🎉 Surge’s TCG Vault — 500 Member Celebration Webcam Tournament 🎉

Welcome to the Surge’s TCG Vault Webcam Tournament Series — a structured competitive environment designed to provide consistent, high-quality gameplay for Pokémon TCG players of all levels.

To celebrate reaching 500 members, we’re hosting a special cash-prized Webcam Standard Tournament ⚡

Our events are built around fair competition, organised play, and continuous player improvement.

Minimum player requirement must be met for tournament to go ahead, this is currently set at 20

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💛 Support the Vault

If you would like to support the continued growth of tournaments, prizing, and community features:

🔗 https://www.patreon.com/c/SurgeTCG

All contributions go directly back into improving the player experience.

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📅 Event Information

• Date: Saturday
• Start Time: 1PM GMT
• Format: Pokémon TCG Standard
• Platform: Webcam (Discord)
• Structure: Swiss Rounds → Top Cut (BO3)
• Swiss Rounds: 3 or 5 (based on attendance)
• Top Cut: Top 4 or Top 8 (based on attendance)
• Round Time: 50 Minutes
• Pairings & Standings: Managed via Limitless

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🎮 Gameplay & Setup Requirements

All matches are played live via webcam on Discord.

Players must maintain a clear and stable camera setup, showing:

• Playmat & Active Pokémon
• Bench
• Deck & Discard Pile

A valid Discord account is required to participate.

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📋 Player Requirements

• Submit a valid decklist on Limitless prior to the event start
• Join the official Discord server before the tournament
• Be present and ready at the beginning of each round
• Follow all official Play! Pokémon rules and guidelines

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🏆 Tournament Structure

• Swiss rounds determined by total player attendance
• Top-ranked players advance to Top Cut
• All Top Cut matches are played as Best of 3 (BO3)

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⏱ Round Procedure

• Each round lasts 50 minutes
• Players must maintain a reasonable pace of play
• At time, standard end-of-round procedures apply

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⚠️ Event-Specific Rules

❌ No proxies permitted

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⚖️ Rules & Conduct

• Matches follow official Play! Pokémon TCG rules
• Fair play and sportsmanship are mandatory
• Any disputes must be reported to tournament staff immediately
• Tournament organisers and judges have final authority on rulings

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🎁 Prizing

💷 Minimum £50 Cash Prize Pool (via PayPal)
📈 Prize pool may increase based on total attendance

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🙏 Community Appreciation

We want to give a huge thank you to everyone who has supported the Vault so far —
from server boosters, Patreon members, and regular players, to those helping others with deck building, advice, and community growth.

We’re building something special together for the Play! Pokémon webcam scene 🌍

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👕 What’s Coming Next

One of our major goals this year is to launch Surge’s TCG Vault player shirts, allowing members to represent the Vault at IRL events and help grow the community further.

We also have sponsors lined up, including support from local game stores — more details coming soon.

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🔄 Schedule Updates

• Slight changes coming to Webcam Wednesdays
• TCG Live Fridays remain unchanged

🔥 An expanded Friday event with unlimited proxies allowed will be announced soon

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💬 About Surge’s TCG Vault

Surge’s TCG Vault is a rapidly growing competitive webcam community focused on:

• Structured competitive matches
• Weekly tournaments
• Player development and improvement

Join the community:
👉 https://discord.gg/surgestcgvault

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⚡ Good Luck & Have Fun

Celebrate the milestone, compete for cash, and be part of something growing.

⚡ Join the Vault. Compete. Win.