namely hitting R&D as much as possible because they had really good control of agendas in and out of HQ. Again, patience was rewarded, and I topdecked the win off R&D. Redemption!

Anyone you want to shout out?

Obviously, I want to shout out to Andrej and the staff at Silver Goblin for running a great event. Andrej (and Mattie!) have got event running down to an art, and the space of the Silver Goblin is absolutely lovely, and the staff are friendly and make our tournament their priority. Montreal is my favourite city in Canada, and I love any excuse to travel there.

I’d like to shout out Joshua Quinlan and Chris Zeebag for running some great events in Toronto in the months prior. Pretty much all of my competitive practice this season was at those events.

I’d also really like to shoutout all the people who travelled to the event from out of province or country. These events are really all about the people, and I love seeing your faces (So glad I didn’t have to face Kysra’s corp in the cut however, it’d’ve eaten me alive! Sorry not sorry)

Lastly, I’d like to shoutout to Wenjong for not only driving the majority of the Toronto contingent down and back, but also for winning the throwback tournament on Day 2 for a full Toronto sweep! Our pride is restored!
Another congratulations to Erin for winning NANPC Montreal! Our NANPC leaderboard is now updated with results from all NANPC events! Stay tuned for an announcement at worlds regarding prizing for the top 8 finishers…

Congratulations to William “Sokka234” Huang for winning Cascadia!

William won the event with his iconic Aginfusion Glacier and “Boring” Lat decks. His third national win of the season, we caught up with William to get his thoughts on the event.

Congratulations on your win at Cascadia! You chose to bring Aginfusion And Lat to the event, why those decks?

These were very much comfort picks. I know the decks well, I know the matchups well, the decks are fun to play, and these two decks were what I used to win West Canadian Nationals and East US Nationals so there was really no reason to bring anything different.

How did you prepare for the event?

Having played in East US Nationals the weekend before, there wasn’t much prep for Cascadia in particular. The corp deck was exactly the same with a good matchup against an array of aggressive runners and can reasonably handle World Tree Arissana. The runner is similarly very strong and is largely the same from the weekend before. I decided to put in a second Deep Dive because I expected more fast HB decks and decks that have random sources of damages (Azef, City Works, PE, etc)

Did you have any memorable games or moments on the day?

The game against Paillu in round 2 of the cut will forever be an all-time highlight. Score is 0-0. Paillu is playing Freedom with Hermes, God of War, Fermenter, and Leech installed, all with a bunch of virus counters. I’m playing Ag. I have 2 ice HQ, 2 ice R&D, 1 ice archives, and 3 ice on remote, all unrezzed. In the remote I have a rezzed La Costa and a Nisei MK II with 2 advancement counters. My hand is 3 agendas, Hansei, Subliminal. Paillu installs Crew and runs HQ. There’s a Seisentan that doesn’t make sense to rez because it can be broken by Leech and God of War. I trash it with Ag to redirect the run to archives (this is a misplay but don’t worry about). Paillu attempts another HQ run on click 3. I rez Anansi just to eat up the Crew, which it does. The access hit Hansei and 5 virus counters are used to Freedom trash it. Click 4 runs back into HQ and hits the 1/4 Subliminal. On my turn, with no ice in hand to protect HQ, I La Costa the Nisei to 3 counters, advance and score on click 1, Hermes is forced to bounce an ice back to hand, which is then installed protecting HQ on click 2, and click 3 is installing another agenda in the remote.

Anyone you want to shout out?

Shoutout to the ban list team for banning World Tree. Big relief.

A well earned congratulations to William for winning Cascadia! Our NANPC leaderboard is now updated with results from all NANPC events! Stay tuned for an announcement at worlds regarding prizing for the top 8 finishers…

Check out more photos from the event below:

Abraham “ManintheMoon” McBride

From: Seattle, United States
Notable Finishes: 1st 2023 Intercontinental Champion, 8th 2024 APAC Continental Championship, 6th 2024 Circuit Breaker Invitational, 1st NANPC Vancouver, 6th Cascadia 2023

Abraham has been a dominant force in West coast Netrunner, alongside his brother Charlie McBride, Abraham has cleaned up tournaments across the coast, while making his mark in a variety of online events. Abraham has shown a preference for Anarch, playing Reg Hoshiko, Esa or recently working on Sebastio. Abraham’s “Shoot the moon” PD list has also taken the tournament scene by storm. Will we see Abraham play his beloved Anarch and latest PD brew? Or instead innovate and take down the tournament with fresh lists?

Henry “Wentagon” Lane

From: San Francisco, United States
Notable Finishes: 9th Cascadia 2023, 4th Online Summer Showdown 2024, 6th NANPC Boston

Henry is a relative newcomer to the competitive Netrunner scene but has been making up for lost time. Henry is a shaper player, having played Lat and Ari to his three highest finishes. Corp side Henry plays a variety of decks, but recently expertly piloted “Barf” Thule to a top cut finish.  In the last six months Henry has had his breakout placements, scoring top cut spots at the Online Showdown and NANPC Boston. With Cascadia being an opportunity for Henry to cement himself as one of the west coast’s best players, will his shaper and corp play be up to the challenge?

Jason “Syd7” Ford

From: Vancouver, Canada
Notable Finishes: American Continental Champion 2020, 2nd NANPC Vancouver, 16th 2024 American Continental Championship

Jason is a mainstay of the Vancouver Netrunner community. Known for his love of shaper and immense skill with the faction, Jason has played shaper at a high level across several ID’s, including Wu, Lat and Ari. Jason is also a fan of Sportsmetal, having played it for years across several tournaments and showing a keen understanding of the deck. For Cascadia, will Jason play his classic Ari and Sportsmetal, or will we see him do something completely different to win the event?

With Cascadia fast approaching, the best the west coast has to offer will soon fight it out for first place. Be sure to follow the tournament and catch the stream here to follow the action live!

Congratulations to Stephen “StephenE” Ebery for winning NANPC San Francisco!

Stephen decided to bring his own twist on some established top decks from Jan Tuno, playing altered versions of Tuno’s Ob and Esa deck from EMEA. We caught up with Stephen to ask him some questions about his experience at the tournament!

Congratulations on your win at NANPC SF You chose to bring Ob And Esa to the event, why those decks?

Esa: I brought this deck because I’ve mostly been a Criminal player, but I’m not very happy with a lot of the Crim matchups right now. Aumakua is hurt by Obs all running 2 Maviruses and spicy sentries, and it can be hard for Crim to keep up with the speed of Asa or the glacier or Aginfusion or Azmari. With Esa, I don’t have to worry too hard about individual corp matchups, and can instead force them to worry about my extremely disruptive gameplay.

Ob: I think Asa and Ob are the 2 best decks right now, and I already played Asa at Off the Grid and APAC Continentals.  I figured I’d take Ob to test out whether I liked it better, and it worked out pretty well for me!

How did you prepare for the event?

LA did not have a thriving in person scene for a while, but recently we’ve been getting 7-10 people for our casual meetups, which has been great! I’ve also been testing online with a group of mostly SF based players, and discussing our thoughts on the meta and sharing decklists. The particular lists I picked were mostly inspired by Tuno rather than my testing group though.

Did you have any memorable games or moments on the day?

I played former World Champion Limes once in Swiss and once in the cut, and the cut game was really exciting! Limes had an 8 strength Bran (it’s base 6 strength, and they played Next Activation Command to boost it to 8), and I had to shuffle 2 Running Hot into my 9 card deck deck with Labor Rights, draw them with Nuka on my 2nd click, and play them with my 3rd and 5th clicks to get Begemot to 8 strength! After that, my deck was small enough that I could just shuffle a few Chastuskas in, draw them, and mill the corp. I didn’t really want to run archives because I figured (correctly) that it had an Ablative Barrier on it and it would just install a spin that shuffled back agendas. 

Should we expect you at any NANPC events in the future?

Yes, I’ll be at Cascadia, and I’m running a NANPC event in LA on Saturday, September 7th! It’s very close to the Burbank airport if anyone wants to fly in that morning.

Anyone you want to shout out?

PJ20 has been my most frequent JNet sparring partner, and dezigerator has been my most frequent in person one! They’re great practice partners.

A big congratulations to Stephen for his win in San Francisco! August looks to be another packed month as Cascadia will take place on August 3rd to 4th and NANPC Montreal will take place on the 24th and 25th of August. The competition is heating up as the fight for NANPC circuit points only grows more fierce!

Congratulations to “Benvelopment” Blum for winning NANPC Philadelphia

Bblum won the event with Ob and Kit! The Ob was their own brew of the classic “tempo” Ob list, while they picked a homebrewed Kit list tuned to take down the event. We caught up with Bblum for their thoughts on the event!

Congratulations on your win at NANPC Philadelphia You chose to bring Ob And Kit to the event, why those decks?

I don’t think I need to tell anyone why I brought Ob but one thing worth pointing out is I wanted to prove that Arella Salvatore  is the better upgrade in a rush deck. I bought Kit because Inversificator gives you the sort of deep multi-turn, controlling the board, advance planning feeling you used to get with Prepaid Kate and is really the first time I’ve had fun playing runner in several years. and also it’s another pittsburgh homebrew so my whole team has been trying to get it noticed for a while.

How did you prepare for the event?

I don’t know, we prepared like we always do, jam games against known top decks for about a week and argue about whether we should play the third bravado or a tech card (it should have just been the bravado though).

Did you have any memorable games or moments on the day?

Honestly all 3 cut games vs Brandon, he’s such a delight. In the last one, vs Esa I got stuck with both Magnet and Thimblerig unrezzed on HQ and he wouldn’t let me rez them so I eventually had to trash the Magnet and spin it back just to have access to code gates (which is critical vs Esa’s breakers). afterwards I asked why he never ran hq and he said “well I could tell something was wrong and I didn’t know what, I had accessed both archers so I thought you were trying to shuffle it back so you could get it with eminent, and if I ran HQ it would let you feed tithe to Stavka to get spin so I shouldn’t run HQ and just focus on what’s already rezzed.” His reasoning was completely wrong but led him to make the right decision anyway and I thought that was really insightful.

Should we expect you at any NANPC events in the future?

Unlikely but I will be at worlds, and also Pittsburgh is definitely gonna have a regionals next year so please come to our beautiful city 🙂

Anyone you want to shout out? 

Marcus, he’s done a lot of work growing the community in Pittsburgh and also invented the kit deck. Colin, he’s a great testing partner and has come a long way for being a recent convert to the game. Ysengrin, he knows why. barts bagels near redcaps, that horseradish cc is the bomb. 

A huge congratulations to Bblum for taking down NANPC Philadelphia. August looks to be another packed month as Cascadia will take place on August 3rd to 4th and NANPC Montreal will take place on the 24th and 25th of August. The competition is heating up as the fight for NANPC circuit points only grows more fierce!

Jonas “TBU3K” Wilson

From: Washington DC, United States
Notable Finishes: American Continental Champion 2021, 2nd at Worlds 2021, 15th at Worlds 2017, 16th at Worlds 2022, 5th at US Nationals East 2023

Jonas is one of the most prolific deckbuilders and players on the east coast. Having played Netrunner for 8+ years, Jonas has repeatedly brought innovative decks to the format, including Potential Unleashed Grinder, Hard Hitting News Asa and refinements to Worldtree Ari. Jonas has also proved himself as a competitor, netting multiple top 16 finishes at Worlds. Jonas looks to be a favorite for NANPC Philadelphia. The question is whether Jonas will bring a new deck to this tournament, or continue to refine existing archetypes such as Worldtree Ari.

Dhairya “Notagain” Patel

From: Boston, United States
Notable Finishes: 5th at Off The Grid, 9th at NANPC Boston, 18th at US Nationals East 2023

Dhairya has been a rising star in the east coast tournament scene. While Dhairya can be spotted playing any and every local CO in the boston area, Dhairya has also traveled for a variety of tournaments, including playing up and down the east coast in NYC and other cities. Dhairya is also an innovative deckbuilder, experimenting and finding success with new ideas in R+ and The Outfit. For NANPC Philadelphia, keep an eye on Dhairya as he looks to continue to climb the NANPC Circuit Points Leaderboard

Lucas “Coldlava” Crandall

From: New Jersey, United States
Notable Finishes: 4th at February AMT, 14th at US Nationals East 2023, 26th at EMEA Continentals 2023, 20th at 2024 Circuit Breaker Invitational

Starting in 2023, Lucas has had steadily more success at tournaments, placing in the top fitth of a variety of major events. Now in 2024, Lucas has progressed to coming within striking distance of the cut at several events. Known as a prolific Ob and Reg Anarch player, Lucas can often be spotted grinding out Ob games at tournaments

With NANPC Philadelphia shaping up to be a large competitive east coast event, it could be Lucas’s opportunity to crack the top 8 with his Ob gameplay.

NANPC Philadelphia is looking to be an exciting event! Pay attention to these players as the event begins, and check back in with us after the event as we recap who won!

The NANPC Circuit returns to the east as players get ready to compete at the iconic Redcap’s Corner! Come on down and enjoy a great weekend of Netrunner as players from across the east coast head to Philadelphia.

Prizing will be of the standard NANPC Fermenter Promo, NANPC Dice and a variety of other prize support! Day one will consist of the main standard event and 8 rounds of single sided swiss with a cut to top 8. Day two will have a variety of side events, including Startup Pods, Cube Draft and Pack Draft. In addition, Sanjay will be running a narrative campaign event! More information can be found here.

Get excited for NANPC Philadelphia as the best the east coast has to offer competes for first place!

Congratulations to Sebastian Kocz for winning Off The Grid!

Sebastian took down the event with his signature “Big Ob” weyland deck, using Mutually Assured Destruction and a deluge of installed cards to overwhelm the runner. His runner deck was a value oriented Lat list, aimed at grinding down the corporation. 

We caught up with Sebastian for his thoughts on the event!

Congratulations on your win at Off The Grid!  You chose to bring Ob and Lat to the event, why those decks?

I’ve been playing this Ob on and off since Worlds. It is a comfort pick which I also expected to be good in the meta following a tournament where many non-hoshiko runners shined: I couldn’t pass up the chance to play it. My favorite runner right now is World Tree Ari, but I didn’t want my wrists falling off from too much shuffling, so I went with Sokka’s Lat from continentals. He claimed in his writeup that it could deal with a multitude of threats, and a good all-round deck was what I wanted in a corp meta that hadn’t solidified yet.

How did you prepare for the event?

I had just come off from preparing a lot for American continentals the weekend before, so I was already running pretty hot. I knew Ob well enough that I didn’t need to practice any more with it, so I focused on Lat. I was able to get in about 15 smurf games against randoms and a few more games against fellow TAI-breakers. I also asked Sokka for his game replays from continentals, which he graciously shared along with some notes about each game. Watching him play helped me get in a more reactive mindset, which this Lat requires.

Did you have any memorable games or moments on the day?

My last Lat game in swiss was wild. I was against RH, and we were both on game point after many twists and turns. As the clock was running out, my opponent installed and double advanced a card in the remote. There were two facedown upgrades in the remote that I hadn’t managed to deal with, and I only had 1 Pinhole threading. Fearing two Anoetic Voids, I pinholed archives to trash one, and then ran HQ to force the corp to give me back another pinhole with DJ Steve.

Archives was iced, and I wanted to save the revolver counters, so I pinholed a remote that had a single unrezzed ice. The ice on the scoring server still wasn’t rezzed, so I figured the corp may not have enough money to rez something like an Anansi. Turns out, the ice was a Konjin, which could force me to encounter an Anansi for cheap and ruin all my math. I had to win the psi game. We put our hands under the table to prepare the bid. Absent-mindedly in the lead up to the event, I had been practicing the motion of bidding zero on a psi game. So, it only seemed right to bid that. When we open our palms, they are both empty. 

The pinhole revealed that the second upgrade was a mavirus, so all that effort was wasted, but thankfully I still had just enough credits to break in and steal the winning Fuji (and one left over, so I could have trashed a second void if there was one!).

Should we expect you at any NANPC events in the future?

There is a chance I’ll go to Cascadia, it will have to be a last-minute decision though.

Anyone you want to shout out?

TAI breakers for the great comradery so far this season and welcoming me into the fold, and Sokka for the tips on playing the Lat. Also Orbs for organizing, and CTZ and cranked for some hilarious commentary.

July looks to be a packed month for NANPC events, with NANPC Philadelphia running from the 13th to the 14th of July, and NANPC San Francisco running the week after on July 20th! Circuit points have also been updated. Keep your eyes peeled as we reveal our end of year prizing for the top 8 finishers on the NANPC Leaderboard!

Check out below for some photos from the event!

Congratulations to Samantha “Whiteblade111” for winning NANPC Boston!

Samantha won on a pair of aggressive decks: A Fast Advance Sportsmetal list and a Zahya deck that used central pressure and multi access to rush down defending corporations. The finals was a confrontation between two west coast players, with Samantha coming up from the losers bracket and winning twice to cinch the tournament, including a nail biter game versus Charlie’s Thule!

Congratulations on your win at NANPC Boston!  You chose to bring Sportsmetal And Zahya to the event, why those decks?

My testing team (Snarebears) had worked on the Sportsmetal internally and was happy with it. I didn’t have a lot of time to practice but I love the archetype. I also expected a lot of value oriented Hoshiko decks in the field, so an aggressive orthogonal corp seemed like the right decision. I was supposed to play Hoshiko runner side but pivoted to Zahya at the last minute. Zahya is my favorite deck in the game, and if I think it’s even remotely reasonable to play her, I will.

How did you prepare for the event?

I was graduating law school the week before I left for NANPC Boston so I didn’t have a lot of time to practice. I jammed a lot of Jnet before the event and just totally faceplanted online. I had to trust my team had cooked up a sick corp deck and I could remember how to run. I played some last minute games in paper against tf34 at 2am the night before the event in which tf34 wrecked my Hoshiko with PD, so I swapped to Zahya.

Did you have any memorable games or moments on the day?

It was so lovely to see everyone at the event. The atmosphere was incredible and it was nice to just hang out with my friends. My games against the “Barf Thule” over the day were interesting and playing against Charlie in the finals was great. I have a lot of respect for Charlie as a player, and it really felt like we got to play some high level netrunner against each other. Playing against my friend Chris in the semi finals was also a treat. He’s a really great guy, and it was fun playing a high stakes game that was also friendly and fun.

Should we expect you at any NANPC events in the future?

I’ll be running Cascadia on August 3rd to 4th, so come attend! As for playing, I think my year might be done. You’ll probably be able to spot me at some local west coast stuff, but this was my big travel event for the year. It was nice to cap it off with a win!

Anyone you want to shout out?

I want to thank Notagain for organizing the event, Andrej, Samantha and Cado for running the stream, Ysengrin for judging, and everyone for attending and playing the event. It was an awesome day of Netrunner, and I’m very proud that the community made it happen. I’d also like to thank the Snarebears for the hard carry on the corp side, while entertaining my delusions that “Zahya is totally viable trust me guys”

July looks to be a packed month for NANPC events, with NANPC Philadelphia running from the 13th to the 14th of July, and NANPC San Francisco running the week after on July 20th! Circuit points have also been updated. Keep your eyes peeled as we reveal our end of year prizing for the top 8 finishers on the NANPC Leaderboard!

Check out photos from the event below! A big thanks to Izzy Miller, Dan Bouchard and Andrej for taking photos on the day!

The NANPC journeys to the midwest as one of the most iconic North American Netrunner events takes place this weekend: Off The Grid! Hosted at the Gamezenter in Roseville, Minnesota, Off The Grid is one of the longest running fan tournaments in North America. This year Off The Grid is hosting a National Championship, so stay tuned as players compete for the title!

Prizing will include the standard NANPC alt art Fermenter and Dice, as well as the NSG prizing from the 2024 Nationals Kit.

Interested in more coverage of Off The Grid? Watch a series of a community spotlight videos put together by Joshua Swaner, celebrating the community members that make Off The Grid great: Check out the videos here!

NANPC Boston will be the first major event to use the new Standard Ban List. Competitors have been practicing and testing with the new ban list, so expect to see new decks hit the competitive scene! We’re spotlighting three players attending NANPC Boston that you should keep an eye on:

Dee “DeeR” Ruttenberg

From: Princeton, United States
Notable Finishes: 6th at Worlds 2023, 14th at Worlds 2021, 2nd at East Coast Championships 2023, 6th at EMEA Continentals

Over the last two years, Dee has proven themselves as one of the fiercest competitors to emerge from the east coast Netrunner scene. Dee has played a variety of archetypes at the top level of Netrunner play, including Keeling Aginfusion, Big Hoshiko, NEH Kill and World Tree Wu. Known for their precise style of play and ability to play a variety of decks, you never know what to expect from Dee. Will they innovate on the meta and play something unexpected, or dominate the field with an old favorite?

Andrew “CTZ” Cortez

From: San Francisco, United States
Notable Finishes: 3rd at Cascadia 2023, 4th at American Continentals 2020, 1st at Various Store Championships.

Ctz is a pillar of the netrunner community. They cut their teeth on the competitive San Francisco meta, before breaking out onto the national scene as a serious contender. While Ctz has contributed to the community by co-running the SanSanfrancisco stream and co-designing the Roseville cycle, they are also a strong competitor. While Ctz may appear to play loose and have a carefree attitude, he hides a killer instinct and a sharp mind that can unravel complex boardstates. Ctz has seen success on Reg Crim and forms of Rush decks in the past. With the new ban list, will we see Ctz crack the top 8 with Reg Crim?

Holly “Onholiday” Hilliard

From: Boston, United States
Notable Placements: First at various Boston Circuit Openers

A Boston native, Holly is relatively new to Netrunner. In her time with the game she has made her mark on the Boston scene, winning most of the Circuit Openers in the Boston area. Holly is known for their strong command of Reg Hosh, being able to set up fast and dominate corp boardstates. Holly has also been known to be an enjoyer of Personal Evolution in various forms. With the new ban list, will we see Holly crush the field with Reg Hosh, or give a new runner a try?

With NANPC Boston fast approaching, anyone could take the top spot. Be sure to tune in to Neon Static who will be livestreaming the entire tournament from May 25th to 26th!

The NANPC continues east as players up and down the coast prepare to play in Boston! With players attending from all over the East Coast, NANPC Boston is shaping up to be the largest NANPC event so far this year. With so many vying for the top spot, who will be the champion of NANPC Boston?

Prizing will include a H1 CO kit, store credit to the top 8, special Boston themed top 4 click trackers and the standard NANPC prizing including the Fermenter Alt Art and NANPC Dice! Additional prizing for side events will be announced at a later date.

As of the publication of this article, NSG Organized Play has indicated that a new Standard Ban List will be implemented a week before NANPC Boston. The New Banlist will be LEGAL at NANPC Boston.

All eyes are on Boston as players gear up for one of the highlights of the tournament season!

Congratulations to Terence Chiu L Lui for winning NANPC Toronto!

Terence took the win with favorite IDs Ob and Arisanna! We reached out to Terence for his thoughts on the event and the decks he brought.

Congratulations on winning NANPC Toronto! You brought Ob and Arissana to this event, why those decks?

I brought arisanna and ob because I haven’t really been practicing as much as I should, and those were the decks I was most familiar with. though, I did make some additional changes because I heard asset spam could be an issue.

Did you have any memorable games or moments on the day?

Both of the Ob games I played in the cut. The runners, digging for… something, I’m not certain, chose to discard or use their recursion or their second copy of their Cleaver while I had an SDS and Holo-man in the remote.

Should we expect you at any NANPC events in the future?

I’m not planning on doing any travel for netrunner this year, but perhaps next year.

Anyone you want to shout out?

Shout out to Zeebag for running the event, and Maggie.

The NANPC continues its route east as the circuit arrives in Boston! Competition looks to be fierce as NANPC Boston is shaping up to be the largest NANPC event yet! Keep your eyes on the site as more info is announced, and come play in NANPC Boston on May 25th and 26th!

The NANPC would like to give a deep thank you to Zeebag for organizing and running NANPC Toronto. The circuit points leaderboard has been updated with new points!

Below you can look at some pictures from the event!

A big congratulations to Abraham “Maninthemoon” Mcbride for winning NANPC Vancouver!

Abraham made great use of Holo Man in R+ to crush games on the day, while decks like Kit and the return of Aginfusion glacier also graced the top 8. The finals came down to a bout between Abraham and Jason Ford, with Abraham’s Loup deck mulching up Asa’s servers and pressuring down the corporation for a clean win!

We had the opportunity to catch up with Abraham after his first place finish, to get his thoughts on the event and the decks he brought:

Congratulations on your win at NANPC Vancouver! You chose to bring R+ And Loup to the event, why those decks?

I felt like Boomer Loup was the strongest deck in the meta before the new set was released. I didn’t have a lot of time to create something “new” and I felt really comfortable with that deck. In a very fresh meta the mulch shell is very flexible and the tools can be applied well to a wide variety of matchups. On the corp side I wanted to bring something new. This R+ deck is very similar to a deck I almost took to worlds 2023, but I never ended up publishing. Hollowman was just enough to push the deck over the edge and make it quite good. It can be very powerful anytime you can bring a deck that you are comfortable with, but people haven’t yet gotten the chance to practice against it.

How did you prepare for the event?

I didn’t have much time to prepare for the event directly, but I was able to take decks that I had a significant number of games on. I made sure to follow the spoiler session so I had an idea of what I might see across the table.

Did you have any memorable games or moments on the day?

One of the two games I lost was to an 8 point Trick Shot. That was probably the highlight of the day. I was playing Cat (Kysra) and the first run they made in the game was a Trick Shot that ended up stealing 2x Bellonas and a Beale

Should we expect you at any NANPC events in the future?

Yes, I will be attending the Seattle NANPC event for sure and I’m looking into possible travel arrangements for San Francisco.

Anyone you want to shout out?

Thanks to everyone on my testing Team Muntal Bost, Noah and Jalan for helping me polish the corp deck and to everyone who helped make the event happen it was a fantastic day of netrunner!!

With NANPC Toronto just around the corner, all eyes will be on the east as the next circuit event takes place! Players at NANPC Vancouver also earned our first batch of circuit points, tracked on the leaderboard page. Keep an eye on the leaderboard as the tournament season unfolds!

Lastly, the NANPC would like to give a deep thank you to the tournament staff who made NANPC Vancouver possible. Thank you to Keith and Justin for judging the event, and Joe and Alec for organizing and running the event on the day. The NANPC wouldn’t be possible without you!

Below you can take a look at some pictures taken of the tournament!

Turn your eyes to the east, as Toronto hosts the next NANPC circuit event! Competitors are preparing to descend upon Toronto to compete to become the next champion of an NANPC event!

Prizing will include an H1 Circuit Opener Kit, NANPC Fermenter Alt Art and NANPC Acrylic Dice. Additional prizing for side events (run on demand) will be announced at the event.

Ticket sales close on April 13th with a maximum capacity of 34 players, so be sure to snap up your ticket soon!

We also have some updates on future NANPC events throughout the year:

NANPC Philadelphia will run from the 13th to the 14th of July, at iconic Red Cap’s!

NANPC Seattle will run from the 3rd to the 4th of August, at Mox Bellevue. We’re happy to announce that NANPC Seattle will be ran at Cascadia! A returning west coast favorite. We’re also proud to announce that Cascadia will also be hosting West Coast US Nationals. Stay tuned for more information!

NANPC Vancouver will be the first event of the year to use the new set from Null Signal Games, Rebellion Without Rehearsal! Players will try to outfox each other on the net as they try to use the new cards to gain a competitive edge!

Today we’re going to highlight four top contenders we think you should pay attention to at NANPC Vancouver:

William “Sokka234” Huang

From: Vancouver, British Columbia
Notable Finishes: World Champion 2022, World Champion 2023, Asia-Pacific Champion 2022, Canadian National Champion 2022, European Champion 2023

Undisputed number one in the world, William has racked up a dizzying array of tournament wins over the past two years. Playing a variety of decks, William looks poised to have a strong performance at NANPC Vancouver. Preferring to play slower, value oriented decks, the question is whether William will go with an old standby such as Precision Design, or experiment with the new cards to come up with a dominating deck. William’s membership in the testing team Unband could mean he ends up on a deck designed by his testing team! Either way, we’ll all be watching what William plays, and how he places.

Ian “Rongydoge” Moskowitz

From: Boston, Massachusetts
Notable Finishes: 1st at Cascadia 2023, 8th at World Championship 2023, 3rd at 2023 Circuit Breaker Invitational, 2nd at Intercontinental Championships 2023

Ian has proven himself to be one of America’s top Netrunner players, with a dominant year of Netrunner in 2023. After winning Cascadia in the summer, Ian would go on to get 2nd at Intercontinental Championships and end his year with an 8th place finish at worlds, ending up as the second highest placing American at worlds, behind fellow testing team member Dee. Ian is known for playing NBN Assets. The current Near Earth Hub combo archetype was built by him, and Ian played it with strong finishes last year. Criminal is another favorite of Ian, with him preferring Zahya and 419. The question is whether Ian will try to use the new cards to improve on his NEH Combo deck from last year, or will play something entirely else.

Charlie “Santa” McBride

From: Seattle, Washington
Notable Finishes: “Asia-Pacific Champion 2023, 5th at Cascadia, 5th at Intercontinental Championship 2023

A relative newcomer to Netrunner, Charlie has burst onto the Pacific-Northwest Netrunner scene. Known for his creative corp side deckbuilding and deliberate play, Charlie has racked up a series of impressive tournament placements. Winning APAC Continentals with an innovative Big Deal Outfit deck, Charlie would go to secure a top 8 placement at Cascadia later that month. Aggressive decks like Outfit have an edge in unknown metas, will Charlie fall back to Outfit or continue to experiment on corp side, even possibly playing Thule?

Dave “Ghostmeat” Laird

From: Victoria, British Columbia
Notable Finishes: 13th at World Championships 2020, 11th at World Championships 2021, West Coast American National Champion 2023, 1st at New Zealand Nationals 2020

Having played Netrunner for 8 years, Dave is a mainstay of the Canadian Netrunner scene. Dave has made the cut in a series of world championships, typically playing some brew of reg-anarch. Recently, Dave has swapped to playing Esa, taking xir to American Nationals in Los Angeles and securing a win! Dave is also fond of tempo NBN decks, and has had success on a tempo version of R+. For NANPC Vancouver, the question is whether Dave will end up on a safe reg anarch brew or try to burn down the corporation with Esa!

The competition at NANPC Vancouver is sure to be fierce, with even more top players lined up to compete on March 23rd. Players will race to see who can crack open this new meta first, as Rebellion Without Rehearsal hits the tables. Tune in on March 23rd at Rain City Netrunner to catch all the action, as runners fight to see who will win the first NANPC event of the year!

Tickets can be bought at: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/nanpcvancouver

More details on Always Be Running

We’re excited to host the first NANPC event in Vancouver! Come up to Canada and play against some of the best players the Pacific NorthWest has to offer, as attendees compete for prizes and circuit points!

Prizing will include the NANPC Fermenter Alt Art as well as NANPC acrylic dice. A H2 CO kit will be used to supplement prizing. Some additional prizing will be announced on the day.

As of publication, spoiler season for Rebellion Without Rehearsal the new Netrunner set will begin in March. We expect a release date for RwR will be announced shortly after spoiler season begins. If this release date is Before March 23rd, RwR will be legal at NANPC Vancouver.

We are currently in discussions with distributors to secure paper copies for March 23rd. If we are unable to do so, printed proxies will be legal. We will update attendees with more information as we get closer to the event.

We’d also like to announce a special alt art that will be given out at NANPC Vancouver and other west coast NANPC events!

This Hyperloop Extension will be given out at NANPC Vancouver, drawn by Vancouver’s very own Alec Morrison!

We hope to see you in Vancouver on March 23rd!

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