Alpha Clash Online World Championship - December 2026
This December, the Alpha Clash Online League crowns its first ever Online World Champion. Thirty two players, drawn from the Top 8 finishers of Online League Seasons 1 through 4, will compete in a single elimination bracket for the title and a spot in Alpha Clash history.
The Field
All 2026 Online League seasons have fed into this moment. When a season's Top 8 included a player who already qualified in an earlier season, that spot passed down to the next highest finisher who hadn't yet punched their ticket. Season 4 wraps yet this fall and fills out the final eight spots.
Want to qualify? Play Season 4. Want to improve your seed? Play Season 4 → Online League: Season 4 Sign-up
Seeding
Seeding is determined by each player's best season finish. A player who finished 8th in Season 1 but comes back to finish 2nd in Season 4 is seeded off that 2nd place result. You can only move up, never down, which can reward those who keep competing even after qualifying.
Where multiple players share the same best finish, seeding is broken by:
Cumulative points across seasons played
Cumulative match win percentage across seasons played
Opponents' match win percentage in their best season
Current standings below after Seasons 1-3:
No. 1 Seed: shane (1st S3, 39 pts)
No. 2 Seed: gaitherookiecontender (1st S1, 17 pts)
No. 3 Seed: melvinsm (1st S2, 17 pts)
No. 4 Seed: darkarmed098 (2nd S1, 39 pts)
No. 5 Seed: undefendable (2nd S3, 38 pts)
No. 6 Seed: reygon (2nd S2, 38 pts)
No. 7 Seed: fexar (3rd S3, 32 pts)
No. 8 Seed: tragic (3rd S1, 26 pts)
No. 9 Seed: madamely (3rd S2, 14 pts)
No. 10 Seed: jums (4th S1, 22 pts)
No. 11 Seed: damaster (4th S2, 19 pts)
No. 12 Seed: hassai0010 (4th S3, 13 pts)
No. 13 Seed: silou (5th S2, 38 pts)
No. 14 Seed: xiii (5th S3, 34 pts)
No. 15 Seed: sloppy (6th S3, 30 pts)
No. 16 Seed: eddyzone01 (6th S1, 14 pts)
No. 17 Seed: nopro (7th S1, 19 pts)
No. 18 Seed: avalogaming (8th S3, 30 pts)
No. 19 Seed: maxwellstonewall (8th S2 22 pts)
No. 20 Seed: josef (9th S3, 33 pts)
No. 21 Seed: gokusolos (9th S2, 13 pts)
No. 22 Seed: zst0rme (10th S3, 26 pts)
No. 23 Seed: papapon (11th S3, 26 pts)
No. 24 Seed: wiwwt (12th S3, 10 pts)
Final tournament seeding will be set once Season 4 concludes.
Format
The Online World Championship is a 32-player single elimination bracket. Every match is best-of-3, and the bracket runs five rounds: Round of 32, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals.
A winner must be declared in every match. If one player is unable to schedule or complete their match, that player forfeits and their opponent advances. If neither player can coordinate a time to play, both players are eliminated.
The same general rules from the Online League season play carry over to the Online World Championship. Matches are self-reported, with both players responsible for submitting the result. Players are expected to resolve games fairly, though judges are available in the Alpha Clash Discord Judge channel for questions or disputes. Players may bring a different deck each round if they choose, but once a match begins, that same deck must be used for both games within the match.
Schedule
Matches are played on TCG Arena by default, or any other agreed upon method. Each round runs four full 24-hour days, giving players across every time zone real room to find a time that works.
Round of 32: Monday, November 30 - Friday, December 4
Round of 16: Friday, December 4 - Tuesday, December 8
Quarterfinals: Tuesday, December 8 - Saturday, December 12
Semifinals: Saturday, December 12 - Wednesday, December 16
Finals: Wednesday, December 16 - Sunday, December 20
All rounds begin at 3:00 PM PST (6:00 PM EST, 7:00 AM PHT the following day). An Online World Champion will be crowned by December 20th.
Prizing
This is a free event, open to every qualified player regardless of where they are in the world.
Champion: 8 Booster Boxes, World Championship Belt, World Championships Promo Card, 25,000 XP
Runner-up: 4 Booster Boxes, World Championships Promo Card, 10,000 XP
Semifinalists (3rd to 4th): 2 Booster Boxes, World Championships Promo Card, 5,000 XP
Quarterfinalists (5th to 8th):1 Booster Box, World Championships Promo Card, 2,500 XP
9th to 16th: World Championships Promo Card, 1,000 XP
17th to 32nd: World Championships Promo Card, 500 XP
Event Card
Event cards are an integral piece of Alpha Clash organized play, and we couldn't have a World Championship without mixing it up.
Here's how it works: this Relic starts in play under each player's control at the start of every game and gets Safeguard for the duration of the event.
Thank You
None of this happens without the players who showed for Online League this year, coordinated matches across a dozen time zones, and proved that Alpha Clash competition has no borders. Season 4 registration is open. Your next match could be your last step to becoming our first Online World Champion.