Week of Nightmares

📅 Monday 14 – Thursday 17 September 2026

Not afraid to face your nightmares? Ready to challenge the Four Riders of the Apocalypse?
Join us with no admission costs—everything is on us. Expect snacks (some even deliciously bloody).
All you need to do is register for the days you’re prepared to battle alongside—or against—the Four Riders of the Apocalypse.

Tournament type:

Standard Constructed, 3R+F

No deck lists required.

Proxies allowed.

“The vampire is an outsider. He’s the perfect metaphor for those things. He’s someone who looks human and sounds human, but is not human, so he’s always on the margins.”

— Anne Rice

Vilnius GP 2026: More Than a Qualifier

📅 Friday 18 September 2026

With the addition of a Grand Prix tournament and a direct seat in the GP Final at stake, VTES EC Vilnius 2026 is no longer just a Last Chance Qualifier. The familiar EC structure remains unchanged: five finalists from Friday automatically qualify for Day 2, with the same competitive integrity, clear rules, and established EC standards. What’s new is the impact. The winner of the Vilnius GP will automatically qualify for the Grand Prix Final, held the same day. This creates a special GP qualification path: Four finalists determined by GP ratings One guaranteed finalist: the Vilnius GP winner And so it begins again — this time, Vilnius bites harder.

Tournament type:

Standard Constructed, 3R+F

Deck lists required.

Proxies not allowed.

“There is no escape. No hope. Only hunger and pain”

— 30 Days of Night

Vampire: The Elternal Struggle European Championship 2026 Day 1

📅 Saturday 19 September 2026

The day of shattered hopes and legendary victories…
Some Methuselahs will earn their place in Day 2. Others will fall into Torpor trying.
If 150 or more Methuselahs take the field on Day 1, 75 will rise again for Day 2.
If fewer than 150 answer the call, only 50 will survive to fight on.

Tournament type:

Standard Constructed, 3R+F
Deck lists required.
Proxies not allowed.

The highest-ranking participants will qualify directly for EC Day 2.
In the event of double qualification, the next lower-ranked Methuselahs will be admitted.

“I wish you die well in forthcoming battle my dear methuselahs.”

— Unknown Metuselah

EC2026 Day 2 European Championship

📅 Sunday 20 September 2026

The final showdown
Who shall ascend to immortal glory, and who shall be cast back into the shadows… until next year
If 150 or more Methuselahs take the field on Day 1, 75 will rise again for Day 2.
If fewer than 150 answer the call, only 50 will survive to fight on.
Those who shall claim their place in the Eternal Conflict are as follows:
– The finalists of the Grand Prix Vilnius 2026 on Friday
When these Methuselahs are counted, the strongest from Day 1 shall rise to join the fray.
Should a soul be named twice, the mantle shall pass to the next worthy Methuselah, until the ranks are filled.

Tournament type:

Standard Constructed, 3R+F
Deck lists required.
Proxies not allowed.

“My revenge is just begun! I spread it over centuries, and time is on my side. Your girls that you all love are mine already; and through them you and others shall yet be mine—my creatures, to do my bidding and to be my jackals when I want to feed.”
— Bram Stoker “Dracula”

Club Torpor 

📅 Sunday 20 September 2026

“What is death, but a shadow? The will of the eternal never yields.”

– A side event for the elegantly exhausted.
Details will be announced as the Struggle approaches.

Tournament type:

Standard Constructed, 3R+F
Deck lists not required.
Proxies allowed.

“For some nights I slept profoundly; but still every morning I felt the same lassitude, and a languor weighed upon me all day.”
— J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla