We got a handful of new players in Portland, and I hear Salem did, too. I've wanted to explore matchups in the Core format for a while now, and what better way than with a tournament? Come play with those cards you just got for Christmas! Come play R+ again! Come snag some cool alt-arts! Maybe Phoenix is actually playable in Core!

Huge thanks to Complicated Reality and ManintheMoon for donating, like, half the prizing! There's lots of stuff and lots of ways to get it, from first place to last place and everything in between. Plus a set of Sure Gambles and Hedge Funds just for showing up!

System Gateway + Elevation
No banlist
6 rounds Single-Sided Swiss
$0-20 sliding scale entry. ($15 suggested, no one turned away for lack of credits)
Jan 10, 2026
Time and Location TBA

Additional prizes and information

Top Placement:

• Night Network playmat - Illus. and Prod. Complicated Reality
• 3x Foil Mahkota Langit Grid - Illus. Henry A. Papprill & John W. Hill, Prod. ManintheMoon

2nd place:
Choose one dual-sided ID from NSG's 2021 Startup Prize Kit

• Zahya Sadeghi/Tāo Salonga - Illus. Benjamin Giletti
• Precision Design/Built to Last - Illus. Emilio Rodríguez
  as well as whichever acrylic ID 3rd place didn't take.

3rd Place:
Choose one acrylic ID from ManintheMoon

• AU Co. - Illus. Aleksandra Simonović
• Built to Last - Illus. Emilio Rodríguez
  as well as whichever double-sided ID 2nd place didn't take.

Top 5:

• 3x Biawak - Illus. Anthony Hutchings (NSG 2025 Q4 GNK)

Bottom 5:

• 3x Jailbreak - Illus. David Lei (NSG 2021 Startup Prize Kit)
• 3x Send a Message - Illus. David Lei (NSG 2021 Startup Prize Kit)

(If there's fewer than 10 people, those who are in both the top and bottom 5 will get their choice of one prize or the other, not both.)

Last place:

• Any single playset or ID from netrunnercards.net. (I obviously won't be able to have it ready for you at the end of the tournament, but I'll order it for you before we leave the venue.)

Win at least one game*:

• 3x Azimat - Illus. Elwin "Jakuza" Rumplmair (NSG 2025 Q4 GNK)

First 5 people to pre-"register" here on Always Be Running (and actually come to the tournament):

• 3x Spin Doctors - Lucius Felimus

Everybody*:

• 3x Sure Gamble - Illus. Zoe Hope, Prod. The Tag Mill**
• 3x Hedge Stonks - Illus. Lucius Felimus
  Choose one from the Netrunnercards.net Community Art Pack (ManintheMoon)**:
• 1x Precision Design - Illus. Manuel R.
• 1x AU Co - Illus. Manuel R.
• 1x Magdalene - Illus. Manuel R.
• 1x Synapse Global - Illus. ElessarEllie
• 1x René "Loup" Arcemont - Illus. ElessarEllie
• 3x Rising Tide - Illus. ElessarEllie
• 3x Flyswatter - Illus. Lunari
• 3x Azimat - Illus. Lunari
• 3x Regolith Mining License - Illus. monde
• 3x Botulus - Illus. Cat Shen, Ed. Wentagon
• 3x Spin Doctor - Illus. David Lei, Ed. Phill the Canadian
• Any leftovers from the other prizing

*If we somehow run out, I'll issue IOUs and order more ASAP.
**Drafted by player ranking, while supplies last