Format Details for TCG
- Round time
o Swiss – 30 Min
o Top Cut – 50 Min
- Single game/Bo3
o Swiss – Best of 1
o Top Cut – Best of 3
- Deck lists required?
o Yes
- Special rules
o Kiddie Pool:
- No Basic Pokémon
- Stage 1 Pokémon are played as Basics with regard to starting Pokémon and playing to the Bench
- VMAXs, VSTARs, and Mega cannot be played (They are not Stage 1 Pokémon)
- In all other instances, they are evolution Pokémon
- Example – Nest Ball Text reads, “Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck”
o Nest Ball would not be able to retrieve any Pokémon from your deck
- Pokémon with abilities that state, “When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon during your turn…” work as if the text reads, “When you play this Pokémon from your hand during your turn…”
- Legal regulation marks
o Black and White on
- Legal rarities
o All
- Rule Box allowed?
o Yes
- Max qty per card
o 4
- Banned cards
o Zoroark EVS
o Floette CEC
o Archeops NVI
o Flapple RCL
o Dudunsparce TEM
o Starmie MEW
o Forest of Giant Plants
o Lysandre’s Trump Card
o Delinquent
Format Details for VG
- Round time
o No Round Timer
o Each Battle uses in Game Timer
- Single game/Bo3
o Swiss – Best of 1
o Top Cut – Best of 3
- Ruleset
o Regulation G
o All Pokémon will be set to Level 50
o Species Clause
- You can only have one Pokémon of a species on your team
o Item Clause
- Each item used on your team must be unique
- Team lists required?
o Full List Required
o Closed Teamsheet
- Rental teams permitted?
o No
- Special rules
o Breeder
- All Pokémon must have been hatched from an egg
o Middle Cup
- All Pokémon must have evolved from something (even if from a Baby)
- All Pokémon must be able to evolve into something
- No final evolutions allowed
- Examples:
o Pikachu = Yes
o Snorlax = No
o Bulbasaur = No
o Ivysaur = Yes
o Venusaur = No
o “I Choose You!”
- Players must identify one Pokémon on their team as their “Starter”
- This “Starter” must be the middle evolution of one of the 9 Generations of starting Pokémon
- This Pokémon must be led with in every game played
- Teamlist must indicate their “I Choose You!” Pokémon
- Banned Pokémon
o Any that don’t fall into the Breeder or Middle Cup Rules noted above and/or not permitted by Regulation G.
Format Details for GO
- Round time
o No Round Timer
o In Game Battle Timer for Battles
- Single game/Bo3
o Best of 5
- Ruleset
o Great League
- Battle format:
o CP 1350-1500, bring random 3
- Team lists required?
o No
- Special rules
o Auto-Rec
- Banned Pokémon
o Ditto
o Shedinja