Source: https://www.starwarsccg.org/2026-boston-winter-classic-wrap-up-phil-aasen-victorious/
Title: 2026 Boston Winter Classic Wrap-up – Phil Aasen Victorious
Published: January 30, 2026
Captured by the SWCCG Wiki from the public Players Committee page on 11 October 2026 (article text only).

Star Wars CCG major tournaments in 2026 are starting out strong, with a return to Boston, MA for the 2026 Boston Winter Classic event. The weekend event concluded with Phil Aasen defeating Hayes Hunter in the final confrontation match to take the trophy. This is one of Team 5 member Phil’s first Major Event victories since his Worlds 2017 win, although he is no stranger to finishing as a top 8 qualifier at Major Events.

Winner Phil Aasen

Rounding out the main event’s top 8 finishers from “Day 1” were also Sam Tashima, Greg Shaw, Andrew Moss, Joe Olson, Joe Horbey,  and AJ Hatoum. The weekend also included a Friday evening warmup tournament event won by Scott Lingrell, as well as a Sunday Consolation event taken down by Barry Alperstein.

The most popular decks played at the event included a lot of IEv, TDIGWATTv, and First Order Reigns for Dark Side and a good amount of Hidden Path and Luke Saga for Light, with a lot of variety across the board. The decklists page will be updated for the event soon (after the Outrider Cup) so check back soon to see all the decks and card choices used by every player. In the meantime you can see a breakdown of deck archetypes here. Be sure to keep an eye out for player tournament reports posted soon about the weekend over on the Tournament Reports subforum. Thanks to any TR writers who want to share their experiences with the community! Also be sure to go watch some of the stream coverage over on the PC Youtube page, and the secondary stream on Sam Tashima’s channel (playlist here) for the weekend.

Boston Winter Classic – Top 8

A massive, special thanks go out to Tournament Committee member Casey Anis for being the Tournament Director and the primary overseer for the weekend, as well as helping organize planning for the event. Dan Tartaglione and Garrett Larson deserve a huge round of applause for their awesome streaming and commentary coverage for the weekend. Go check out the full listing of people that the Players Committee needed to thank here, and also check out the Event subforum for any pictures and other info recapping the event.