This tournament in the North American Cup Grand Prix series was played on April 26. Reported by Darius at Diableriste.com and the winner Alexandre Bustos himself:

On this rainy Saturday, an event in the North American Cup series took place at the Abyss facility in Montreal. Once again, it was a very enjoyable day with few twists and turns. There were 22 players in total, including three from south of the border: Karl Schaefer from Pittsburgh, Darby Keeney from Colorado, and Chris Malec from upstate New York.

The tournament consisted of three preliminary rounds at five tables (two five-player tables and three four-player tables) and a five-player final. Since I wasn't present at the final table, I wasn't able to witness the game unfold. However, Alexandre Bustros, who was there, gave me a summary, which is as follows:

Standings after three rounds:
1. Karl Schaefer 2 GW, 8.0 VP
2. Alexandre Bustros 2 GW, 5.5 VP
3. Martin Servant 1 GW, 8.0 VP
4. Richard Blais 1 GW, 7.0 VP
5. Darby Keeney 1 GW, 6.0 VP

The game started off rather poorly for Alexandre and Martin, who were playing the same vampires. Karl had a very fast start with his Ravnos bleed deck, and Darby quickly turned against him leaving some space to Alexandre. Richard was bled once by his prey (everyone used Deflection). Karl played Kaymakli Nightmares, which delayed Martin by a turn. Darby did what he could to survive Karl's multiple bleeds; he played two My Enemy's Enemy targeting Richard, who ended up with just one pool. Karl received a lot of "table hate" in the form of various votes. Martin didn’t have a Baron due to the lost turn from Kaymakli Nightmares, and he was ousted by Alexandre, who finally managed to bring out a second Baron without contesting Martin’s, as well as a War Ghoul. Richard ousted Karl, and a bit later Alexandre deflected a final fatal bleed back to him to oust him! After that, there was no chance for Alexandre to lose, he had 2 victory points and a better starting position than Darby.

Congratulations to Alexandre for his great victory!

The tournament winning deck: Ghouls & Ghost by Alexandre Bustros

Crypt (12)
3x Angel Guerrero
2x Adrino Manauara
2x Whisper
1x Marialena
1x Branimira
1x Clara Hjortshoj
1x Prentis Derby
1x Susie Kano

Library: 75 cards
Master (15)
2x Blood Doll
1x Papillon
2x Anarch Troublemaker
1x From a sinking ship
5x Jake washington
2x Villein
1x Carfax Abbey
1x Giant's blood

Action (13)
13x Govern the Unaligned

Action Modify (12)
6x Conditioning
2x Foreshadowing Destruction
2x Invigorate
2x Horrific Countenance

Action Modify/Reaction (2)
2x Form of the Bat

Recruit Actions (5)
5x War Ghoul

Combat (15)
2x Carrion Crows
8x Earth Meld
3x Form of Mist
2x Groundfighting

Reaction (13)
8x Deflection
4x Organized Resistance
1x Redirection

Thanks again to the organizers!

The finalists: Duncan Kemp, Nick Miller, Ke Carlton (champion), Richard Aumann and Nathan Budd.

Reported by Steve Harris, VEKN National Coordinator of Australia:

The Oceania Grand Prix Brisbane 2025 took place on June 21 in Comics Plus. 22 players attended.

Standings after three rounds:
1. Ke Carlton 2 GW, 10 VP
2. Richard Aumann 2 GW, 7.5 VP
3. Nick Miller 1 GW, 7 VP
4. Nathan Budd 1 GW, 3 VP, 106 TP
5. Duncan Kemp 1 GW, 3 VP, 96 TP

I only saw a bit of this finals. From what I saw, the 2 Banu Haqims battled each other but didn't achieve much against each other Stanislava never really got going, as his prey could hurt him backwards, and his predator put Stani into torpor a few times.  The other BH deck had to rescue a few times, iirc. The Hecata deck slowly built up moved forward, ousting 2 preys in the last half hour or so of the game.
  
Ke got the game win with 2.5 VP, and Nick 0.5 and Duncan 0.5. Congratulatiosn Ke!

Tournament winning deck: "Powerbase Decay" by Ke
Comment: “Focused Shroud of Decay and Family Gathering Abuse. Powerbase Zürich allows for both crypt acceleration and survival. House of Sorrow with Dreams / Coven allows for lunge turns (especially if you have Anu in play). Only change after the New Blood release was adding Powerbase Munich. Would drop 1x Tommaso for 1x Alek to lower average capacity. Added Unmasking + FBI last minute with minimal impact.”

Crypt (12 cards)
1x Anu Diptinatpa  7 aus vic DOM NEC  Nagaraja:6
1x Alek Konig  3 OBL  Hecata:6
1x Gebeyehu Abdu 5 for AUS OBL  Hecata:6
1x Hiromitsu Asano 4 aus for obl  Hecata:6
1x Holliday "Burgundy" Hall  5 aus FOR OBL  Hecata:6
1x Lenelle, Mambo of Birmingham  6 aus FOR OBL  Hecata:6
1x Monica Giovanni 6 AUS FOR OBL  Hecata:6
2x Mora, the Death Seer  7 ani AUS FOR OBL  Hecata:6
1x Parijat, the Dark Oracle  7 AUS DOM FOR OBL  Hecata:6
1x Peter St. John  2 obl  Hecata:6
1x Tommaso Sforza  7 dom for AUS OBL THA  Hecata:6

Library: 84 cards
Master (24 cards)
1x House of Sorrow
1x Coven, The
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
11x Family Gathering
1x Powerbase: Montreal
1x Powerbase: Munich
1x Powerbase: Zürich
1x Tribute to the Master
4x Villein
1x Wider View
1x Direct Intervention

Event (2 cards)
1x FBI Special Affairs Division
1x Unmasking, The

Action (14 cards)
14x Shroud of Decay

Ally (6 cards)
6x Spectral Servitor

Action Modifier (23 cards)
3x Freak Drive
3x Shadow Cast
2x Shadow Cloak
4x Stygian Shroud
10x Where the Veil Thins
1x Daring the Dawn

Combat (3 cards)
3x Pass Through Shadow

Reaction (12 cards)
2x Eyes of Argus
2x My Enemy's Enemy
4x Telepathic Misdirection
2x Shadow Sentinel
2x Delaying Tactics

Thanks to all organisers, sponsors and players! Only Auckland remains: