2002 Wizards/Professor Challenge
What is the Wizards/Professor Challenge?
Open to Pokémon Professors who put in a minimum of 4 hours staff time at the 2002 Pokémon World Championship, this is your chance to compete in a tournament with Wizards of the Coast employees who make the decisions about Pokémon. This tournament will end up with crowning the Wizards/Professor Champion for 2002.
When is it?
August 3rd and August 4th, 2002, starting later on each day (start times will be announced on site).
Where is it?
It is being held at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, WA.
How much does it cost to participate?
There is no fee for this event outside of the 4 hour minimum staff requirement.
Who is eligible to compete in this Championship?
All registered members of the Pokémon Professor program who put in a minimum of 4 hours volunteering as support staff at the 2002 Pokémon World Championship.
What can I win?
Participants in this tournament have a chance to win promo cards, product prizes, and a Pokémon Professor Jacket!
- 1st place
- Pokémon Professor Jacket
- One display of boosters (36) of each Pokemon expansion Wizards of the Coast has already released (non-1st edition)
- Pikachu World Collection
- Complete set of Neo Revelation Holos (1st edition)
- 30 foil energies for each of the 6 basic energy types
- 1 Limited edition Trainer Deck A (Misty’s Deck)
- 1 Limited edition Trainer Deck B (Brock’s Deck)
- 2nd place
- 72 Legendary Collection boosters
- Pikachu World Collection
- Complete set of Neo Revelation Holos (1st edition)
- 20 foil energies for each of the 6 basic energy types
- 1 Limited edition Trainer Deck A (Misty’s Deck)
- 1 Limited edition Trainer Deck B (Brock’s Deck)
- 3rd-4th place
- 48 Legendary Collection boosters each
- Pikachu World Collection
- Complete set of Neo Revelation Holos (1st edition)
- 10 foil energies for each of the 6 basic energy types
- 1 Limited edition Trainer Deck A (Misty’s Deck)
- 1 Limited edition Trainer Deck B (Brock’s Deck)
- 5th-8th place
- 36 Legendary Collection boosters each
- Pikachu World Collection
- Complete set of Neo Revelation Holos (1st edition)
- 5 foil energies for each of the 6 basic energy types
- 1 Limited edition Trainer Deck A (Misty’s Deck)
- 1 Limited edition Trainer Deck B (Brock’s Deck)
- 9th-16th place
- 36 Legendary Collection boosters each
- Pikachu World Collection
- Complete set of Neo Revelation Holos
- 3 foil energies for each of the 6 basic energy types
- 17th-32nd place
- 36 Legendary Collection boosters each
- Pikachu World Collection
- 1 foil energy for each of the 6 basic energy types
- 33rd and lower
- 36 Legendary Collection boosters each
What type of tournament is this?
This will be an Unlimited Constructed non-sanctioned tournament where you will get to compete against your fellow Professors as well as against Wizards of the Coast employees! Each Wizards of the Coast employee that participates will have a bounty placed on him or her. If you meet and manage to defeat any Wizards of the Coast employee during this tournament you will collect their bounty. Bounties can include promo cards, product, and other Pokémon merchandise.
What are the Unlimited format rules?
Unlimited decks may consist of cards from all Pokémon card sets and all promotional cards released by Wizards of the Coast. New card sets are allowed in Unlimited tournaments as soon as the product is available.
The following cards are banned in Unlimited tournaments:
- The promo card known as “Ancient Mew”
- _______’s Pikachu (The promo card known as “Birthday Pikachu”)
I have heard that there is a rules change to the game of Pokémon being enforced at these events, what is it?
In working on keeping the Pokémon rules as close as possible to the Japanese rules of the game, there is a new term that will be introduced in a later set this year. This is “Special Conditions”. Asleep, Confusion, Paralysis, POISON, and later on Burned are all defined as Special Conditions. All of these effects are removed from Active Pokémon if they Evolve, Devolve, Leave Play, or are Benched. They ALSO shut off ALL Pokémon Powers on the Pokémon affected by a Special Condition.
This means that Poison (and later on Burned) shut off Pokémon Powers on the Pokémon affected by them. This is a clarification of the rules for Pokémon and WILL take place in all of the upcoming Challenge series events and tournaments.
If a card has a Pokémon Power that lists Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed in its text, just add Poisoned and Burned to it as well.