This tournament was played on November 22. Report by Alexandre Bustros, VEKN National Coordinator of Canada:

On a cold November day, the Canadian VTES National Championship took place in Montreal. 18 players gathered at the Abyss to compete for the title of Canadian Champion of 2025! The winner this year was Christian Chénard, who skillfully played his deck named "Ozempic Clown", a slimmed-down version of a Ravnos Carnival deck.

Standings after three rounds:
1. Christopher Malec 2 GW 8.0 VP
2. Karl Schaefer 2 GW 7.0 VP
3. François Dion 2 GW 6.0 VP
4. Alexandre Bustros 1 GW 6.0 VP
5. Christian Chénard 1 GW 5.5 VP

The final table featured the following players in this order:

Christian started the game very quickly, but after a few turns, he struggled to pass his Consanguineous Boon. By playing The Eldest Are Kholo, he would obtain 21 votes in favour, but the table generated 21 votes against!

Karl managed to bring Christian down to 1 pool, which was enough for him to bounce back. Alexandre was able to bring out two War Ghoul to defend, but it was too little, too late. Christian played Week of Nightmare and scored his first VP.

Without Alexandre's baron votes, Christian could more easily play his own. Karl put a lot of pressure on Christian, but a well-placed Pentex allowed Christian to score his second VP.

After that, for the second time, Karl managed to bring Christian down to 1 pool. But as they say, where there's life, there's hope! François lacked Second Trad and the clown tide overwhelmed him. With 3 VPs securing his victory, Christian conceded the remaining two points in favour of Karl. Congratulations to Christian on his win!

Christian won the deck box from our sponsor, the medieval store Dracolite. The other finalists received promotional coins from the same store. Thanks Dracolite!

The tournament winning deck: "Ozempic Clown"

Crypt (12)
2x Sasha Miklos
2x Spleen, Georgio Gutterpunk
2x Zip
1x Ashlesha
1x Lazar Dobrescu
1x Vedel Esbreno
1x Anka, Priestess of Thorns
1x Salbatore Bokkengro
1x Sennuwy, the Promoter

Library (60)
Master (15)
8x Ravnos Carnival
2x Week of Nightmare
1x The Coven
1x Gird Minion
1x Sunset Strip, Hollywood
1x Anarch Troublemaker
1x Pentex Subversion

Action (30)
15x Mozambique Allure
15x The Embrace

Political Action (7)
7x Consanguinous Boon

Action Modifier/Reaction (7)
7x The Eldest Are Kholo

Equipment (1)
1x Heart of Nizchetus

Thanks for the report, and thanks to sponsors, helpers and players!