2025 Retro Online Championship Series

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The 2025 Retro Online Championship Series (ROCS) was the year-end playoff of the 2025 Retro League on GEMP, played in December 2025. Joe Horbey beat Jonny Chu in the finals.[1]

Format

  • Environment: Premiere - Death Star II (from the card pool)[2]
  • Site: GEMP
  • Players: the top 8 of the 2025 Retro League cumulative standings
  • Structure: single elimination, two games per match (one per side), better net differential advances[1]

Results

Round Winner Loser Differential
Quarterfinal Andy Talaga Matt Fendt +26
Quarterfinal Brad Kippel Timo Dusel +1
Quarterfinal Jonny Chu Paul Todd Feldman +2
Quarterfinal Joe Horbey Patrick Johnson +3
Semifinal Jonny Chu Andy Talaga
Semifinal Joe Horbey Brad Kippel
Final Joe Horbey Jonny Chu

The forum post lists each quarterfinal pairing with one differential. Semifinal and final scores were not posted; the winners follow from the next round's pairings and the final ranking.[1]

Final ranking and decklists

Place Player Dark Light
1 Joe Horbey Set Your Course For Alderaan You Can Either Profit By This...
2 Jonny Chu Bring Him Before Me You Can Either Profit By This...
3 Andy Talaga Ralltiir Operations Hidden Base
4 Brad Kippel Ralltiir Operations You Can Either Profit By This...
5 Timo Dusel Ralltiir Operations Hidden Base
6 Paul Todd Feldman Bring Him Before Me Hidden Base
7 Patrick Johnson Set Your Course For Alderaan Hidden Base
8 Matt Fendt Ralltiir Operations Yavin 4: Massassi Throne Room

Starting cards are read from the GEMP files in the decks archive.[1]

See also

Sources

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 2025 Retro Online Championship Series, forum.starwarsccg.org; event structure by Leverandon (18 November 2025), quarterfinal results (8 December 2025), semifinal and final pairings and final ranking (24 December 2025), and decks archive posted by hdwgitm (16 January 2026). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  2. ↑ All sixteen GEMP files in the decks archive use only cards from Premiere through Death Star II plus Decipher premium sets. The forum thread lists the formats the qualifiers could vote for but does not name the winner.