World Championships 2025

Riley McKay won this one, with Gardevoir.

@RileyMcKay1212

And that deck still stands up: our catalogue finds all 60 of its cards in today's format. You could build it exactly as it is and go play with it.

The top of the standings

The first eight places, in order. At Worlds those are the players still standing on the last day, the ones everybody is watching. The rest of the standings is right below, if you want to go through it.

The top of the standings

Place	Player	Deck	Their list
1st	Riley McKayCA@RileyMcKay1212	Gardevoir	posted
2nd	Justin NewdorfUS@Goomy35Fan	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
3rd	SNShizuki NakagawaJP	Raging Bolt exon stream they call it “Raging Bolt Ogerpon”	posted
4th	JTJunya TanakaJP	Charizard Pidgeot	posted
5th	Öjvind SvinhufvudFI@OjvindSvinhufvu	Charizard Pidgeot	posted
6th	Mateusz ŁaszkiewiczPL@Jezyk46	N's Zoroark ex	posted
7th	Piper LepineUS@piperlepine	Gholdengo	posted
8th	Marco Cifuentes MetaCL@marcoci37924707	N's Zoroark ex	posted

See all 127 places, player by playerFold the standings back up

Everybody is here, from ninth place all the way down. These players made the trip and earned their seat in the room, so they get a name and a deck like everyone else. If you follow someone, this is where you'll find them.

See all 127 places, player by player

Place	Player	Deck	Their list
9th	LKLanden KaetlerCA	Gholdengo	posted
10th	DYDaigo YoshiharaJP	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
11th	RTRyota TanakaJP	Gholdengo	posted
12th	MBMatt BacnisUS	Charizard Pidgeot	posted
13th	EOEsteban O’CompleyCL	Gholdengo	posted
14th	Calvin ConnorUS@CalvinConnorTCG	Gardevoir	posted
15th	Benny BillingerCA@BennyBillinger	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
16th	AOAaron Arturo Aguirre OsunaMX	Gholdengo Joltik Box	posted
17th	Keito AraiJP@sokesokesoke200	Dragapult ex	posted
18th	Kian AminiUS@KianNakano	Gardevoir Jellicent	posted
19th	JGJulian Gort-BarryCA	Gholdengo	posted
20th	ABAugusto Cesar BeringuerBR	Raging Bolt exon stream they call it “Raging Bolt Ogerpon”	posted
21st	Ciaran FarahCA@ciaran_tcg	Gholdengo	posted
22nd	SSShoichi SaitoJP	Raging Bolt exon stream they call it “Raging Bolt Ogerpon”	posted
23rd	Gabriel SmartUS@SmartTCG	Gholdengo	posted
24th	LHLok Kan HuiHK	Raging Bolt exon stream they call it “Raging Bolt Ogerpon”	posted
25th	PRPreston RutledgeUS	Gardevoir	posted
26th	MKMisaki KumadaJP	Gholdengo	posted
27th	Noah SakadjianUS@noahlesak	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
28th	TITaisei ItoJP	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
29th	Andres LostaunauPE@Freewer30	Gholdengo	posted
30th	TRTrevore ReadCA	Gholdengo	posted
31st	Alex SchemanskeUS@aschemanske	Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotomon stream they call it “Tera Box”	posted
32nd	NSNathan SpryAU	Ho-Oh Armarouge	posted
33rd	NFNerses FatunzDE	Gholdengo	posted
34th	Caleb RogersonUS@MeMaanhc	Gholdengo	posted
35th	DRDavid Walerian RzepkaDE	Dragapult ex	posted
36th	JLJulio Santos De LeonPR	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
37th	William AzevedoBR@williamfenselau	Gardevoir	posted
38th	VLVianney LeroyFR	Gholdengo	posted
39th	Daniel MagdaCZ@Ch0mp_Chomp_	Gholdengo	posted
40th	CKChung Yin KwanHK	Dragapult Charizard	posted
41st	ACAaron CurryUS	Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass	posted
42nd	VLVitor LugonBR	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
43rd	Nico AlabasDE@carrypotter_1	Raging Bolt exon stream they call it “Raging Bolt Ogerpon”	posted
44th	ASAnselm SimSG	Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass	posted
45th	MCMaddox CorcoranUS	Gholdengo	posted
46th	YAYoshiyuki AraiJP	Dragapult ex	posted
47th	Bodhi RobinsonUS@BodhiRobinson	Gholdengo	posted
48th	YTYuya TadaJP	Gholdengo	posted
49th	Yerco ValenciaCL@GalvezYerco	Raging Bolt exon stream they call it “Raging Bolt Ogerpon”	posted
50th	CCChunhchih ChenTW	Joltikon stream they call it “Joltik Box”	posted
51st	AMAndre Bortoni MirandaBR	Raging Bolt exon stream they call it “Raging Bolt Ogerpon”	posted
52nd	TLThomas LaunayFR	Gholdengo	posted
53rd	RCRaito ChikuJP	Raging Bolt exon stream they call it “Raging Bolt Ogerpon”	posted
54th	WLWichakorn LohavichitranonTH	Gholdengo	posted
55th	KNKarin NondetkulTH	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
56th	HSHayato SuzukiJP	Dragapult ex	posted
57th	HCHuichan ChunKR	Flareon ex / Noctowl	posted
58th	DPDaniel PowellGB	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
59th	AZAndrea ZoratIT	Flareon ex / Noctowl	posted
60th	KSKazuki SugimotoJP	Dragapult Charizard	posted
61st	JGJack Gregory-CampbellGB	Flareon ex / Noctowl	posted
62nd	DSDario ScarnòIT	Flareon ex / Noctowl	posted
63rd	FCFernando CifuentesCL	Blissey	posted
64th	SSSamuel ScimeCA	Gholdengo	posted
65th	RYRafael YuitiBR	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
66th	SSShinnosuke SatoJP	Gholdengo	posted
67th	YKYusuke KoaraJP	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
68th	VFVictor FreitasBR	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
69th	SAShunki AidaJP	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
70th	FCFabio CozzolinoBR	Gholdengo	posted
71st	Hermanni HietalahtiFI@herppuu	Raging Bolt exon stream they call it “Raging Bolt Ogerpon”	posted
72nd	Jon EngUS@Jonner909	Gholdengo	posted
73rd	Henry ChaoUS@hchao999	Gardevoir Jellicent	posted
74th	JKJelle van KampenNL	Gholdengo	posted
75th	MNMatěj NesvadbaCZ	Charizard Dragapult	posted
76th	Haru NishikawaJP@haruN_poke	Dragapult ex	posted
77th	SASammy AllenUS	Raging Bolt exon stream they call it “Raging Bolt Ogerpon”	posted
78th	Pedro PertusiBR@PedroPertusi	Gardevoir	posted
79th	KMKim MinsukKR	Gardevoir	posted
80th	JSJesse SpencerUS	Gardevoir	posted
81st	ZWZixuan WangCN	Flareon ex / Noctowl	posted
82nd	CMCyrus McCaneUS	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
83rd	WLWoraat LimpanyalertTH	Dragapult ex	posted
84th	Grant ShenUS@gshen0603	Gholdengo	posted
85th	HKHitotsugu KonoJP	Raging Bolt exon stream they call it “Raging Bolt Ogerpon”	posted
86th	RMRyunosuke MurataJP	Milotic Farigiraf	posted
87th	SVSteven VareskoUS	Gholdengo	posted
88th	EKEdmund KhooSG	Flareon ex / Noctowl	posted
89th	HMHarel ManhaimIL	Raging Bolt exon stream they call it “Raging Bolt Ogerpon”	posted
90th	JHJuyoung HongKR	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
91st	JJJalen JonesUS	Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass	posted
92nd	HHHui Yuan HuangTW	Gholdengo	posted
93rd	João Pedro Medeiros ZambranoBR@JoaoMedeirosTCG	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
94th	HYHin Long YungHK	Raging Bolt exon stream they call it “Raging Bolt Ogerpon”	posted
95th	DODaekyung OkKR	Gardevoir	posted
96th	SCSu Chia-HsingTW	Charizard Dragapult	posted
97th	OROwen RhoadsUS	Joltikon stream they call it “Joltik Box”	posted
98th	CMCarter MalnaikUS	Raging Bolt exon stream they call it “Raging Bolt Ogerpon”	posted
99th	VOVincent OwenUS	Gholdengo	posted
100th	BBBartosz BialikPL	N's Zoroark ex	posted
101st	JGJeremy GumilaUS	Charizard Dusknoir	posted
102nd	LFLeandro FernandesBR	Gardevoir	posted
103rd	YYYu Che YangTW	Charizard Pidgeot	posted
104th	Miłosz DyrlicaPL@MiloszDyrlica	Charizard Dragapult	posted
105th	Nathan GinsburgUS@NginTCG	Gholdengo	posted
106th	SMSodai MasudaJP	Joltikon stream they call it “Joltik Box”	posted
107th	CHChuan HaoCN	Gholdengo	posted
108th	TKTakuto KyubunJP	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
109th	EREemeli ReijonenFI	Gholdengo	posted
110th	JSJason Wee Chee SiangMY	Gholdengo	posted
111th	NGNico GistUS	Gholdengo	posted
112th	CCChristian ChaseUS	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
113th	Drew StephensonGB@ChiseledSloth	Gholdengo	posted
114th	Abaan AhmedUS@abaantcg	Gholdengo	posted
115th	James KowalskiUS@Alloutblitzle	Raging Bolt exon stream they call it “Raging Bolt Ogerpon”	posted
116th	SFSimon FengCA	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
117th	KKKonsta KallamaFI	Gardevoir	posted
118th	PHPang Kai HingHK	Charizard Pidgeot	posted
119th	RMRuben Alejandro Canul MendozaMX	Joltikon stream they call it “Joltik Box”	posted
120th	SKSo KoiwaiJP	Raging Bolt exon stream they call it “Raging Bolt Ogerpon”	posted
121st	LBLewis BeckGB	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
122nd	JHJan HausmannDE	Gholdengo	posted
123rd	FTFelix TreadwellGB	Gholdengo	posted
124th	LPLuke ParkesGB	Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	posted
125th	TUTakumi UemuraJP	Gholdengo	posted
126th	SOShunsuke OzawaJP	Dragapult Charizard	posted
127th	JHJianjian HeCN	Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass	posted

All 127 lists in the standings are up, and we've read every one of them.

What players brought

127 places in the standings, and here are the decks that were in the bags. A deck showing up a lot mostly tells you plenty of people bet on it before they knew what they'd be facing. To find out whether it delivered, look at the column next to it: the best place it actually took.

Of the 19 different decks that were in the bags that weekend, we still find 8 in the lists we harvest today.

What's inside those decks

We were able to read 127 lists out of the 127 places in the standings. Here are the cards that turn up most often in them. A card that's in nearly every list usually isn't what separates two decks: it's what the format makes everybody play. Worth knowing before you go hunting for the rare card that changes everything.

Among them, 85 different cards already carry the H that's on its way out.

When exactly? Nobody knows yet — no date has been announced. What we do know is how it went last time. The letter G dropped on 10 April 2026 at your store, and two weeks earlier on Pokémon TCG Live, on 26 March 2026. The announcement came on 9 January 2026, a good three months ahead. So: you have all autumn and all winter to play your H cards, and you'll get plenty of warning before they go.

The standings, all 127 places, are on Limitless too — that’s where we read them.

Every World Championship we have on file gets its own page, with the standings in full. Year to year, you can watch the game change in front of you.

• Worlds 2026, this year’s
• World Championships 2024

The table of decks being played right now is our own count. Those are tournament lists we harvest several times a day and read card by card against our catalogue.

The standings on Limitless