Romancing the Stones tournament series are divided into seasons. Each season lasts about a year, and ends with the Romancing the Stones Invitational for that season. The winner becomes the Romancing the Stones Season Champion, and earns a year of bragging rights.

Event Info for the Season 8 Invitational

  • Date: Around the first week in December
  • Location: Austin, TX (like…most likely)
  • Format: 3 rounds of vintage, 3 rounds of middle school, cut to top 4 which will be vintage.
  • Decklists: Competitors submit their decks ahead of time. We play with open lists.

Roster

The following players have secured their chance to battle to become the Romancing the Stones Season 7 champion.

  1. Gabe Hoppe - Season 7 / 2025 Champion
  2. Placeholder for the Festival of Friendship winner
  3. Placeholder for RTS 40 winner
  4. Angel Kortyka - Dance Party 2026
  5. Paul Garrett - RTS 41 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.

Invites

Invites to the players who will qualify for the Invitational are given out for:

  • 1 invite to last season’s invitational champion
  • Winning a single-day or league event

Players can never earn more than one invitation. Thus, if a player who is already invited places 1st at an event, the invitation for that event would go to the 2nd place finisher. If that player is also already invited, 3rd and 4th place will face off for the invite.

Past Champions