June 30 - July 2, 2023
Columbus, Ohio
2023 North American International Championships
Battle Styles - Paldea Evolved
• The 2023 North American International Championships returned to Columbus for a fifth year in a row. It was a three-day event where anyone was welcome to play. (NOTE: All three waves of this event's online registration capped out within seconds, followed by a forth limited wave letting a few more players into the event just one week prior.)
• Day 1 consisted of 9 rounds (Best of 3), in which 1897 players competed in Day 1. All players with 19 match points or more moved on to Day 2. (193 players competed in Day 2) Day 2 consisted of 6 additional rounds of Swiss, resulting in a cut of Top 8. Top 8 & Top 4 matches were played out that night, saving each division's finals for Championship Sunday.
• For the first time ever, during the final trophy ceremony, Anna Prosser (the host) made a surprise announcement showing off some early details on a few Regional & Special Event locations to look forward to in the 2024 season.
Prizing:
• 1st Place
$10,000
• 2nd Place
$5,000
• Top 4
$2,500
• Top 8
$1,500
• Top 16
$1,000
• Top 32
$750
• Top 64
$500
(Top 8 finishers all received a case of 6 Booster Boxes.)
(Top 16 finishers all received 4 Booster Boxes.)
(Top 32 finishers all received 2 Booster Boxes.)
(Top 64 finishers all received 1 Booster Box.)
Legal Cards: (E-block - on)
Sets below contain 'E-block - on' cards that were legal for this format.
(Not all cards and promos in the below sets were legal. ie. Some sets contain rotated D-block cards.)
SWSH100 - SWSH305
SVP001 - SVP027
Host:
Anna Prosser
TCG Casters:
Chip Richey
Jeremy Jallen
Pablo Meza
Adam Watson
Shelbie Bou
Travel Stipends:
Players that earned the most amount of Championship Points between Feb 19 - April 16, 2023 received a travel award to NAIC.
(Top 4 Players received their Travel Stipend prior to NAIC.)
(Top 16 Players received their $1,000 Travel Stipend after NAIC, but only if they competed in the event.)
(Players that had the same amount of CP as 16th Place also received a stipend.)
(Top 4 players under the age of 18 received $5,000 if IC was outside of their region, $2,500 if in their region.)
US & Canada Travel Awardees
- Alex Schemanske
- Aidan Khus
- Nicholas Moffitt
- Ian Robb
- Brandon Salazar
- Piper Lepine
- Drew Hedrick
- Grant Shen
- Ciaran Farah
- Gabriel Smart
- Eric Rodriguez
- Raymond Long
- Grant Hays
- Andrew Mahone
- Regan Retzloff
- Max Johnson
- Noah Sawyer
- Vaughn O'Brien
Europe Travel Awardees
- Tord Reklev
- Pedro Torres
- Hermanni Hietalahti
- Yoann Barszezak
- Ole Stognief
- Miłosz Dyrlica
- Edwyn Mesman
- Paulo Mimoso
- Robert Kinbrum
- Alessandro Cremascoli
- Nico Alabas
- Keau
- Tony Yates
- Bryan de Vries
- Robin Schulz
- Fabio Spanò
- Ryan Pang
- Simone Fiorito
- Juho Kallama
- Christian Tuomi
Latin America Travel Awardees
- Pablo Meza
- Diego Barrera
- Murilo Merc
- William Azevedo
- Pedro Pertusi
- Otavio Gouveia
- Gustavo Wada
- Andres Torres
- Diego Cassiraga
- Jonathan Fabrizio B
- Dalton Acchetta
- Fabrizio Silva
- Ian Fukuda
- Carlos Astete
- Yerco Valencia
- Benjamin Ferrel
Oceania Travel Awardees
- Brent Tonisson
- Natalie Millar
- Derick Dao
- James Williams
- Jeremy Evans
- Jake Lazzari
- Matthew Burris
- Blake Davies
- BlastoiseBeach
- Jeremy Lim
- Joko Wong
- Mat Masefield
- Angus Johnson
- Tim Franklin
- Courtney Fox
- Benjamin Hall
Prizing:
Host:
Anna Prosser
TCG Casters:
Chip Richey
Jeremy Jallen
Pablo Meza
Adam Watson
Shelbie Bou