The fine print

Each tournament will be capped at 64 participants.

Each tournament will be 30 minutes best-of-1 Swiss rounds, the number of rounds will depend on the number of competitors.
Meaning that during your first round you will be randomly paired against an opponent. In subsequent rounds, you will be paired against someone who has a similar record as you. Before starting the match, players will roll a dice to see who goes first. The winner of the dice roll will decide if they are to go first or second. At the end of the Swiss rounds the top 4 players in the standings will enter into a single elimination bracket (Top Cut) where the rounds will be 60 minute best-of-3 rounds. Top Cut will be the 1st seed vs 4th seed and 2nd seed vs 3rd seed. The winner of each Top 4 match will play a final match to determine the whole winner of the tournament. In Top Cut the higher seeded player will decide who goes first.
For Games 2 and 3 the player who lost the previous game will decide who gets to go first in the next game. So the loser of Game 1 will decide who goes first in Game 2. If there is a third game, the loser of Game 2 will decide who goes first in Game 3.

Each tournament will be run with the Standard format, that means only cards from regulation blocks “H”, “I”, and “J” will be legal for tournament play. Older printings of cards in the Standard Format are allowed, but you follow the text of the current legal version of the card if the card has an errata. A list of all older printings of cards legal in the Standard format can be found here.

http://pokegym.net/current-standard-legal-card-list/

You can only use the English version of a Pokemon card, no Japanese or World Championship version of the cards are allowed.

If players have any questions about what cards are legal for tournament play or tournament procedure they can send all inquiries to millennial.todd@mail.com‍ ‍

Players will be required to bring the following:
- A sleeved 60-card Standard format legal deck. (*)
Sleeves should be opaque enough so that the back of the card cannot be seen through the sleeve

- A dice to roll for coin flips. No coins are to be used for coin flips
- Damage counters
- Poison and Burn markers
- Extra sleeves in case sleeves become damaged during the event and need to be replaced.
- A play mat. This is optional, but highly recommended.

(*) Players are responsible for making sure their deck is legal for tournament play for the Standard format. If a player is found to be playing with an illegal card they will be given a round loss and they will be forced to replace any offending cards with Basic Energy of their choice. Refusal to correct the issue will result in the player forfeiting from the tournament.

Prizing will be:
1st: A booster box (36 packs) of the latest main set of the Pokemon TCG (**)
2nd: 18 packs of the latest main set of the Pokemon TCG
3rd/4th: 9 packs of the latest main set of the Pokemon TCG

Additionally, during each tournament an Elite Trainer Box from the Pokémon TCG: 30th Celebration will be raffled off to one of the competitors. (***)

All participants born after 2010 will receive a pack of the latest Pokemon TCG.

(**) We are expecting the ME6 set to be released in late September, but we do not have an official release date at this time. If ME6 has not been released yet Pitch Black will be given out to the winners.

(***) Due to both the expected high demand and the global release of the Pokémon TCG: 30th Celebration in the event that we do not have this product by the date of the tournament a voucher will be given to the winner of the raffle that they can redeem later at RAD Cards and Collectibles