2006 to 2013, from the reports that survive
Naruto CCG Tournament Decks and Results
Every Naruto CCG tournament result and decklist we could trace to a report written at the time: the champions year by year, the winners and top cuts of the Shonen Jump Championships, Kage and Chunin events, and the complete lists that were published.
- Events
- 13
- Decklists
- 4
- Champions
- 5
The top title, year by year
Naruto CCG champions
Each year's champion designed a card that Bandai then printed. The card links to its page in our database, with its asking price where it has one.
| Year | Champion | The card they designed |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Joe ColonNorth American champion (Sannin) |  Just Like Drifting CloudsSource: Mull to Four, December 31, 2012 |
| 2008 | Jerry BalentuanginNorth American champion (Sannin) |  Long Awaited ReinforcementsSource: Mull to Four, December 31, 2012 |
| 2009 | Thomas CaoNorth American champion (Sannin) | Shikamaru Nara & Choji Akimichi Squad Source: Mull to Four, December 31, 2012 |
| 2010 | Eric MeloneGenCon 2010 (the Sannin) |  Monster ResearchSources: Mull to Four, December 31, 2012; The Perfect Curve, January 1, 2011 |
| 2011 | Thomas CaoGenCon 2011 ("Double Sannin") |  Shikamaru's DecisionSource: Mull to Four, December 31, 2012 |
Weekend of March 30 to 31, 2013 (reported March 31) · New York
Results as reported by Mull to Four Gaming, Three Man Squads (March 31, 2013); no decklist was published.
| Result | Player | Deck, as reported |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | Thomas Veazie | Tears and Rebirth |
| Final | Scott "Dashy" (Genre) | not given |
August 18, 2012 · Indianapolis
Results as reported by Mull to Four Gaming, Top 10 New Cards of 2012 (December 31, 2012); no decklist was published.
| Result | Player | Deck, as reported |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Stephen Garret | not given |
| 3rd | Nick Brady | not given |
| 4th | Destin Earsery | not given |
| 5th | Thomas Veazie | not given |
August 6, 2011 · Indianapolis
Results as reported by Mull to Four Gaming, Top 10 New Cards of 2012 (December 31, 2012); no decklist was published.
| Result | Player | Deck, as reported |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | Thomas Cao | not given |
July 23, 2011 · Morristown, New Jersey
Results as reported by The Perfect Curve, Morristown NJ Tournament Results (July 24, 2011); no decklist was published.
| Result | Player | Deck, as reported |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | Joe Colon | Lightning/Wind True Allies splash Anbu/Biscuit |
| Final | MJM | No Hand Water |
| Top 4 | Genre | True Allies |
| Top 4 | Dalegna | Distal Shrapnel OTK |
| Top 8 | John B. | Monowater |
| Top 8 | Saul Pena | BR Flip Earth |
| Top 8 | Elric | Fire/Water Haku/Kakashi/EOTS instant-Ninja Kill |
| Top 8 | Brad Wright | True Allies |
May 28, 2011 · New Holland, Pennsylvania
Results as reported by The Perfect Curve, PA SJC coverage via text (May 28, 2011); no decklist was published.
| Result | Player | Deck, as reported |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | Anthony Hernandez | No Hand Water |
| Final | Ryan Severin | True Allies |
| Top 4 | Deets | not given |
| Top 8 | Gus Orozco | not given |
| Top 8 | Joe Venuto | not given |
| Top 8 | Alex Miller | not given |
| Top 8 | Big Boy | not given |
| Top 8 | Saul | not given |
March 2011 (reported March 28, 2011) · Minnesota
Results as reported by The Perfect Curve, MN Kage Wrap Up (March 28, 2011); no decklist was published.
| Result | Player | Deck, as reported |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | Thomas Veazie | not given |
December 11, 2010 · West Berlin, New Jersey
55 players. Results as reported by The Perfect Curve, NJ Kage Final Standings (December 13, 2010); no decklist was published.
| Result | Player | Deck, as reported |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | Nick Brady | not given |
| Final | Scott (Genre) | not given |
| Top 8 (as posted) | Sasuke of the Desert (Brandyn) | not given |
| Top 8 (as posted) | Shenanigans | not given |
| Top 8 (as posted) | Eligio | not given |
| Top 8 (as posted) | Damien Tilman | not given |
| Top 8 (as posted) | Ryan Severin | not given |
| Top 8 (as posted) | Thayli | not given |
November 20, 2010 · Boston, Massachusetts
Results as reported by The Perfect Curve, A Thank You and List of Updates (December 3, 2010); no decklist was published.
| Result | Player | Deck, as reported |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | Scott (Genre) | not given |
| 2nd | Shodaime | not given |
| Top 4 | Thayli (Joe O) | not given |
August 7, 2010 · Indianapolis
One list as published by The Perfect Curve, Let's Party Like it's 2007: My GenCon (August 12, 2010).
| Result | Player | Deck, as reported |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | Eric Melone | not given |
| Final | Thomas "Knuckles" Veazie | Dreams |
| Top 4 | Joshua Lu | Hello Hello (Good to be Back) |
| Top 8 | Mike Cancelleri | OneWingedToads |
| Top 16 | Ari Kathein | Concentration Water |
| Place | Player | Archetype | Cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 4 | Joshua Lu | Hello Hello (Good to be Back) | 50 |
June 12, 2010 · Lawrenceville, Georgia
Results as reported by The Perfect Curve, Andrew Kardis wins Shonen Jump Georgia (June 13, 2010); no decklist was published.
| Result | Player | Deck, as reported |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | Andrew Kardis | not given |
May 8, 2010 · Lacey, Washington
Results as reported by The Perfect Curve, Washington Shonen Jump Top 8 (May 9, 2010); no decklist was published.
| Result | Player | Deck, as reported |
|---|---|---|
| Top 8 (as posted) | Max Grahnet | Females/Medical |
| Top 8 (as posted) | Daniel Collens | Taijutsu |
| Top 8 (as posted) | Thomas Cao | Animals |
| Top 8 (as posted) | Jerry Balentuangin | Taijutsu |
| Top 8 (as posted) | Amir Abboushi | Monofire |
| Top 8 (as posted) | Gersain Perez | Females/Medical |
| Top 8 (as posted) | Casey Strong | Monowater |
| Top 8 (as posted) | Destin Earsery | not given |
February 2010 (reported February 16, 2010) · Not named in the report
One list as published by The Perfect Curve, What up (February 16, 2010).
| Result | Player | Deck, as reported |
|---|---|---|
| Top 4 | Joshua Lu | Perfect Circle Circus |
| Top 4 | Amir | Monofire |
| Place | Player | Archetype | Cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 4 | Joshua Lu | Perfect Circle Circus | 50 |
GenCon 2006, which ended Sunday August 13, 2006 · Indianapolis
2 lists as published by Pojo, Dave Moll's mental hybrid deck, Balrog's Rebuttal (October 13, 2006, archived).
The rules and the circuit
How the tournaments worked
- The ladder
Bandai's Legendary Ninja Premier Series, launched in October 2006, grouped stores into five regions called villages. Players rose from Academy to Genin, Chunin and Jonin; one Kage was chosen per village, and the five Kages played for the Sannin title, the Legendary Ninja of North America.
Source: ICv2, TV Ads to Support Naruto CCG OP (August 29, 2006)
- Shonen Jump Championships
From 2010 Bandai America and VIZ Media ran a Shonen Jump Championship series: eleven events in 2010 ending at GenCon on August 7, six in 2011 ending at GenCon on August 6, and nine in 2012 including GenCon on August 18.
Sources: Anime News Network, SJC announcement (March 8, 2010); Bandai, SJC schedule (archived December 22, 2010); Bandai, SJC schedule (archived August 25, 2011); Bandai, SJC schedule (archived April 14, 2013)
- Kage events
Bandai announced monthly Kage tournaments for 2010 to 2011, the first on December 11, 2010 at All Things Fun! in West Berlin, New Jersey, with GenCon in August as the highest level event.
Source: Bandai forum, Naruto CCG Kage Tournaments 2010-2011 (archived)
- Banned cards
Bandai kept a Rogue List of restricted and banned cards for its Unlimited and Block formats; the version archived in December 2010 took effect on October 22, 2010.
Source: Bandai forum, Unlimited Rogue Card List (archived December 22, 2010)
- Champion cards
Each champion designed a card that Bandai then printed: Just Like Drifting Clouds, Long Awaited Reinforcements, Monster Research and Shikamaru's Decision among them.
Source: Mull to Four Gaming, Top 10 New Cards of 2012 (December 31, 2012)
- Played today
Players still meet: a December 2025 deck profile video invites viewers to a Discord server that hosts regular tournaments, with people playing over webcam almost every day.
Source: OccasionalGamerOfficial, True Allies: Naruto CCG 2025 Deck Profile (YouTube, December 8, 2025)
Provenance
Where these lists come from
Bandai published winner articles for its Shonen Jump Championships, but those pages were never archived, so no official results list survives. What does survive is what the players wrote: The Perfect Curve, a blog run by three top players from 2010 to 2013, Mull to Four Gaming (2012 to 2013), and Pojo's 2006 deck columns. Every result here was read from the original page in the Internet Archive or on Blogger, and every list is copied line by line as printed. Where a report gives a Top 8 as a plain list, we say so instead of calling it a ranking, and where it gives no finish, the page says that too.
- New York Shonen Jump Championship 2013: Mull to Four Gaming, Three Man Squads (March 31, 2013)
- GenCon 2012 Shonen Jump Championship: Mull to Four Gaming, Top 10 New Cards of 2012 (December 31, 2012), Bandai, Shonen Jump Championship schedule (archived April 14, 2013)
- GenCon 2011 Shonen Jump Championship: Mull to Four Gaming, Top 10 New Cards of 2012 (December 31, 2012), Bandai, Shonen Jump Championship schedule (archived August 25, 2011)
- Morristown, NJ tournament 2011: The Perfect Curve, Morristown NJ Tournament Results (July 24, 2011), The Perfect Curve, tournament announcement (June 22, 2011)
- Pennsylvania Shonen Jump Championship 2011: The Perfect Curve, PA SJC coverage via text (May 28, 2011), Bandai, Shonen Jump Championship schedule (archived August 25, 2011)
- Minnesota Kage 2011: The Perfect Curve, MN Kage Wrap Up (March 28, 2011), Bandai forum, Naruto CCG Kage Tournaments 2010-2011 (archived)
- New Jersey Kage 2010: The Perfect Curve, NJ Kage Final Standings (December 13, 2010), The Perfect Curve, NJ Kage Update (December 11, 2010)
- Boston Chunin 2010: The Perfect Curve, A Thank You and List of Updates (December 3, 2010), The Perfect Curve, Countdown: Boston (November 19, 2010)
- GenCon 2010 Shonen Jump Championship: The Perfect Curve, Let's Party Like it's 2007: My GenCon (August 12, 2010), Mull to Four Gaming, Top 10 New Cards of 2012 (December 31, 2012)
- Georgia Shonen Jump Championship 2010: The Perfect Curve, Andrew Kardis wins Shonen Jump Georgia (June 13, 2010), Bandai, Shonen Jump Championship schedule (archived December 22, 2010)
- Washington Shonen Jump Championship 2010: The Perfect Curve, Washington Shonen Jump Top 8 (May 9, 2010), Bandai, Shonen Jump Championship schedule (archived December 22, 2010)
- Chunin, February 2010: The Perfect Curve, What up (February 16, 2010)
- GenCon 2006: Pojo, Dave Moll's mental hybrid deck, Balrog's Rebuttal (October 13, 2006, archived), Pojo, Ari's GenCon Deck (October 10, 2006, archived)
Common questions
Frequently asked questions
Did the Naruto CCG have tournaments?
Yes. Bandai ran a ladder from 2006: store events, then Chunin, Jonin and Kage tournaments, with the Sannin title at the top. From 2010 to 2012 it also ran the Shonen Jump Championships with VIZ Media, each season ending at GenCon in Indianapolis.
Sources: ICv2, August 29, 2006; Anime News Network, March 8, 2010
Who won the Naruto CCG championship?
Joe Colon in 2007, Jerry Balentuangin in 2008, Thomas Cao in 2009, Eric Melone in 2010 and Thomas Cao again in 2011, according to a December 2012 retrospective that names the card each champion designed. For 2012 the same piece names the finishers from 2nd to 5th but not the winner.
Where can I find winning Naruto CCG decklists?
No champion's list with card numbers survives. Bandai's winner articles were not archived, and the player blogs mostly named decks without printing them. The complete lists that do survive are on this page: two from GenCon 2006 with card numbers, and two Top 4 lists from 2010 by card name.
Sources: The Perfect Curve, SJC Georgia winner article post; Pojo, October 13, 2006
Is the Naruto CCG still played competitively?
In a small way. Bandai ended the game in 2013, but a December 2025 deck profile video invites viewers to a Discord server that hosts regular tournaments, with people playing over webcam almost every day.