Europe's Pirate King Crowned: Millán Wins the Utrecht Finals with Nico Robin — onepiece.media

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The first throne of the Championship 26-27 season is filled: Millán won the CS-International Finals at Bandai Card Games Fest Utrecht, piloting Nico Robin all the way through the OP-17-format top cut, with Zyrios’ Dracule Mihawk as runner-up (standings per OPTCG.GG’s tournament page).

The finals ran September 5–6 inside the Utrecht Fest at the Jaarbeurs — Europe’s stop on the eleven-city Bandai world tour, after a Last Chance Qualifier fed into Saturday’s cut. The champion now carries Europe’s banner toward the World Championship 26-27 Final in Japan, March 20–21, 2027.

What it says about the meta: a Nico Robin title in the first Finals of the season lines up with the lists that dominated fall events, where Robin and Blue/Yellow Nami engines set the pace. Decklists and placements are on the results page for anyone tuning up before their own regionals.

North America followed: Richard Yam won Dallas with Green Zoro. Next is the Season 2 Finals at ExCeL London in January. Every stop is on the events calendar.