Ultimate Guard European Magic Series, Season 25/26 Round 2 RCQs and Destination Qualifiers recap
As essential pillars of the Magic: The Gathering tabletop Premier Play ecosystem, Regional Championship Qualifiers (RCQs) and Destination Qualifiers offer players their gateway to the grand stage. Here is a retrospective look at Season 2025/26 Round 3.
Ben Short
Season 25/26 Round 3 - RCQs
Season 2025/26 Round 3 of the Ultimate Guard European Magic Series saw nearly 700 RCQ events run in 310 different game stores across 34 countries in the EMEA region in the November 2025 – March 2026 period. The winners of the Season 2025/26 Round 3 RCQ events earned their seats at the Ultimate Guard European Magic Series Regional Championship Prague (RC) which happened on May 29-31 2026.
Format
For Season 2025/26 Round 3, game stores could choose to run RCQ events in either Standard or Limited format.
Standard proved to be the most popular format with a massive 78% of game stores opting for this format.
Breakdown by Country - RCQs
Season 2025/26 Round 3 RCQ events were run in 34 different countries.
Italy (247), Spain (66), the United Kingdom (57) and Germany (51) led the way with the largest number of reported RCQ events.
| Country | Number of reported RCQ events in Round 1 | Number of reported RCQ events in Round 2 | Number of reported RCQ events in Round 3 |
| Italy | 302 | 285 | 247 |
| Spain | 133 | 96 | 66 |
| United Kingdom | 82 | 80 | 57 |
| Germany | 51 |
Breakdown by Country - Destination Qualifiers
Working with our partners, eleven Destination Qualifiers were hosted across six different countries in Season 2025/26 Round 3.
Event | Slots Available |
Dungeon Street (Italy) | 16 |
Pan Mysza (Poland) | 8 |
Metropolis Center (Spain) | 8 |
Games Island (Germany) | 8 |
Lotus Vale (Germany) | 8 |
Rarehuntershop (Germany) | 4 |
eFantasy.gr (Greece) | 8 |
Dungeon Street (Italy) | 8 |
Reggio Comics 2 (Italy) | 4 |
SideQuest (Poland) | 5 |
Mythic Goblin (UK) | 8 |
Destination Qualifiers pictures
Season 2026/27 Round 1
A new season and round is upon us! Season 2026/27 Round 1 RCQs are already underway. You still have the opportunity to qualify for the Ultimate Guard European Magic Series Regional Championship Ghent (9-11 October 2026) with RCQ events running until the start of August 2026.
Full details of remaining local game store RCQ events and Destination Qualifiers can be found here.
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