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Pokemon TCG Pocket Community Series
The Pokemon TCG Pocket Community Series is a Community led tournament series built to bring players, creators, casters, and the wider Pokemon community together through fun, competitive events with every new set release.
Our mission is simple: to create memorable experiences for players while giving creators opportunities to collaborate, showcase their talents, and celebrate each new expansion together. Whether you're competing for the championship, casting matches, creating content, or cheering on your favorite players, this series is designed to be a place where the entire community can participate.
This is more than a single tournament. It's the beginning of a recurring series that we hope grows alongside the Pokemon TCG Pocket community, with every event building new friendships, memorable moments, and lasting traditions.
Built With the Community
This community series wouldn't be possible without the incredible support of so many people in the Pokemon TCG Pocket community.
A huge thank you to our casters, creators, judges, volunteers, sponsors, and everyone who helps bring this event to life.
COLLABORATED WITH
ENGLISH CAST LIVE ON SPRAGELS TWITCH AND YOUTUBE
Spragels
Taj1ma
PocketMads
Preluxe
English Casters
TOP CUT FRENCH CAST LIVE ON VALDENTCG TWITCH
ValdenTCG
French Casters
Special Thanks To!
...and everyone else who contributes to making this event possible.
Please take a moment to support everyone involved. Community events like this only happen because passionate people are willing to give their time, talent, and energy to create memorable experiences for others.
We can't wait to see you at the event. Good luck, have fun, and don't forget to join our Discord to stay up to date on future events and announcements. Streaming your matches is highly encouraged—we'd love to see your perspective throughout the tournament.
Thank you for helping us build something special for the Pokemon TCG Pocket community.
📚STRUCTURE 📚
The tournament structure is the following:
1st Phase: 10 Swiss Rounds BO1
Players with 22 or more points qualify to the next round:
2nd Phase (Top Cut): Single-elimination bracket BO3
Please note that the number of Swiss rounds is susceptible to change, depending on the number of the participants.
Wins are rewarded 3 points, ties 1 point and losses 0 pts.
!!! IMPORTANT: STREAMING IS MANDATORY IN TOP 64 AND BEYOND!
The whole tournament will be casted in English on Spragels Twitch and Youtube. Also in French with Frog EX | Valden on his Twitch.
You are highly encouraged to stream your games from the very beginning.
Please note that streaming will be mandatory in top cut (top 64 and beyond). Failing to stream in TopCut can result in a DQ.
👔👔 TIES 👔👔
- Intentional Ties are allowed only at the last match of swiss. Call a judge to validate the result.
- Non-intentional ties in Swiss Rounds remain as they are and no tiebreakers will be played.
- In case of a tie in Top Cut both players are awarded a win. This means that if a tie occurs on the second game, then the player who won game 1 advances to the next round. If a tie occurs on a game 3, then the game must be replayed. If there's not a clear winner after a replay of game 3 of top cut, CALL A JUDGE the tie breaker will go to whoever had the best record during swiss rounds. If both players have the same record it goes to a coinflip. Whoever flips Heads at start of coinflip wins the match, a Judge must be present for the coinflip.
🏆 PRIZES 💸
- 1st Place: $100 USD
- 2nd Place: $50 USD
- 3rd + 4th Place: $25 USD
Payouts are only made via Paypal. Any transactional fees are NOT covered and will not be our responsibility.
👫🏻🧍🏼♂️👨🏽🤝👨🏻GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP 👩🏼🤝👩🏽🧍🏼
Please remain polite and promote good sportsmanship behavior.
Hate speech, bullying and bad manners are not acceptable and will be sanctioned.
⛑️⛑️ FOLLOW US ⛑️⛑️
Follow us on Discord to see our Community Rules.
Important announcements pop up there!
👨🏻⚖️⚖️ JUDGE CALLS
Please use the limitless chat to call for a judge. If needed, be ready to provide evidence in the dedicated “judge calls” channel on our discord. It is important to keep time stamped screenshots of your wins as it’s the only thing that can help us help you in case of a dispute.
Players should always check their limitless chat and refresh the page frequently, as judges might be trying to contact them.
Staff members’ work may be charged, especially during bigger events. Please be patient and make sure that your issue is not covered by the tournament details before asking for a judge. In the rare case where there is no response within 3 minutes, you can ping us on the Discord server.
🇬🇧🇺🇸 COMMUNICATION To facilitate things, the language spoken in this tournament is English. Please translate your demands before typing them in the chat. This helps us win a lot of time with judge calls.
🚧🚧 STRUCTURE DETAILS 🚧🚧
Each round in Swiss Rounds is 20 minutes. Players must check in within 4 minutes. New rounds will start as soon as all the games are finished, without waiting for the timer to end, so stay alert!
Check in is mandatory in swiss rounds. If you miss check in your opponent gets they win unless they agree to play (but they’re not obliged to). If you chat with your opponent before the game and you miss check in, please provide time stamped screenshots in the discord server with the game results.
Top Cut requires no check-in, and games are played without timer. If a player remains inactive (in the knockout phase) and does not contact their opponent or the judges, they get a game loss for each 5 minutes of inactivity. Please call for a judge to evaluate the situation and mark the win for you.
😎 BE A FAIR PLAYER.. 😎
- Honest mistakes can happen... If you accidentally load into the game with the wrong deck, place a Pokémon in the active spot and take a time stamped screenshot, then concede prior to starting the match. After contacting a judge and providing a time stamped screenshot in the judge calls channel and evaluating, we will allow a one time reset. If it happens again, the round will be awarded to the player with the correct deck.
- If your opponent uses a card or energy that is different then the one they declared when they submitted a decklist, take a time stamped screenshot and call for a judge. Once verified, it will be marked a loss for the player with the wrong deck.
- During Top Cut, if a player uses the wrong card, or energy it's a match loss. Please take a time stamped screenshot, and call for a judge. Once a judge evaluates a wrong card or declared energy in top cut, they will mark a match loss for the competitor with the wrong list.
🐌 INTENTIONAL SLOW PLAYING 🐌
If your opponent is intentionally slow-playing you, please contact the staff. Some people need more time to think and that’s alright. But if a person is repeatedly waiting for the last seconds to end their turn, then they will be warned for slow playing.
Please keep time stamped screenshots or videos of your game and especially the timer. If the in-game timer difference between players is more than 5 minutes, then the player who is being slow-played can claim the win.
📡📡 DISCONNECTION ISSUES AND TURN 0 WINS 🛜🛜
Please make sure you have a good internet connection. If a connection error occurs on turn 0 (cards not dealt) then the game must be replayed. If the connection error occurs after the cards are dealt (turn 1), then the player with the victory screen gets the win.
Please send screenshots on Discord.
🔭 STREAMING AND STREAM SNIPING 🔫
We really want to help streamers grow and encourage people to share their games. You can use our DC server’s streaming rooms or your twitch account.
For that reason, any proven stream sniping will result in an automatic DQ and ban.
Tournament Structure
The Collab Lab 🧪🔬
10 Swiss Rounds - BO1
20 minutes per round
4 minute round check-in
players with 22 or more points advance to the next phase
Streamers and Dreamers✨🌟💫!!
Single Elimination Bracket - BO3
untimed matches
no match check-in
Wins are worth 3 match points, ties 1