According to the official Worlds standings (via Limitless), Andrew Hedrick won the 2026 Pokémon World Championships TCG Masters division playing Dragapult ex — and he was not alone. Across the 797-player Masters field, Dragapult-based decks made up roughly four in ten entries, and three of the eight players on stage for Top 8 were running some version of it.
What gets less attention is where those cards actually come from. Every card in a winning Worlds deck has a home set, and for the Japanese-market buyer, that home set is usually not the English print you see on stream overlays. This article walks through the 2026 Worlds TCG results, the Top 8 metagame, and then maps the winning deck’s key cards to the Japanese booster boxes they were printed in — the same boxes we ship out of Tokyo.
Per the official Worlds standings (via Limitless), Andrew Hedrick (US) won the 2026 Worlds TCG Masters title with Dragapult ex; Dragapult-archetype decks combined for roughly 22–42% of the 797-deck field depending on how narrowly you count variants. The deck’s two most important non-basic Pokémon, Dragapult ex and Munkidori, both come from Japan’s Mask of Change (SV6) booster box, currently listed at ¥14,700 (~$92). Worlds also closed with the reveal of a new “ex★” series and confirmation that Worlds 2027 moves to Singapore.
Prices below are current samuraiswordtokyo.com listings as of September 2026, converted at ¥159/USD.
2026 Worlds TCG Results at a Glance
The 2026 Pokémon World Championships ran August 28–30, 2026 in San Francisco, with preliminary rounds at Moscone Center and finals across town at Chase Center in Mission Bay. It shared the weekend with Pokémon’s first standalone fan event, PokémonXP, and organisers projected more than 50,000 combined attendees. Competition ran across TCG, VGC, Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE.
| Division | Champion | Deck / Notes |
|---|---|---|
| TCG Masters | Andrew Hedrick (US) | Dragapult ex |
| TCG Seniors | Jake Ng | Not disclosed in official results coverage |
| TCG Juniors | Yuta Araki | Not disclosed in official results coverage |
The Masters bracket ran on Limitless’s official tournament infrastructure under the “Temporal Forces – Pitch Black” Standard format listing, with 797 decks recorded in the field.
Andrew Hedrick’s Winning Deck: Dragapult ex
Hedrick’s 60-card list, published on Limitless, is built around the Dreepy evolution line backed by two support Pokémon that show up in almost every top-tier list this cycle: Munkidori for damage-and-draw utility, and a single Fezandipiti ex for its Ability. The full Pokémon line:
| Qty | 카드 | English print |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Dreepy | TWM 128 |
| 4 | Drakloak | TWM 129 |
| 3 | Dragapult ex | TWM 130 |
| 2 | Munkidori | TWM 95 |
| 2 | Budew | ASC 16 |
| 1 | Dunsparce | JTG 120 |
| 1 | Dudunsparce | TEF 129 |
| 1 | Meowth ex | POR 62 |
| 1 | Fezandipiti ex | ASC 142 |
The other 41 cards were 32 Trainers — headlined by 4 Lillie’s Determination, 3 Boss’s Orders and 4 Poké Pad — and a 9-card Energy line split evenly across Fire, Darkness and Psychic. Nothing exotic: the list wins on consistency, not on a rare tech card.
Top 8 and the Wider Masters Metagame
According to the official Worlds standings (via Limitless Labs), Dragapult’s dominance shows up twice: once at the top of the standings, and again across the whole 797-deck field.
| Place | Player | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Hedrick | US | Dragapult |
| 2 | Diego Cassiraga | AR | Alakazam / Dudunsparce |
| 3 | Brent Tonisson | AU | Dragapult |
| 4 | Henry Chao | US | Dragapult / Dusknoir |
| 5 | Rune Heiremans | BE | Crustle |
| 6 | Satoshi Matsui | US | Crustle |
| 7 | Mateusz Łaszkiewicz | PL | Alakazam / Dusknoir |
| 8 | Nathan Spry | AU | Ogerpon / Ogerpon-Wellspring |
That’s 3 Dragapult-family decks, 2 Alakazam builds, 2 Crustle decks and 1 Ogerpon deck in the Top 8. Zoom out to the full 797-deck Masters field and the Dragapult family is even more dominant:
| 등급 | Deck | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dragapult ex | 172 | 22.2% |
| 2 | Dragapult Dusknoir | 81 | 10.5% |
| 3 | Dragapult Blaziken | 76 | 9.8% |
| 4 | Basic Box | 73 | 9.4% |
| 5 | N’s Zoroark | 58 | 7.5% |
| 6 | Alakazam Dudunsparce | 53 | 6.9% |
| 7 | Slowking | 47 | 6.1% |
| 8 | Mega Excadrill ex | 32 | 4.1% |
Add the three Dragapult variants together and they account for roughly 42% of every deck submitted at Worlds — a single-archetype share that dwarfs anything else on the sheet. The runner-up deck, Alakazam / Dudunsparce, and the two Crustle decks in Top 8 both leaned on cards from the same Mega Evolution-era print run, which is worth a separate look in our Mega Evolution Japanese card list.
Where the Winning Deck’s Cards Live in Japanese Sets
English tournament reports label cards by their English set code — TWM, ASC, TEF, POR — which tells a Japanese-market buyer nothing about which box to open. Here’s the actual mapping, verified against Limitless’s Japanese card database:
| 카드 | English set | Japanese set | JP box price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragapult ex | Twilight Masquerade (TWM) | Mask of Change (SV6) | ¥14,700 (~$92) |
| Munkidori | Twilight Masquerade (TWM) | Mask of Change (SV6) | ¥14,700 (~$92) |
| Fezandipiti ex | Ascended Heroes (ASC) | Night Wanderer (SV6a) | ¥9,984 (~$63) (업데이트: 현재 품절 — Quick Order로 재입고 요청) |
| Dudunsparce | Temporal Forces (TEF) | Wild Force (SV5K) | ¥12,480 (~$78) |
| Meowth ex | Perfect Order (POR) | Nihil Zero (M3) | ¥8,000 (~$50) |
| Lillie’s Determination | Mega Evolution (MEG) | Mega Brave (M1L) | ¥9,500 (~$60) |
Two sets do the heaviest lifting. Mask of Change (SV6) is where both the deck’s namesake attacker and its key support Pokémon, Munkidori, were printed — for our full breakdown of that set see the Mask of Change (SV6) complete card list and our dedicated Dragapult card guide. Mega Brave (M1L) supplies the deck’s Supporter engine card, Lillie’s Determination — see the Mega Brave (M1L) card list for the rest of that set.
What’s Next: the ex★ Series and Worlds 2027
The closing ceremony on August 31, 2026 did double duty as a Worlds send-off and a product announcement. Pokémon’s official Japanese site revealed the logo for a new series, “ex★” (ex-star), and teased “Mega Lucario Z ex” among the new cards on the way. The official page is explicit that full details — release date and card list — are still to come, and we’re holding to that: nothing here should be read as a confirmed release window. We covered the reveal in full in our ex★ series announcement article, including additional MA (Mega Attack Rare) cards shown at the ceremony per Japanese media coverage of the event.
On the tournament calendar side, the next World Championships is confirmed: Worlds 2027 moves to Singapore, running at the Singapore EXPO from August 13–15, 2027. Reporting on the announcement also indicates PokémonXP, the fan event that ran alongside Worlds 2026, will not be co-located next year.
Where to Buy These Japanese Sets
We ship all five sets covered above — Mask of Change, Night Wanderer, Wild Force, Nihil Zero and Mega Brave — sealed from Tokyo with tracked delivery. If you’re building toward the Worlds-winning list specifically, SV6 Mask of Change is the priority box for Dragapult ex and Munkidori, followed by SV6a Night Wanderer (업데이트: 현재 품절 — Quick Order로 재입고 요청) for Fezandipiti ex.
For singles, mixed-set orders, or anything not listed as a standalone product, our Quick Order page is the fastest way to build a custom order.
자주 묻는 질문
Who won the 2026 Pokémon World Championships TCG Masters division?
Andrew Hedrick (US), playing a Dragapult ex deck. The event ran August 28–30, 2026 at Moscone Center and Chase Center in San Francisco, with a 797-player Masters field.
How dominant was Dragapult ex at Worlds 2026?
Very. Dragapult ex alone was 22.2% of the 797-deck Masters field, and combined with its Dusknoir and Blaziken variants the Dragapult family accounted for roughly 42% of all decks. Three of the eight Top 8 players were on some version of Dragapult.
Which Japanese sets contain the winning deck’s key cards?
Dragapult ex and Munkidori are both from Mask of Change (SV6). Fezandipiti ex is from Night Wanderer (SV6a), Dudunsparce from Wild Force (SV5K), Meowth ex from Nihil Zero (M3), and Lillie’s Determination from Mega Brave (M1L).
What is the new “ex★” series revealed at Worlds 2026?
At the August 31, 2026 closing ceremony, Pokémon’s official site revealed the logo for a new “ex★” series and teased Mega Lucario Z ex among upcoming cards. Official channels have not confirmed a release date or full card list yet.
Where is the 2027 Pokémon World Championships?
Singapore. The 2027 Worlds is scheduled for the Singapore EXPO, August 13–15, 2027.
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