Cyberdeck Ep28: Judge Program 1.0 and EOR Side Events

On September 17, we reported that WeirdCo still hadn’t explained how to become a Cyberpunk TCG judge. Nine days later, on September 26, the company said a judge program and testing procedure were coming in October. October is here. WeirdCo officially launched Judge Program 1.0 on October 16, the same day Episode 28 of the Cyberdeck Podcast dropped. Levi Lalonde, the Organized Play Manager, walked through the program and the Edgerunner Open Regional side events. Then, on October 19, WeirdCo posted the promised side event preview. It lines up with what Levi said on the show.

Between the podcast and the official pages, most of the picture is now in place. The sources don’t all carry the same weight, though. We treat the October 16 judge announcement, the EOR page, the tournament rules as of September 25, 2026, the Night City Brawl and Night City Showdown previews, and the October 19 side event preview as official. Anything found only in the episode is labeled that way, especially the EOR judge pack and Levi Lalonde’s take on the program. The promised details have finally landed.

The transcript uses automatic English subtitles and doesn’t identify speakers. Context points to Cree „Kawa“ Gunning and Paweł Burza joining Levi. Card and event names follow their official spelling, even when the subtitles get them wrong.

Levels, Tests, Thresholds, and the Judge Discord

The official program has three tiers: Level 1 is „LGS judge,“ Level 2 is „Regional Judge,“ and Level 3 is „Expert Regional Judge.“ The announcement says the Basic and Intermediate tests are live now. Both are on the new judge program page at CyberpunkTCG.com once you log in. The Level 3 test isn’t available yet. Miss the Basic or Intermediate mark and the next attempt has to wait 24 hours.

Level	Official Title	Test	Threshold	How You Get the Role
Level 1	LGS judge	Basic (Level 1) Judge Test	over 85%	Handed out automatically, the Level 1 tag appears on the account
Level 2	Regional Judge	Intermediate (Level 2) Judge Test	85% or more	Application via the Judge Discord; assignment based on judging experience and test result, at WeirdCo’s discretion
Level 3	Expert Regional Judge	Expert Cyberpunk TCG policy and rulings test (not live yet)	90% or more	Only for approved Level 2 judges, application via the Judge Discord

The Basic test requires „over 85%“ for Level 1, while the Intermediate test takes „85% or more“ for Level 2. An exact 85% on Basic won’t earn the Level 1 tag. Hit „85% or more“ on Intermediate and you can apply for Level 2.

Level 1 is automatic once you score more than 85% on the Basic test. Higher tiers aren’t handed out on test scores alone. The announcement also names judging experience and WeirdCo’s discretion as factors. Levi spelled that out on the podcast:

„There’s no longer a direct correlation between I passed the test and I just have the role now. So, to become something like a level two judge, you need to not only pass the intermediate test, but then it’s something that you’re going to apply for and then we are going to hand out based on an experience evaluation there.“

Levi Lalonde, Organized Play Manager, on Cyberdeck Podcast Ep. 28

Levi is clear that this is a starting point. He calls it „essentially judge program 1.0 hitting the floor here“ and expects it to expand. His examples come from the events themselves: Level 1 is the LGS judge at a store’s Night City Showdown or helping with the weekly Brawl, the „front line.“ Level 2 is the „foot soldier“ tier. Anyone working the floor at an EOR should have at least that level. Level 3 is an advanced Level 2.

Levi explains the head judge as a special case:

„the head judge, and this isn’t exactly like a standalone level, you know, it’s not a level four judge. It’s not something that you can kind of like naturally aspire to.“

Levi Lalonde, Organized Play Manager

The official announcement backs that up: WeirdCo selects head judges for major events from the Level 3 pool, at its discretion. Head Judge isn’t a separate tier. Levi says that having already served as an EOR head judge gives someone a clear credential: they have done the job before.

Who Gets to Judge Which Events

A judge’s eligible role depends on the event. The announcement spells out which tiers can fill which positions. Level 3 can take every role open to Level 2, and can also serve as Assistant Head Judge at large tournaments.

Event	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Night City Brawl	Any Position	Any Position	Any Position
Pre-release	Any Position	Any Position	Any Position
Night City Showdown	Any Position	Any Position	Any Position
Night City District Open	Floor Judge	Any Position	Any Position
Edgerunner Open Regional	not listed (Chicago exception, see below)	Floor Judge	Floor Judge or Assistant Head Judge
Black Sapphire Invitational	not listed	Floor Judge	Floor Judge or Assistant Head Judge
World Championships	not listed	not listed	Floor Judge or Assistant Head Judge

For regular EOR floor duty, the starting point is Level 2. The announcement also gives Level 2 judges a role in answering rules questions and follow-ups in the Judge Discord.

The Chicago Exception

The first EOR has a Chicago exception. For this Edgerunner Open Regional premiere, anyone who has passed the Level 1 test may apply, according to the announcement. WeirdCo strongly recommends taking the Intermediate test too; passing it is required to apply for Level 2. Chicago applications are open now.

The application process has four steps: pass the Basic Judge Test, use the post-test invitation to join the Judge Discord, confirm your pass and claim the judge role there, then open the application form in the server. Without a passed Level 1 test, you can’t get in.

On the podcast, Levi stressed that the recommendation isn’t a hard requirement:

„If you’re going to apply for anything floor judge of the regional or above, it is highly recommended that you have passed intermediate tests. Not a hard requirement, but it is something that’s going to, you know, kind of serve as the baseline for when we’re reviewing applications.“

Levi Lalonde, Organized Play Manager

The episode and announcement diverge on how Level 3 gets used. Levi describes Level 3 as the baseline he would expect for an Assistant Head Judge at a Regional or for the Head Judge of a side event, essentially a second-in-command role. The announcement doesn’t list a Level 3 side event assignment, so that detail comes from the podcast alone. Tournament rules do name side event head judges, side event floor judges, and „deck & dice check judges“, but don’t tie any of those roles to a tier.

Promotion at Discretion: Expectations for the First EORs

Levi says Level 2 applications get a case-by-case review. Experience matters, and it doesn’t have to come from Cyberpunk TCG:

„that might be your experience from other card games before that you’ve judged, or it might be experience where you’ve judged, you know, EORs for us, or maybe you’ve been judging the showdowns and the brawls and in the future even a district open and a store really recommends you. You know, it’s kind of like it’s kind of like a case-by-case evaluation.“

Levi Lalonde, Organized Play Manager

That puts judges from other card games in the running too. WeirdCo hasn’t published its evaluation criteria; the announcement only says the team has discretion. Levi also acknowledges that no events have happened yet where applicants could build experience.

„when it comes to Chicago and really most of our early regionals, uh well, we haven’t had any events yet. So, I don’t expect early on a lot of a lot of our judges to be able to get that role right off the bat.“

Levi Lalonde, Organized Play Manager

In context, Paweł Burza expects Chicago and Warsaw to have mostly Level 1 judges, aside from people who bring experience from elsewhere. Levi also expects plenty of judges at the first EORs to be below the higher tiers. The experience pool has to grow before that changes.

Levi describes Level 3 as using the same application route as Level 2, paired with an advanced test that isn’t live yet. He doesn’t say whether that „advanced test“ is the announcement’s „Expert Cyberpunk TCG policy and rulings test.“ Officially, the announcement only says the Level 3 tests will arrive „at a later date.“ Approved Level 2 judges may apply.

Back on September 17, WeirdCo had no answer on how to become a judge. The September 26 update promised the program and test procedure for October. Now we have the test, score thresholds, Discord route, and Chicago application. The selection criteria, judge count per event, and Chicago deadline remain unknown.

Rule Authority and Customer Service

As of September 25, 2026, the tournament rules define two main roles: head judge and floor judge. At smaller events, one person can cover both.

The rules make the head judge the event’s „final arbiter of rulings.“ They keep calls consistent, hear appeals, and must be involved in every penalty of Game Loss or higher. Players should take calls to a floor judge first.

Floor judges work directly with players. They answer questions, resolve problems, point players to their tables, and help report results. Any penalty from a Game Loss up needs discussion and approval from the head judge. The rules also call judging „also a customer service role,“ with communication that should be clear and direct, never curt or rude.

Levi Lalonde estimates that customer service takes roughly 30 to 40 percent of a regional-level judge’s job or higher. It probably isn’t a neat 50-50 split. For Level 2, tournament procedures, round structure, and overtime take noticeably more attention.

Dice show up in event operations too: the EOR Dice Set is a Day 2 prize, and the tournament rules mention „deck & dice check judges.“ For practice, the affiliate link serves only as a search anchor, without a purchase recommendation and without any price: dice set.

Promos for Everyone Keeping the Games Running

Judge promos vary by event. The official announcement sets the broad promise: exclusive promo cards for judges at every level of organized play. The event previews fill in what’s actually in the kits.

The Night City Brawl preview lists eight judge packs in each kit. Every pack includes a fixed copy of Maman Brigitte: Spirit of Death with the judge stamp. The rollout starts November 6. Each kit also has 64 participation packs and eight champion packs, with three promo cards per pack.

The Night City Showdown kit includes four Sandevistan promos with the judge stamp, meant for judges and tournament helpers donating their time. Stores can run Showdowns between November 13 and December 6, and each event includes 32 participation prizes. We covered the promo background in our posts from September 12 and September 17.

The EOR side event preview doesn’t name official judge rewards either. The details below come from the podcast, where Levi describes the pack:

„This is our EOR our Edge Runner Open Regional Judge Pack. Any Edge Runner Open Regional that you judge, you will walk home with one pack of these guys. This is one single pack that contains one of each cards here“

Levi Lalonde, Organized Play Manager

Levi names the cards: Secondhand Bombus, his „fan favorite,“ MaxTac Squadron, and Delamain (Rideshare AI). Beyond the judge stamp, the design echoes the Brawl kits, with foil and full art in the „iconic style.“ That matches a netdeck.gg database entry for a „Judge Promos“ set containing these three cards: Secondhand Bombus and MaxTac Squadron as Common, Delamain: Rideshare AI as Uncommon. The database doesn’t say whether the stamped Brawl and Showdown judge promos are included there too.

Levi says every judge role also gets a playmat:

„every single judge, every floor judge, side event judge, head judge, assistant head judge, every single one of you guys are going to get this this sweet this sweet River Ward playmat.“

Levi Lalonde, Organized Play Manager

Context suggests Cree adds that the mat is for all judges at every EOR. Its judge stamp sits in the top right and uses cold foil. River Ward is also a card name, but there’s no documentation saying the mat uses that card’s art.

For a home table, the affiliate link serves the same way, only as a search anchor, without a purchase recommendation and without any price: playmat for card games, a regular one, not a judge or side event mat.

Chicago, Warsaw, and the Friday Before

EOR Chicago takes place December 11 to 13, 2026 at McCormick Place. The official listing calls it a „2048* Player Main Event,“ with the asterisk marking 64 tickets reserved for Friday play-in side events. EOR Warsaw follows on January 30 and 31, 2027 at Warsaw EXPO XXI, with a 1,536-player main event. Warsaw is only two days long, so it has no Friday play-in or Friday side events. Its side event schedule begins Saturday.

The EOR page offers three ticket types. Major Leagues ($75 or €75 plus fees) covers venue entry, the main event, and side events. Streetkid pricing depends on whether the event lasts two or three days; it includes venue and side event access, but not main event entry. Spectator tickets aren’t offered at every event. The ticket links call them „City Cruiser (Spectator).“

EOR	Wave	Contents per the official page	Date
Chicago	Wave 0	661 limited early-release tickets for backer lottery winners	Sep 23
Chicago	Wave 1	661 Main Event tickets, 500 attendee tickets, 500 spectator tickets	Sep 30
Chicago	Wave 2	662 Main Event tickets, 500 attendee tickets, 500 spectator tickets	Nov 4
Warsaw	Wave 0	512 limited early-release tickets	Sep 23
Warsaw	Wave 1	1024 Main Event tickets plus 300 Attendee tickets	Nov 11

The official page calls the Friday play-in a first for an EOR. Anyone who couldn’t buy a main event ticket can try the „Last Chance play-in tournament“ for a route into the main event, which starts Saturday. The EOR page gives no numbers beyond those 64 slots. The October 19 side event preview supplies the name, format, and start times.

The ticket totals line up: 661 plus 661 plus 662 equals 1,984 main event tickets. Add the 64 play-in slots and Chicago reaches 2,048. Warsaw’s 512 plus 1,024 matches its announced 1,536 slots.

Second Chance Relic: Four Shots at the 64 Slots

The EOR page calls it the „Last Chance play-in tournament“; the October 19 side event preview calls it „Second Chance Relic.“ They’re the same tournament: the preview specifically identifies the 64 Chicago tickets set aside for it. Levi calls these „LCQ style events“ his „second chance.“

The preview gives it three rounds of Constructed Best-of-Three, with a 128-player cap per event. Relic tournaments are scheduled for the Friday of a three-day EOR, and the number depends on how many main event slots are available. Chicago has four, with 16 undefeated players from each advancing to the main event. Three days earlier, Levi described the format this way:

„these are going to take place on Friday of Chicago and if you just it’s a three round best of three Swiss event. Real simple, nice little any payout, but everyone that goes 3-0 in one of these flights is actually going to get an entry into the main event itself.“

Levi Lalonde, Organized Play Manager

The preview confirms the format and the odds, then pins down the start times. Levi had described events running „basically across all the first half of Friday,“ with „quite a few chances to get in.“ The official schedule starts Relic 1 and 2 at 10:00 and 11:00, then Relic 3 and 4 at 14:00 and 15:00. Those last two don’t even start until the afternoon. For planning, use the published schedule.

A Streetkid or spectator ticket appears to cover side event play too. Asked whether City Cruisers can join, Levi answers, in context, „Correct. Correct.“ Officially, all three ticket types include „access to side events,“ subject to the side event ticket purchase condition below. Without a main event seat, the Streetkid and City Cruiser tickets are the two remaining options, and the EOR page shows no fixed price for either.

We worked through the backstory of the EOR in the posts from September 5 and September 18.

The Main Event as the Yardstick

The first day of the main event has eight Swiss rounds. Players with 18 match points or more advance to day 2 for three more Swiss rounds. Then the top 16 play four single-elimination rounds. Warsaw has one fewer Swiss round on day 2. Wins are worth three match points, draws one, and losses zero.

Prizes stack, according to the EOR page. Reaching a higher tier also earns the prizes from the tiers below it. Here’s the relevant excerpt.

Tier	Prizes
9 Match Points	1 Braindance Promo Pack
Day 2 Qualification	2000 Prize Wall Eddies, Stamped Muamar Reyes: El Capitán promo, EOR Dice Set, 1 Braindance Promo Pack
Top 64 (or matching record*)	Black Sapphire Invitational Invite, Stamped Dexter DeShawn: Off The Grid promo, 1 Braindance Promo Pack
Top 8	Serialized Lucyna Kushinada Promo, 4 Stamped Braindance Promos, 1 Welcome to Night City Booster Box

The Top 64 asterisk matters: anyone who finishes with the same record but below the Top 64 line don’t get a BSI invite. A Braindance Promo Pack on the prize wall costs 400 eddies and contains one random foil borderless card out of four. EOR Legend Art Playmats cost 1,000, while a Welcome to Night City Booster Pack costs 100.

Side Events: the Second and Third Chances

The tournament rules define Premier Side Events as side tournaments at EOR, BSI Championship, and World Championship, run under competitive event rules. They „may include enhanced prizing, invitations, and exclusive opportunities to play not otherwise seen at the event.“ Most other side events at competitive events use LGS enforcement, and their formats rotate.

The EOR page had already promised Premier Side Events at every EOR, with extra BSI invites, another shot at the Top 64 Dexter DeShawn: Off The Grid promos, and serialized playmats. Three-day events such as Chicago were also meant to get more premium side events on Friday. WeirdCo delivered the „Edgerunner Open Regional Side Event Preview and Schedules“ on October 19, with formats, caps, eddie payouts, and Chicago and Warsaw schedules. Some official names differ from the podcast: the preview calls them „Flatlined Revival“ and „Goro Takemura Open.“ One caveat from WeirdCo: „not all event types listed here will appear at all events.“

Chicago side event tickets go on sale through Melee on November 11 at 19:00 EST; Warsaw’s go on November 18 at 12:00 EST. There’s one important catch:

„All Side Event tickets are only purchasable by players who already hold a Main Event, Streetkid, or City Cruiser ticket to the associated EOR.“

WeirdCo, Side Event Preview, October 19, 2026

The Competitive Events at a Glance

Event	Format	Cap	Main Prize
Goro Takemura Open	Constructed Best-of-Three, 5 rounds	256	All 5-0 players (Top 8): BSI invite, Stamped Dexter DeShawn promo, serialized Goro playmat
Second Chance Relic	Constructed Best-of-Three, 3 rounds	128	All 3-0 players: main event entry
Nova Win-a-Box	Constructed Best-of-Three, 3 rounds	no cap	All 3-0 players: retail booster display
Sunset Win-a-Mat	Constructed Best-of-Three, 3 rounds	256	All 3-0 players: exclusive „Fool on the Hill“ playmat
Flatlined Revival	Constructed Best-of-Three, 3 rounds	512	All 3-0 players: 700 bonus eddies

Most events use the same basic eddie payout:

Event	Entry	Per Win	Per Loss
All competitive events except Flatlined Revival, plus Chroming Up, Afterimage, 3v3 Chooms (per player)	200	300	100
Flatlined Revival	400 plus foil promo	300	100
Afterlife Mixer (Constructed and Sealed)	200	100	100
On-Demand Pods	200	100	none

The table lists payouts per round. Flatlined Revival adds 700 eddies only for a 3-0 record, while the foil promo comes with entry.

For constructed decks, the tournament rules demand „opaque standard-sized card sleeves,“ standard size and impossible to see through. For the sleeve search, the affiliate link serves only as a search anchor, without a purchase recommendation and without any price: set of standard-size card sleeves.

Flatlined Revival: The Catch-All

Levi describes a large, three-round constructed event for players who fall out of contention in the main event. Nine points isn’t enough to make day 2, and this event is aimed at that gap. Levi calls „flatline revival“ „very strategically placed.“

„it’s going to have like the same eddy structure as a lot of the other side events do, but you’re going to get a big fat bonus if you go 3-0. And if you go 3-0 and get this bonus, collectively that eddy amount that you’re going to get is 2,000 eddies, which is exactly what all the day two players are going to make.“

Levi Lalonde, Organized Play Manager

The published payout is 400 eddies to enter, plus the foil Muamar Reyes promo from the main event, 300 per win, 100 per loss, and an extra 700 for every 3-0 player. The total is 400 plus 3 × 300 plus 700, or 2,000. That’s the Day 2 amount on the EOR page (2000 Prize Wall Eddies), which also includes another 200 eddies per round win. Levi’s „same eddy structure“ holds for wins and losses. Entry, at 400, pays twice the usual amount.

Goro Takemura Open: The Second Main Act Before the Show

The Goro Takemura Opens are the big draw for competitive players. The preview classifies them as Premier Side Events and another path to BSI qualification.

„This is the premier side event. Honestly, you could almost consider this more of like like the secondary main event.“

Levi Lalonde, Organized Play Manager

The preview schedules five rounds of Constructed Best-of-Three, with up to 256 players and multiple Opens each weekend. Chicago gets four (two on Friday and two on Sunday); Warsaw gets three on Sunday. Top 8 means everyone who finishes the five Swiss rounds at 5-0. Prizes include a BSI invite, the EOR Stamped Dexter DeShawn: Off The Grid promo, and a serialized Goro Takemura playmat.

The EOR page puts the Serialized Lucyna Kushinada Promo, four Stamped Braindance Promos, and a Booster Box in the main event Top 8 prize pool. The Dexter promo is reserved for the Top 64 there. The Opens provide another route to both a BSI invite and that Dexter promo.

„if you’ve busted out of the main event, you can go play a Goro open on Sunday, try to get that invite again. Or, yeah, exactly like you just said, Berja, if you’re not one of those uh major league badge holders, the street kids uh and the spectators, the city cruisers are going to be able to go and, you know, try and get a shot at these invites, too.“

Levi Lalonde, Organized Play Manager

A main event ticket isn’t the only route into the Black Sapphire Invitational. Anyone in Chicago with a Streetkid or City Cruiser ticket can take a shot through a Goro Takemura Open. We covered the Opens in our September 26 post. Now their name, format, and dates are confirmed.

Sunset, Nova, and the Rest

The preview places Sunset Win-a-Mat late in the EOR day. Levi describes it as probably the final big event, with „very end of day vibes“:

„it’s got the same eddy payout as a normal side event. It’s going to be three rounds, best of three, Swiss constructed. Uh but at the end of it, everyone who goes 3-0 is going to get one of these playmats instead.“

Levi Lalonde, Organized Play Manager

The published schedule doesn’t match the podcast’s description every day. On Friday, Sunset starts at 16:00 and Afterimage follows at 16:30. Saturday makes the mismatch clearer: Flatlined Revival, capped at 512, starts at 18:00, after Sunset. Sunday’s schedule fits Levi’s description. In Chicago, Flatlined Revival begins at 14:30 and Sunset at 15:00; in Warsaw, they start at 13:00 and 15:00, making Sunset the day’s final event each time. The mat’s name, „Fool on the Hill,“ matches a card (Rare, Program). The preview doesn’t connect the card art to the mat.

The podcast never mentions Nova Win-a-Box. The preview says undefeated players get a Welcome to Night City retail booster display, with no cap.

In context, Levi also teased „a whole additional slew of like casual focused side events,“ including team formats. The preview lists Afterlife Mixer (Constructed or Sealed with six packs, Best-of-One, five rounds), Chroming Up Sealed (Best-of-Three, three rounds, an extra pack after rounds 1 and 2 each), and 3v3 Chooms. Teams of three play three simultaneous 1v1 matches each round; the majority decides the result, and eddies are paid per individual game. Eight-player On-Demand Pods are also planned. The beta spin-off mentioned in the episode is officially named Night City Beta – Afterimage (Sealed with beta kits, three rounds, cap 256).

The Schedule at a Glance

Here are the start times for the competitive events and Afterimage. The preview has the full schedules:

Event	Chicago	Warsaw
Second Chance Relic	Fri 10:00, 11:00, 14:00, 15:00	not on the plan
Goro Takemura Open	Fri 12:00, 13:00; Sun 10:00, 11:00	Sun 10:00, 11:00, 12:00
Nova Win-a-Box	Sat 12:00; Sun 12:00, 13:00	Sat 12:00
Sunset Win-a-Mat	Fri 16:00; Sat 16:00; Sun 15:00	Sat 16:00; Sun 15:00
Flatlined Revival	Sat 18:00; Sun 14:30	Sat 18:00; Sun 13:00
Night City Beta – Afterimage	Fri 16:30	Sun 13:30

WeirdCo tailored each EOR’s side event schedule to the venue’s duration and capacity. Don’t assume these times will carry over to future North American or European EORs.

What’s Still Missing

The preview doesn’t give side event ticket prices.

Judge-program gaps remain too: the Level 3 test date, judge numbers per event, how EOR head judges are selected, the experience evaluation criteria, application totals, and the Chicago deadline. One more difference between the episode and announcement: only the podcast names side event head judge as a Level 3 role.

Quick Notes: Creator Invitational, Spiel Essen, and the Prerelease

The Creator Invitational takes place October 20, 2026 at CD PROJEKT RED HQ in Warsaw, with 16 creators playing. The announcement schedules the Twitch and YouTube broadcast for 8:00 GMT or 9:00 CET. Since daylight saving time is in effect, 8:00 GMT in Warsaw is 10:00 CEST. Paweł Burza and WeirdCo’s Kawa (Cree) are among the casters. More in our October 15 post.

Cyberpunk TCG will be at Spiel Essen October 22 to 25, 2026, at Messeplatz 1 in Essen, Hall 5, booth 5G700. The booth includes the event promo card „Rebecca: Having a Moment“ and a retail space. In context, Cree says on the podcast that the store will sell a very limited amount of beta product: „We’re even going to have a retail store that will sell a very limited amount of beta product“. We have the fair details in our October 13 post.

The official prerelease dates conflict. The guide and calendar give October 30 to November 1, 2026; the Organized Play page says the weekend of October 30; the Creator Invitational preview says „From October 30 – November 5“. We use the weekend, named by three of the four pages. According to the guide, each kit contains six Welcome-to-Night-City retail boosters, three extra random Legend cards, and the prerelease promo, a Nova Rare called „Gorilla Arms“. Prerelease judges may take Any Position, including Level 1. More on the kit in our October 14 post.

And Now: What Matters Before the First Events

To become a judge, start with the Basic test at CyberpunkTCG.com. Score more than 85 percent, use the invitation to join the Judge Discord, and confirm your role there. Chicago applicants then submit the form in Discord; applications are open already. Level 2 also requires a tier application, where you can make your experience clear, including experience from other card games.

Levi expects many judges at the early EORs to be Level 1. Getting involved in Brawls, Showdowns, and prereleases now gives judges experience to draw on when they apply for higher tiers later.

The side event names, formats, caps, eddie payouts, schedules, and November 11 Chicago ticket launch are now official. Details about the EOR judge pack with Bombus, MaxTac, and Delamain, the River Ward mat for judges, and Levi’s commentary still come only from the podcast.

Sources

• Cyberpunk TCG: Judge Program Announcement, October 16, 2026: https://cyberpunktcg.com/blog/judge-program-announcement
• Cyberpunk TCG: Edgerunner Open Regional (EOR): https://cyberpunktcg.com/eor
• Cyberpunk TCG: Edgerunner Open Regional Side Event Preview and Schedules, October 19, 2026 (content retrieved via the official content API): https://cyberpunktcg.com/blog/side-event-preview
• Cyberpunk TCG: Tournament Rules, as of September 25, 2026 (data from the API): https://api.netdeck.gg/api/cyberpunk/tournament-rules
• Cyberpunk TCG: Night City Brawl Preview: https://cyberpunktcg.com/blog/ncb-preview
• Cyberpunk TCG: Night City Showdown Preview: https://cyberpunktcg.com/blog/nc-showdown-preview
• Cyberpunk TCG: Prerelease Event Guide (Pre-release kit guide): https://cyberpunktcg.com/prerelease-event-guide
• Cyberpunk TCG: Creator Invitational Preview, October 14, 2026: https://cyberpunktcg.com/blog/ci-preview
• Cyberpunk TCG: Event Calendar: https://cyberpunktcg.com/calendar
• Cyberpunk TCG: Card Database, data from the API: https://api.netdeck.gg/api/cards/cyberpunk
• Cyberdeck Podcast Ep. 28, released October 16, 2026: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcN-clnXkvA
• Note on the transcript: quotes come from the English auto-subtitles of the video, with recognition errors and no speaker names; attribution rests on context alone. Wording unchanged, untranslated.