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 The Art of Cardz for sponsoring and hosting this tournament!

• Follow them on Instagram here:

  https://www.instagram.com/theartofcardz

Series

• This tournament is part of a series that lasts over the course of 3 months. (April, May, June)

• 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: TBA

Prizing

1st place: 1000 QR AOC Store Credit

2nd place: 800 QR AOC Store Credit

3rd place: 600 QR AOC Store Credit

4th place: 400 QR AOC Store Credit

5th-8th place: 200 QR AOC Store Credit

Location and Timing

• The tournament will be held on Friday, April 17th

• Check in for the tournament will start at 2:30PM Doha Time (GMT+3)

• The first round will start at 3:30PM Doha Time (GMT+3)

• The venue location will be in Art of Cardz Store, Gate Mall

• Location link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/dESY8BmYwafp5sqe9

Notice

• This tournament has a registration cap of 40 players.

• 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: (SV: Temporal Forces) ---> (Mega Evolution: Perfect Order) (Post 2026 Rotation)

• Regulation Mark: [H, I, J] (The regulation mark is the letter in the bottom left of a card signifying which block it belongs to, if a card is block F 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 playable collections 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 10 per deck. (Only ENGLISH printed proxies are allowed), and the card being used as the back of the proxy must be a real, TPCi card.

• Penalties will be issued to players using invalid proxies as it will count as an invalid deck.

• 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. (Make sure the supporting card is not facing the back; this may count the card as marked and cause a penalty)

Tournament Settings

Tournament Structure

• This tournament will be held in Swiss structure (Explained in "More Information")

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 Swiss matches will be played in a 30 minute, Best of 1.

• After Swiss, the top 4/8 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 a shared 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 Information").

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

More Information

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. They also must finish these turns within 10 minutes.

• 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 they play 1 more turn each and end after 3 total turns.

• In the Swiss phase, if no winner has been decided after these turns have passed, the game ends as a tie.

• In the top cut phase, the player with a game count advantage wins the match, if both players are tied and a winner is necessary for top cut progression, the player with the least amount of prize cards wins, in the case where both players have the same amount of prize cards, play remains until a player gains a prize card LEAD, and that player wins the match.

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