TCG Format
Round time: 30 minutes (Swiss); 60 minutes (top cut)
Match format: Single game (Swiss); Best-of-three (top cut)
Deck lists: Required
Special Rules:
No Shuffling
You may not play any items or trainers that have the word “shuffle”. You may not use any attacks or abilities that have the word “shuffle”. This includes any iterations of the word (Shuffles, shuffled, etc.) If you use an effect that has the word shuffle, you will receive a Game Loss.
Examples:
- You may play Cursed Duster (PAR 161). Choosing a random card does not require your opponent to shuffle their hand.
- You may evolve your Charmeleon into Charizard ex (OBF 125). You may use the Burning Darkness attack. You cannot use the ability “Infernal Reign”.
- You may play Skwovet (SVI 151). You cannot use the ability “Nest Stash”.
- You may play Pidgey (MEW 16). You cannot use the attack “Call for Family”
- You cannot play Iono (PAL 185).
- You cannot play Deduction Kit (SSP 171).
Deck Depletion
Every odd round, players must play with 10 fewer cards in their deck than the round before:
- Round 1: 60 cards, 6 prize cards
- Round 3: 50 cards, 5 prize cards
- Round 5: 40 cards, 4 prize cards
- Round 7: 30 cards, 3 prize cards
–Reset to 60 cards between Swiss and Top Cut rounds–
- Top 8: 60 cards, 6 prize cards
- Top 4: 50 cards, 5 prize cards
- Finals: 40 cards, 4 prize cards
Cards removed may be swapped out with cards in their deck between games and rounds.
Legal regulation marks: G onwards
Legal rarities: All
Maximum qty of cards with same name: 4 (excl. Basic Energy)
Banned cards: None
VG Format
Round time: In-game timer
Match format: Best-of-three
Team lists: Required
Ruleset: Regulation H
Rental teams: Permitted
Team building restrictions:
All known moves must belong to either the Physical or Special category.
Special Rules
Terastal Depletion
Beginning Round 2, before you share your team sheet, you will need to cross out a Tera Type on one of the Pokémon on your team sheet. You may not Terastallize that Pokémon for the remainder of the Swiss rounds. If you forget to cross out a Tera Type on a Pokémon before sharing your team sheet, your opponent may choose the Tera Type on a Pokémon to cross out for you.
Top Cut
Players regain their ability to Terastallize all of their Pokémon upon reaching Top Cut.
After each game, you may choose of one of your opponent’s Pokémon. The chosen Pokémon cannot Terastallize during the next game.
Banned Pokémon: None
PGO Format
Round time: In-game timer
Match format: Best-of-five
Team lists: Required
Rules:
Players will be separated into pods of 4-8 players.
Each player will receive a “Booster Pack” of 10 Pokémon TCG cards. These will be pre-selected and feature Pokémon available in Pokémon GO, and available under 850 CP. An emphasis will be placed on Pokémon readily available in the weeks before the event.
Players will then “draft” their team, choosing 1 card, and passing the rest to the player on their left, until each player has selected 10 Pokémon. Players may not reference their phone during the drafting process. Players will then write down their 10 Pokémon.
Players will have 30 minutes to prepare their team. They may make trades within Pokémon GO during this time, but cannot trade the cards they have drafted.
If a player drafts multiple of the same Pokémon, such as drafting 2 Pikachu cards, that player may have 2 Pikachu on their team.
Players will then have 2 additional minutes to write down their CP on the team sheet before round 1.
Players may not change their moves on their Pokémon after this.
Team Depletion
Beginning Round 2, and continuing each subsequent round, after you share your team sheet, you will need to take one of the cards you drafted and put it face down next to your match slip.
Once both players have placed a card down, both flip over their cards. These Pokémon will be crossed out from the team sheets. These Pokémon cannot be used again for the remainder of the rounds. A judge will collect these cards from each player at the start of the round.
Top Cut (Rochester Draft)
- The Judge will collect all cards from each player after the final round.
- Players will split into 2 pods of 4 (1,4,5,8 and 2,3,6,7 seeds if a top 8.)
- Players will be seated in order of their Swiss placement.
- A Judge will lay out 30 Pokémon for the players to choose from face up.
- Top seed gets first pick and players will draft from the available cards until each player has 6 Pokémon.
- Players will do a snake draft (1,2,3,4,4,3,2,1,1,2,3,4,4,3,2,1,1,2,3,4,4,3,2,1)
Battle format: Bring 6, pick 3
Team building restrictions:
Maximum CP: 850
One Charged attack permitted per Pokémon
Banned Pokémon: None