NA Regional - Louisville Recap

October 12-13, 2024

The 2nd North American regional of the 2024-25 Season was held in Lousivllie, Kentucky this past weekend (October 12-13, 2024). There were over 2300 total TCG competitors across 3 divisions competing in this 2 day event. Here is a recap of all the results, statistics and meta game from the tournament.

Re-Watch Day 1:

Re-Watch Day 2:

The Statistics:

Total Players: 2766
  • Masters: 
    • 1938 Total Competitors
    • 8 Day 1 Swiss Rounds, 
    • 4 Day 2 Swiss Rounds
    • Top 8 Cut
  • Seniors: 
    • 268 Total Competitors
    • 8 Day 1 Swiss Rounds
    • 2 Day 2 Swiss Rounds
    • Top 9 Asymmetrical Cut
  • Juniors: 
    • 161 Total Competitors
    • 7 Day 1 Swiss Rounds
    • 2 Day 2 Swiss Rounds
    • Top 8 Cut
 

Meta Breakdown:

Here is a look at the Day 1 Meta Breakdown from Louisville (Masters)
Here is a look at the Day 2 Meta Breakdown:
Here is a look at the Top 8 Decks from the Louisville Regional Masters Division.

Results - Masters Division:

After 13 Swiss Rounds over 2 days, we ended up with a Top cut of 8 Players. See below for the results from Top Cut:
Caleb Gedemer gets the win with Raging Bolt. Head over to Limitless TCG for decklists from the Masters Top 8 and eventually all Day 2 competitors
We had 3 Australian Masters playing in the Louisville Regional. None of the 3 progessesd to day 2 this weekend.
  • Brent Tonisson – finished 484/1938 after an 0-3 start, he came back to win 5 straight and finish 5-3
  • Morris Arnold – finished 820/1938, after winning his first round, he dropped the next for to start 1-4 before coming back to win his final 3 games for a 4-4 record.
  • Anton Piccio – finished 874/1938, His first 4 rounds he went 1-1-2 before trading wins and losses the final 4 rounds to finish 3-3-2
 

Results - Senior Division:

Here are the full results from the Senior Division Assymetrical Top Cut of 10 Players

Results - Junior Division:

Here are the full results from the Senior Division Top Cut of 10 Players
We had 2 Juniors from NSW competing in the Louisville Regional.
William Lu – William finished with a phenomenal 7-3 record, earning a Top 8 at the Louisville Regional, finishing in 7th place after ending his run in the first round of the single-elimination tournament. Congrats to him on this splendid result

Nancy Lu – Nancy started the Day 1 Swiss rounds with 2 straight wins before dropping the next 2. Winning 2 of the last 3 gave Nancy a 4-3 record and a 54/161 finish which was good enough to earn Championship Points!

Congrats again to all of our Junior competitors making Australia proud!

More Info:

Here are some helpful links for even more in-depth analysis of the Baltimore Regional:
  • Limitless TCG Decklists – Decklists and Results from Masters in Day 2 (great for copy/paste to TCG Live)
  • Azul.gg Live Stream Day 1 and Day 2 – Amazing in-depth analysis from Azul who was live streaming Day 1 and 2 of the tournament