Red Bull Teams Up with Bandai’s ‘One Piece CG’

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Red Bull Teams Up with Bandai's 'One Piece CG'

Red Bull teamed up with Bandai’s One Piece CG to crown a Red Bull Double Don!! 2026 champion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on April 11, 2026.

This first-of-its-kind event for One Piece CG was the result of a partnership between Red Bull and Bandai, similar to the partnership they formed with Wizards of the Coast for Red Bull Untapped, a virtual Magic event facilitated by Melee.gg in 2021 (see “Legion“).  This time around, though, the event was live and in-person in Milwaukee, WI.  The two companies invited 150 of the top One Piece CG players from the U.S. to play in a one-of-a-kind tournament where event winners would receive a textured, gold-stamped Monkey D. Luffy Don!! promo card.  An invite for the event could have been obtained via store qualifiers that ran for February 15, 2025 to March 6, 2026. 

The grand final event also had special rules; players would use Don!! cards with twice the normal power (which essentially supercharged the format).  The finals came down to Kevin Zhao (KZ), playing Red/Green Luffy, and Daniel Masso, playing Blue/Yellow Nami.  Kevin Zhao came out on top in the end to be crowned the Red Bull Double Don!! tournament champion. 

Source: ICv2