Regional Variations: Alolan, Galarian & Hisuian
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All players welcome! Please join the PTCGO League Discord Server

Tournament is sponsored by Card Cavern Trading Cards

Matches for this tournament are to be played on the Pokemon Trading Card Game Online client.

Play

Register for the tournament & submit your decklist here on Limitless prior to the start of the event.

IMPORTANT: This is NOT a live event! It features 3-day rounds, meaning once a round is paired all players will have 3 days to complete the match with their opponent. Players are responsible for timely contact with their opponent to coordinate a time to play. If you are missing matches/check-ins or are non-responsive to messages from your opponents, you may be dropped without warning at the organizer's discretion.

DeckRules

Modified Expanded Framework: In addition to the rules below, your deck must always remain legal in the TCG's Expanded format.

POKEMON

All Pokemon in your deck must have the word Alolan, Galarian, or Hisuian in its name.

You may also use prior-stage evolutions of another Pokemon in your deck that meets the requirement above. (Example: If you have Alolan Marowak in your deck, then you may also include Cubone.)

You aren't restricted to any one word in particular - you can use any combination of the Alolan, Galarian, & Hisuian Pokemon.

Your deck must include at least 8 Basic Pokemon.

TRAINERS & ENERGY

You may use any Trainers & Energy cards that were printed in the Sword & Shield or Sun & Moon series/blocks.

Structure

SWISS (BO3) with 3-Day Rounds: Players will have three days to complete their match against each opponent.

You MUST check in on Limitless and contact your opponent within the first 24 hours of the round or you will receive the loss.

Wins are worth 3 pts; tie/draws are worth 1 pt.

Intentional draws are allowed for scheduling conflicts. Any matches without results reported by end of the round will be scored a tie. If there is no sign of activity you will be dropped.

TOP CUT (BO3): Following the Swiss phase, the Top 4 players will advance to a single-elimination bracket.

Policies

Deck Sharing ON: The Deck List Sharing feature must always be turned ON in the game settings.

Match Timers ON: When you challenge your opponent you must always enable the Timed Match option.

Going First/Second: The winner of the coin flip decides who goes first for Game 1. For Games 2 & 3 in best-of-three matches, the loser of the prior game gets to decide who goes first. (In cases where the winner of the previous game wins the coin flip and selects the wrong option by accident, the opponent is entitled to request a restart of the affected game).

Wrong Deck Selected: If a player chooses the wrong deck by accident, they must declare so immediately before any actions are taken. If Deck Sharing is on, the opposing player should be able to verify that the deck was in fact incorrect and the game should be replayed. If any conditions above are not met, the result is a game loss.

Illegal Decklist: If a player is discovered to have submitted a deck that does not comply with the rules, they will be dropped from the event without exception. It is the player’s responsibility to submit a legal decklist in advance; no changes of any kind are allowed once the event has started.

Disconnections/Leaving a Game: In the event of a disconnect, the timer will continue to run while the player attempts to reconnect. If the game ends the match due to inactivity or a player leaves the game for any other reason, it is considered a game loss.

Need Help?: Please notify the organizer immediately if you have any concerns. Use the Request a Judge button here on Limitless or get in touch with @rabidragon#3983 on our league's Discord.

Prizes

Prizes are PTCGO Astral Radiance codes.

1st: 20 Codes
2nd: 10 Codes
3rd-4th: 5 Codes

Tournament prizing is provided by Card Cavern Trading Cards. Codes will be delivered to players here on their rewards page.

Tournament Structure

Swiss
4 Swiss Rounds - BO3
4320 minutes per round
1440 minute round check-in
4 players advance to the next phase
Top Cut
2 Single Elimination Rounds - BO3
4320 minutes per round
1440 minute round check-in
Wins are worth 3 match points, ties 1