Social Media

• Join our WhatsApp group chat for more direct contact with the community!

  https://chat.whatsapp.com/JatoBtN25UaGjAqRZoasxQ

• Follow the Pokémon Qatar TCG Instagram here:

  https://www.instagram.com/ptcgq

Special thanks

• Thanks to Collector's Café for letting us host this tournament at their place!

Series

• This tournament is part of a series that lasts over the course of 3 months. (January, February, March)

• This series will keep track of player rankings and provide more ways to involve competition in the game!

• You can find the series with more details here: https://play.limitlesstcg.com/series/6763bf1e95f729096d7312b9/details

Prizing

• 1st place: 5 Prismatic Evolutions packs + 6 packs

• 2nd place: 2 Prismatic Evolutions packs + 3 packs

• 3rd/4th place: 1 Prismatic Evolutions packs + 2 packs

• Prismatic Evolutions ETB contents such as the promo card will be given away in a raffle including only the participants of the tournament!

• Thanks to Albi for providing us with the Prismatic Evolutions packs!

Location and Timing

• The tournament will be held on Friday, February 14th

• Check in for the tournament will start at 3:00PM Doha Time (GMT+3)

• The first round will start at 4:00PM Doha Time (GMT+3)

• Please note that we are going to be extremely strict about the timing
  and anyone arriving late will receive a round 1 loss

• The venue location will be in Collector's Café, Lusail

• Location link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/MpMbtGdA2NWP7waf7

Notice

• This tournament has a registration cap of 21 players due to the limited amount of tables available.

• This tournament follows the official rules of Play! Pokemon as closely as possible.

• For reference: https://www.pokemon.com/static-assets/content-assets/cms2/pdf/play-pokemon/rules/play-pokemon-tournament-rules-handbook-10062023-en.pdf

Player Requirements

• Players must bring their own valid 60-card deck (Deck rules below)

• It is highly preferable that players bring their own playing accessories (Dice, Playmat, Coin, etc.)

Deck Rules

Format

• Standard: (SW - Brilliant Stars) ---> (SV - Prismatic Evolutions)

• Regulation Mark: [F, G, H] (The regulation mark is the letter in the bottom left of a card signifying which block it belongs to, if a card is block E or before, it is not legal for this tournament.)

• It is important to note that if a card belongs to one of these sets, and does not follow the regulation mark rules, it is not legal.

Proxies

• Please try to use proxies only if you really can't get ahold of the cards you need. We encourage players to build up their binders as much as they can because official leagues allow no proxies at all, and we are trying to work towards that future.

• The use of proxy cards is limited to 15 per deck. (Only printed proxies are allowed)

• A proxy card is a card that is placed in a deck to replace a missing/non-owned card.

• The best method of making a proxy card is using the Limitless TCG tool for printing proxies to get the exact size of a standard Pokemon card. (https://limitlesstcg.com/tools/proxies)

• After printing and cutting the proxies, place a low-value card (using basic energy cards for this is recommended) into a sleeve, and place the proxy into the sleeve. (Do not turn around the card as that can be used to mark the card for some sleeves.)

Tournament Settings

Tournament Structure

• This tournament will be held in Swiss structure (Explained in "More Info"), and Single Elimination top cut.

Rounds

• This tournament will be played round by round, in order; since each round pairings are dependent on the previous round results.

• For each round, every player will have to play 1 match. (In the case where there is an uneven number of players, some players may have a bye on a round, which is a free win).

• All matches will be played in a 35 minute, Best of 1.

• After Swiss, the top 4 placers will advance to top cut, where they play in single elimination, 50 minute, Best of 3.

• The tiebreaker for 3rd place will be decided by the two 4th placers' swiss standings. (However, both will get the same points and prizing)

• The round timer will be one timer running for all players, and when it runs out, all players still playing a game must follow the rules that decide the winner of the game in this case. (Explained in "More Info").

• You can find the round timer at all times in your dashboard.

More Info

What is Swiss?

• "Swiss" is a tournament structure format where in every round, all players play 1 match without eliminations, regardless of their Win/Loss/Tie record. In every round, each player is paired with a different player equal to, or similar to their current score.

• After a set amount of rounds, the ranking between players is shown by the score earned in the Swiss phase (Win = 3 points, Tie = 1 point, Loss = 0 points).

• Tie breakers of points is determined by calculating "Resistance", which represents how well the opponents of a certain player have done during the same phase.

• It is important to note that the ranking is all automatically calculated by the LimitlessTCG website and shown online.

Unfinished Matches during Timeout

• When the timer goes out as players are playing a match, players have to play 3 more turns before ending the game, regardless of what happens in these turns.

• The turn of the player playing their turn during the timeout is counted as Turn 0.

• After the player who is playing turn 0 ends their turn, their opponent plays their turn (Turn 1 of timeout), then back to them (Turn 2 of timeout), then back to the opponent (Turn 3 of timeout).

• If no winner has been decided after all 3 turns have been completed, The game ends as a tie In Swiss phase. In the Top cut phase, the result of the game is decided by the player who has the least amount of prize cards remaining. If both players have an equal amount of prize cards, then that game is considered a tie.

• After the result of the timeout game has been decided, the player who has more game wins is the winner of the match (ex: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1). If both players have an equal amount of games won (0-0, 1-1), then the match is considered a tie.\

(In the case that both players are even in game scores and it is necessary that a winner is declared for top cut progression, the game is continued until one player has less prize cards, in which case, they win the match)

• If you are facing any issues implementing these rules, call a judge/organizer to help.