Store Championships - July 2025

The 18th Imagine Games Store Championships took place on Saturday, 12 July 2025: A great event with some exciting games and some surprises towards the end. 

Thanks everyone who played the Final Fantasy Store Championships. Was an absolute blast and really great atmosphere! Thanks especially to Joni Graf, who sponsored Goulash and Butternut Soup, as this will be his last event in Namibia. 

We played four rounds of Swiss, followed by a Top 8 single elimination event. Tight and exciting!

In the end, the big favourite, Mono Red, couldn't make it and was beaten in the semi-finals and the finals by a flashy spirit deck. 

Congratulations to Ian van Wyk, who won the Store Championships with his Azorius Spirits deck and is now proud owner of a absolutely stunning "Bhujerba, Floating City" (City of Brass) Store Championship promo. 

Here are the top 3 results:

1. Ian Van Wyk (Azorius Spirits / Flash)
2. Michi Hassel (Mono Red)
3. Hanjo Zimny (Mono Red)

Store Championships - July 2025 - Imagine Games Blog

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Store Champions

Here's the complete list of all Store Champions since the beginning of time @ Imagine Games.

1. Michael Hassel (Jun 2018)
2. Ian van der Colf (Sep 2018)
3. Steffen Rechholtz (Feb 2019)
4. Neill Jamieson (May 2019)
5. Rainer Volkmann (Dec 2019)
6. Fabian Biederlack und Alexander Sowden (Dec 2020)
7. Michael Hassel (Jun 2020)
8. Johannes Loytty (Dec 2021)
9. Ian van Wyk (Jul 2022)
10. Johannes Loytty (Nov 2022)
11. Steffen Rechholtz (Feb 2023)
12. Julia von Wietersheim (April 2023)
13. Michael Hassel (December 2023)
14. Leander Müller (March 2024)
15. Rainer Volkmann (September 2024)
16. Hanjo Zimny (November 2024)
17. Sebastian Dürrschmidt (April 2025)
18. Ian van Wyk (July 2025)