In Brief:
- Parallel (official site) unveiled the Community Clash Cup trophy, designed by Parallel Studios Art Director Oscar Mar.
- The Cup champion will earn a 1/1 NFT of the trophy, and every Cup player will receive an AP version.
- The Cup is the finale of Community Clash, the grassroots tournament series Parallel launched in July 2026.
Parallel revealed the trophy for its Community Clash Cup on X. The player who wins the event will take home a 1/1 NFT of it.
Oscar Mar, art director at Parallel Studios, designed the trophy, the studio said. Every player who competes in the Cup will receive an AP version of the NFT.
CC CUP TROPHY
The Community Clash Cup trophy was designed by Parallel Studios Art Director Oscar Mar.
The CC Cup Champion will earn a 1/1 NFT of the trophy. All CC Cup players will receive an AP version as well. //
MORE INFO: https://parallel.life/blog/community-clash-cup…
The post linked to a Community Clash Cup page on Parallel’s blog for more information. It didn’t give a date for the event.
One trophy, two editions
The reward is split into two tiers. Only the champion gets the 1/1. And the rest of the field leaves with an AP version of the trophy.
The post didn’t say how many players will make the Cup field. It also didn’t say whether any other prizes come with the title.
The road to the Cup
Parallel launched Community Clash in July 2026 to run grassroots, community-organized tournaments that feed into a single finale. Players who finish well at those events earn bids, or qualifications, for a seat at the Cup.
The studio also rolled out an in-game event panel alongside the series to make tournaments easier to find and register for.
Parallel is a free-to-play sci-fi trading card game available on the Epic Games Store.
Qualifier results
The qualifiers have rotated through restricted formats, with most played as four rounds of best-of-one Swiss and decklists published after each event.
TILT_Zeromioda won the Singleton event on July 10 with a 4-0 record. The same player went 4-0 again on July 23 to win the Alpha Set event, finishing ahead of Bullbence in second and Tony_PGA in third.
Head3968 went 4-0 to win Pauper on July 16, beating alanpitanga, lobaobh and lynxpqp along the way.
Czar1Klas took the Planetfall Set event on July 31, winning on Median Buchholz tiebreaks. Mystery_Exile finished second and Tony_PGA was third.
Bullbence went undefeated at 4-0 in the Aftermath Only event on Aug. 6.
Tony_PGA, who had placed third twice, went 4-0 to win the Deception Only event on Aug. 15.
