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Entry: $10 General Participation Rules
Pokémon Trainer Club Account: All participants must have a Pokémon Trainer Club account with a Player ID attached and opt-in to the Play! Pokémon program to earn Championship Points (CP).
Age Divisions: Players compete within specific age divisions.
Player Responsibility: Competitors are responsible for bringing their own legal 60-card deck and playing devices (for VG and GO events).
Deck Lists: A deck list is required and must be submitted before the tournament starts. Deck checks are performed by tournament staff to ensure the deck matches the list exactly.
Play Points and Prizes: All participants receive at least 1 Play! Point. Championship Points are awarded to top finishers, with the best four finishes per season counting towards an invitation to the World Championships.
Tournament Structure and Gameplay
Tournament Format: Events primarily use the Swiss round tournament structure, where players compete in a set number of rounds based on attendance, regardless of wins or losses.
No "Top Cut": Unlike League Cups, League Challenges typically do not have a "top cut" to single-elimination rounds; the winner is determined by match points after the final Swiss round.
Match Format: Matches are Best of One game per round.
Round Length: Each round typically has a time limit of 30 minutes.
Match Points: A win earns 3 match points, a tie earns 1, and a loss earns 0. Tiebreakers use the opponent's win percentage throughout the tournament (resistance).
Deck Construction Rules
Format: TCG League Challenges primarily use the Standard format.
Standard Format Legality (2025 Season): The current Standard format for the 2025 season includes cards with the G, H, and future regulation marks. Cards with the F regulation mark and older are no longer legal for play.
Card Legality: Older versions of cards without current regulation marks can be used as long as an identical card with a legal regulation mark has been released (e.g., a Rare Candy from an old set is legal because a Rare Candy with a "G" mark exists).
Deck Size: Decks must contain exactly 60 cards.
Card Limits: No more than four copies of any single card (by name, excluding basic Energy cards) can be in a deck.
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