# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Never Bored Games Invitational - 2026 Season!
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 24 May, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sun, 24 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: 📢OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

The Never Bored Invitational – 2026 Season

A Competitive Commander Championship Circuit
Competitive Commander players in Iowa — and beyond — this is your circuit.

Never Bored Games is proud to launch the Never Bored Invitational – 2026 Season, a fully structured, judge-supported, proxy-friendly Competitive Commander championship built to raise the bar for cEDH in the region.

This isn’t a one-off tournament.

This isn’t a traveling qualifier for somewhere else.

This is a local annual championship arc — culminating in a cinematic Saturday Invitational Final this November.

Structured.
Professional.
Consistent.

If you’ve been waiting for a serious competitive Commander circuit in Central Iowa — this is it.

Here is the link to the event page where you can register today!
https://topdeck.gg/circuit/cedh-100

📅 2026 NEVER BORED INVITATIONAL CALENDAR

🗓 Sunday Qualifiers (1:00 PM – 7:00 PM)
• Qualifier #1 – April 12
• Qualifier #2 – May 24
• Qualifier #3 – June 14
• Qualifier #4 – July 19
• Qualifier #5 – August 16
• Qualifier #6 – September 13
🏁 Last Chance Qualifier (Sunday – 1:00 PM)
• October 11
⭐ Invitational Final (Saturday – 4:00 PM)
• November 14, 2026

🧠 HOW IT WORKS

Format: Competitive Commander (proxy-friendly)

Decks: Decklists must be submitted when registering, and any changes reported before the event begins

Players: Capped at 24 per Qualifier

Rules Enforcement: Competitive REL

Rounds: 80-minute Swiss rounds

Qualifiers and LCQ will cut to a Top 4 Championship pod.

The Invitational Final will feature 8 qualified players, 3 Swiss rounds, and a Top 4 Championship pod.

🏆 QUALIFICATION PATH
The 8 players in the Invitational Final will be determined by:

🎟 6 Qualifier Winners
🎟 1 Last Chance Qualifier Winner
🎟 1 Store Invite

If a previously qualified player wins another Qualifier, the invite passes to the next highest finisher from that event.

No points. No standings.

Win a Qualifier — you’re in.

🎯 ENTRY

Qualifier & LCQ Entry: $30

• A portion of each entry contributes to the Invitational Prize Pool
• Final prize pool details will be announced before the Championship

Judge-supported.

Decklists required.

Proxy-friendly policy enforced.

📌 IMPORTANT

• Hard cap of 24 players per Qualifier
• Preregistration strongly encouraged
• All season dates are locked
• Competitive REL for all events

🕹 THE SEASON BEGINS

Sunday, April 12 at 1:00 PM.
This is the first chapter of what will become an annual competitive tradition at Never Bored Games.

If you want to compete at the highest level —

If you want your name engraved on the Invitational trophy —

If you want to help shape the future of competitive Commander in Iowa —

We’ll see you in April.

Elevate Your Game.

— Never Bored Games
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/norwalk/never-bored-games-invitational-2026-season/200029966699324
- **Event Categories**: Sports
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Norwalk
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1039 Sunset Dr., Norwalk, IA, United States, Iowa 50211
- **lat**: 41.4792
- **long**: -93.67986
- **full address**: 1039 Sunset Dr., Norwalk, IA, United States, Iowa 50211

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Never Bored Games Invitational - 2026 Season! being held?
  - **A:** Never Bored Games Invitational - 2026 Season! takes place on Sun, 24 May, 2026 at 01:00 pm to Sun, 24 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm at 1039 Sunset Dr., Norwalk, IA, United States, Iowa 50211.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Never Bored Games Invitational - 2026 Season!?
  - **A:** Never Bored Games Invitational - 2026 Season! is organized by Never Bored Games.

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