UniVersus 2025 Worlds

Side Event Schedule

On Demand
EVENT ENTRY FEE FORMAT PRIZING CAPACITY DESCRIPTION
Cardslinging $15 Any Format
1 Bo1 Round with UVS Staff		 4 Tickets participation [8 during Happy Hour] NA Sit a spell for a game against our very own UVS Games staff! You may bring a deck of any format, but UVS Games staff are only guaranteed to have Standard format decks.
PvE $15 1 Boss Battle 4 Tickets participation NA Assemble your party and prepare for the fight of your lives in a Boss Battle! Players will be provided a random boss and may use cards from any format.
Standard $15 Standard Format
3 Bo1 Swiss Rounds		 3 Tickets participation
+2 Tickets per round win
+1 Ticket per round draw		 NA
MHA Spotlight $15 MHA Spotlight Format
3 Bo1 Swiss Rounds		 3 Tickets participation
+2 Tickets per round win
+1 Ticket per round draw		 NA
Hero Too $15 Hero Two Format
3 Bo1 Swiss Rounds		 3 Tickets participation
+2 Tickets per round win
+1 Ticket per round draw		 NA
3v3 $15 3v3 Format
1 Bo1 Swiss Round		 3 Tickets participation
+2 Tickets per round win
+1 Ticket per round draw		 NA
Friday
LINK NAME WHEN ENTRY FEE FORMAT PRIZING CAPACITY DESCRIPTION
Event 1 Double Ticket Takedown [Standard] Friday – 10:00AM $25 Standard Constructed
3 Bo3 Swiss Rounds		 6 Tickets participation
+4 Tickets per round win
+2 Tickets per round draw		 Uncapped Test your mettle in our classic Standard format, but with double the loot! Twice the tickets, double the fall.
Event 2 Double Ticket Takedown [Hero Too] Friday – 12:00PM $25 Hero Too Format
3 Bo3 Swiss Rounds		 6 Tickets participation
+4 Tickets per round win
+2 Tickets per round draw		 Uncapped Double the eras and double the rewards! Explore the silver age of UniVersus in our new Hero Too format! Legal sets include MHA01 through current product release [KOF Challenger Series] and follows the Standard and MHA Spotlight banlists.
Event 3 Double Ticket Takedown [3v3] Friday  – 2:00PM $25 3v3 Format
3 Bo1 Swiss Rounds		 6 Tickets participation
+4 Tickets per round win
+2 Tickets per round draw		 Uncapped Three characters. One Match. Two times the prizing! Enter the ring in our new 3v3 format! Players must bring one deck with three different legal characters. Check out the full ruleset here!
Event 4 THE CUUUUBE – Nick Ragan Cube Draft Friday – 3:00PM $15 Cube Draft Format
3 Bo1 Swiss Rounds		 3 Tickets participation
+2 Tickets per round win
+1 Ticket per round draw		 16 The best unofficial side event is on the books now! Come experience the community-famous draft experience of Nicholas Ragan’s Cube! Featuring cards from all different ages, it’s time to play your way through the history books of UniVersus! Players will construct a deck draft-format using The Cube, no deck necessary.
Event 5 Double Ticket Takedown [MHA Spotlight] Friday – 4:00PM $25 MHA Spotlight Format
3 Bo3 Swiss Rounds		 6 Tickets participation
+4 Tickets per round win
+2 Tickets per round draw		 Uncapped Prove yourself the greatest hero or the vilest villain of My Hero Academia! Fame and (Twice the) fortune await you in MHA Spotlight! Legal cards include all My Hero Academia IP cards and follows the MHA Spotlight banlist.
Event 6 Friday Night Retro Friday – 5:30PM $15 Retro Format
3 Bo3 Swiss Rounds		 3 Tickets participation
+2 Tickets per round win
+1 Ticket per round draw		 Uncapped Retro returns, but with some new twists! Look forward to some exciting, community inspired updates to this classic format!
Event 7  GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- Sealed Friday – 5:30PM $35 Guilty Gear Sealed
3 Bo1 Swiss Rounds		 GGST Prerelease Kit & 3 Tickets participation
+2 Tickets per round win
+1 Ticket per round draw
+1 GGST Pack per round win		 64 Tension is rising, and the smell of the game is in the air! Show off your deckbuilding prowess and prove yourself in GGST Sealed! Using 6 provided packs, players will construct a 40 card minimum deck. Symbol restrictions are ignored. If a Player cycles, they remove 5 cards instead.
Saturday
LINK NAME WHEN ENTRY FEE FORMAT PRIZING CAPACITY DESCRIPTION
Event 8 Double Ticket Takedown [Standard] Saturday – 10:00AM $25 Standard Constructed
3 Bo3 Swiss Rounds		 6 Tickets participation
+4 Tickets per round win
+2 Tickets per round draw		 Uncapped Test your mettle in our classic Standard format, but with double the loot! Twice the tickets, double the fall.
Event 9 Double Ticket Takedown [Hero Too] Saturday – 11:00PM $25 Hero Too Format
3 Bo3 Swiss Rounds		 6 Tickets participation
+4 Tickets per round win
+2 Tickets per round draw		 Uncapped Double the eras and double the rewards! Explore the silver age of UniVersus in our new Hero Too format! Legal sets include MHA01 through current product release [KOF Challenger Series] and follows the Standard and MHA Spotlight banlists.
Event 10 Double Ticket Takedown [3v3] Saturday – 12:00PM $25 3v3 Format
3 Bo1 Swiss Rounds		 6 Tickets participation
+4 Tickets per round win
+2 Tickets per round draw		 Uncapped Three characters. One Match. Enter the ring in our new 3v3 format! Players must bring one deck with three different legal characters. Check out the full ruleset here!
Event 11 Godzilla: Reign of Kaiju Prerelease Saturday – 3:00PM $35 Godzilla Sealed
3 Bo1 Swiss Rounds		 Godzilla Prerelease Kit & 3 Tickets participation
+2 Tickets per round win
+1 Ticket per round draw
+1 GDZ Pack per round win		 128 You thought Godzilla would follow a schedule? The reign of kaiju is stomping in ahead of time! Come and get an early look at this monster-sized set in this super prerelease! Using 6 provided packs, players will construct a 40 card minimum deck. Symbol restrictions are ignored. If a Player cycles, they remove 5 cards instead.
Event 12 Saturday Night Retro Saturday – 5:30PM $15 Retro Format
3 Bo3 Swiss Rounds		 3 Tickets participation
+2 Tickets per round win
+1 Ticket per round draw		 Uncapped Retro returns, but with some new twists! Look forward to some exciting, community inspired updates to this classic format!
Event 13 GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- Sealed Saturday – 5:30PM $35 Guilty Gear Sealed
3 Bo1 Swiss Rounds		 GGST Prerelease Kit & 3 Tickets participation
+2 Tickets per round win
+1 Ticket per round draw
+1 GGST Pack per round win		 64 Tension is rising, and the smell of the game is in the air! Show off your deckbuilding prowess and prove yourself in GGST Sealed! Using 6 provided packs, players will construct a 40 card minimum deck. Symbol restrictions are ignored. If a Player cycles, they remove 5 cards instead.
Sunday
LINK NAME WHEN ENTRY FEE FORMAT PRIZING CAPACITY DESCRIPTION
Event 14 2025 Teams Championship Sunday – 10:00AM $45 ($15 per player) Teams Format
X Bo3 Swiss Rounds
Top X Cut		 9 Tickets participation
+6 Tickets per round win
+3 Tickets per round draw
1st Place Team: 3 Teams Belts		 Uncapped Grab your friends and join together in Teams format! A UniVersus staple, players will form teams of 3 and face off against each other! The strongest team will walk away with a set of champion belts to commemorate their win forever!

Teams may not share any character cards between their decks and cannot have more than two playsets of a card amongst all three team members. Before match start, players reveal their characters simultaneously. Randomly determine which team gets first pick of pairings. Once matches are in progress, players on the same team may not assist one another with gameplay decisions.
Event 15 Double Ticket Takedown [Standard] Sunday – 10:00AM $25 Standard Constructed
3 Bo3 Swiss Rounds		 6 Tickets participation
+4 Tickets per round win
+2 Tickets per round draw		 Uncapped Test your mettle in our classic Standard format, but with double the loot! Twice the tickets, double the fall.
Event 16 Double Ticket Takedown [Hero Too] Sunday – 11:00PM $25 Hero Too Format
3 Bo3 Swiss Rounds		 6 Tickets participation
+4 Tickets per round win
+2 Tickets per round draw		 Uncapped Double the eras and double the rewards! Explore the silver age of UniVersus in our new Hero Too format! Legal sets include MHA01 through current product release [KOF Challenger Series] and follows the Standard and MHA Spotlight banlists.
Event 17 Double Ticket Takedown [3v3] Sunday – 12:00PM $25 3v3 Format
3 Bo1 Swiss Rounds		 6 Tickets participation
+4 Tickets per round win
+2 Tickets per round draw		 Uncapped Three characters. One Match. Enter the ring in our new 3v3 format! Players must bring one deck with three different legal characters. Check out the full ruleset here!
Event 18 Godzilla: Reign of Kaiju Prerelease Friday – 3:00PM $35 Godzilla Sealed
3 Bo1 Swiss Rounds		 Godzilla Prerelease Kit & 3 Tickets participation
+2 Tickets per round win
+1 Ticket per round draw
+1 GDZ Pack per round win		 128 You thought Godzilla would follow a schedule? The reign of kaiju is stomping in ahead of time! Come and get an early look at this monster-sized set in this super prerelease! Using 6 provided packs, players will construct a 40 card minimum deck. Symbol restrictions are ignored. If a Player cycles, they remove 5 cards instead.
Event 19 Sunday Night Retro Sunday – 5:30PM $15 Retro Format
3 Bo3 Swiss Rounds		 3 Tickets participation
+2 Tickets per round win
+1 Ticket per round draw		 Uncapped Retro returns, but with some new twists! Look forward to some exciting, community inspired updates to this classic format!
Event 20 GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- Sealed Saturday – 5:30PM $35 Guilty Gear Sealed
3 Bo1 Swiss Rounds		 GGST Prerelease Kit & 3 Tickets participation
+2 Tickets per round win
+1 Ticket per round draw
+1 GGST Pack per round win		 64 Tension is rising, and the smell of the game is in the air! Show off your deckbuilding prowess and prove yourself in GGST Sealed! Using 6 provided packs, players will construct a 40 card minimum deck. Symbol restrictions are ignored. If a Player cycles, they remove 5 cards instead.

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