Lovely art by grape tylenol The Draft League subforum's inaugural Summer Seasonal is here! Being the second Type A tour and the first double elimination tour in the circuit, it'll provide a multitude of points towards this year's Draft League Circuit. The tour will be hosted by Nyx and Theia and take place in the [Gen 9] Tera Preview Paldea Dex Draft tier on Pokémon Showdown!
Please note that during the odd numbered bracket rounds after round 2 (so rounds 3, 5, 7 etc.), only the losers bracket will play. This is to ensure that both brackets reach finals at the same time.
- You have up to 90 points with which to draft 8 Pokémon. Costs are listed on your pool’s tab on the drafting spreadsheet.
- If a Pokémon is picked by someone else, you may not pick it.
- For the first round, there is a 12 hour timer. After the first round ends, there will be a continuous 6 hour timer within which you must pick, or you will be skipped, and will be required to make-up your pick when you are next online. All timers are off between 10pm-7am local time (check your pools pinned message for local time).
- Your timer will halve every time you are skipped. It is recommended to leave picks (with backups) with your pool moderator to avoid this.
- Once the draft is over, you must declare one Tera Captain. This is the only Pokémon on your draft that may Terastallize.
- The following complex bans are in place:
- No Pokémon may use the move Last Respects
- No Pokémon may use the move Shed Tail.
- No Pokémon may hold the item Leppa Berry - The following Pokémon may not be Tera-Captains:
- Baxcalibur
- Dragonite
- Iron Bundle
- Iron Valiant
- Palafin 
- Regieleki
- Roaring Moon
- Tornadus-Therian
- Urshifu-Single-Strike
- Zamazenta-Crowned - The following Pokémon have access to all of their forms (although you may only bring up to 1 to each battle):
- Pikachu
- Basculin 
- Oricorio 
- Toxtricity 
- Indeedee 
- Basculegion 
- Oinkologne 
- Maushold 
- Squawkabilly 
- Tatsugiri 
- Dudunsparce 
- If a Pokémon that is available in SV is untiered, please ask a host.
- Smogon’s Species Clause applies to your draft.
- All games must be played in the [Gen 9] Tera Preview Paldea Dex Draft tier on smogtours.psim.us or psim.us.
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- SV cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Each set is a best-of-one set.
- The following clauses apply:
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokémon with the same National Pokédex number on a team.
- Sleep Clause: If a player has already put a Pokémon on their opponent's side to sleep and it is still sleeping, another one can't be put to sleep.
- Evasion Clause: A Pokémon may not hold an item, use a move or possess an ability that can increase their evasion stat
- OHKO Clause: A Pokémon may not have the moves Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, or Sheer Cold in its moveset.
- Moody Clause: A team cannot have a Pokémon with the ability Moody.
- Endless Battle Clause: Players cannot intentionally prevent an opponent from being able to end the game without forfeiting.
- Baton Pass Clause: A Pokémon may not have Baton Pass in its moveset. - Any items unreleased in SV are banned.
- Replays must be posted to the pool/round thread, please mention the result, your opponent's name and your pool number.
- Rankings within pools may not be 100% accurate as the spreadsheet does not track head-to-head results. Players are ranked based upon: most wins, head-to-head, battle differential.
About Activity Decisions
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, and an extension has not been requested, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
Please note that all extension requests and activity claims must be posted to the thread, and that all of these will be judged on a case by case basis.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the base form of this rule.]
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, and an extension has not been requested, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
Please note that all extension requests and activity claims must be posted to the thread, and that all of these will be judged on a case by case basis.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the base form of this rule.]
Matchups
enjoi18bc vs Real GLaDOS
Sir.dee vs Meta
DiamondDiancie25 vs robjr
LuxTea226 vs Shiritu
Harv vs ITZWhateva
Celestiial vs Your_Shinigami
Rozza72 vs SimsyBool
AgencyIsOwn vs Coconut | 椰果
austinerzs vs Venoo
Joelesheesh vs olivia7
catast vs BaddyGames
memedose46 vs jacob
tomcufkibs vs King L5
P2gyorg vs DJTittyFat
PaperRuby vs Wait2Seconds
Waci vs TengokuLight
kniops vs zxgzxg
rogueRotom vs termnal
WombatBaby vs Ariana.
Baws381 vs TheHelixFossil1
Trogba Trogba vs GGTC
zomb™ vs BlazeOfVictory
fatelvl vs Pampey
HisuAvalugg vs dark tsunami04
hariyana grande vs Psycho782
potato_enigma vs khmerougegaming
Imagina 2 vacas vs 7ayakum
6Roggenrolas vs Mxreau
Jordy004 vs Soulblaze
DJS vs BrutalBjörn
Bean of Destiny vs PrinceOfAllTacos
l3ssth4n3 vs YashGreninja
Glue vs PJB
GeniusX vs Ciqarettan
TRowePrice667 vs q2w3e4r5
gorex vs Lyssa
Sir Slaking vs sablolol
Bowas vs AdamAsh123456
SwordMain vs chippysmit
TrashMonkey vs ComputerWhiz
SergeantWafflez vs Galactic Greninja
bblano vs lukxray
not mishmesh vs Fierce Flamethrower
Don Bork vs Nox was taken
drebby vs banito13
BeautyDevon vs Aira Koito
AquaticCarlie vs Lucas2543
TTK vs Humdawg
Dark green hue vs MonkeBoi215
V4trena vs LC04
Knight Sky vs Hacker
Greentea570 vs GoldenBoot04
2playaLuffy vs skimmythegod
Roodle vs TeeZwo
HarmonyHatterene37 vs Snackard
Lady Salamence vs Ilyes25
crow crumbs vs HeckOffMate
Comedier vs softlock
Aryan3003 vs Orange Fruit
Flameorbjolt vs Fenrir Rune
SpeedyBlu vs goofy luffy
Mr.Yessir vs SOM/05
Shade1x vs Jappithegreat
shadow gallade yt vs Frablz
Hecticashiin vs vincemelvin
Zooch vs TDK
deathdragon25o vs Tjb145
Fieox vs Reaper Dude
pigsuit vs Ac130gaming
Sylvi vs HyperTM
choptch vs lax
Jack0lantern89 vs apologies
PikachuZappyZap vs Dabman1069
Cryptiiiiiic vs FrootLoops
CG12 vs TheDougArt
Bananacrazy111 vs Concept Everything
ImmortalMence vs Paxerion
Hawhatos vs geniusturtle
E Man vs Poppinphresh
Ghostke vs Chairman Rose
ItsNimXD vs VoidOfDarknesss
ButterCHOKE vs Pollitoshark
kxiao vs Arkhan
hjj no vs enoelr
ultraplayer vs Kaneki-san
HJ5ean vs Bullet From The XO
EviGaro vs Swagata Mitra
Rwbyred vs MegaMando
Delta4 vs Mister McLovin
Totomon vs OshawottSenpai
Cureja vs DubiousDSK
KhaBanh vs BetelNutCEO
Benusiek vs Justinhuang911
Rayquaza37 vs Azery
Hamish150 vs Fnv enjoyer
Rainer24 vs NouoN
henguinie vs Bye 1
Stefaan vs Bye 2
ThinkingSceptile vs Bye 3
Dragon246 vs Bye 4
scionicle vs Bye 5
Meowscarada! vs Bye 6
vmnunes vs Bye 7
Maxy07 vs Bye 8
Ahnick vs Bye 9
thebeardydragon vs Bye 10
chimp vs Bye 11
JerseyJared vs Bye 12
Shaad Skyel vs Bye 13
Rocker19304 vs Bye 14
Manofwoof1 vs Bye 15
bhkg vs Bye 16
Pachequitos vs Bye 17
Rissoux vs Bye 18
ashasash vs Bye 19
AncientFr33z vs Bye 20
sundays vs Bye 21
Axelraid2828 vs Bye 22
PortlandPrinplups vs Bye 23
PrinceofUnderworld vs Bye 24
Jesse504 vs Bye 25
SponsoredPost vs Bye 26
Lumaris vs Bye 27
Lizardu'' vs Bye 28
Gilmoney02 vs Bye 29
moaath324 vs Bye 30
Almighty Rye vs Bye 31
Valerie vs Bye 32
Raika vs Bye 33
RoiDadadou vs Bye 34
Kingsous vs Bye 35
Vaami vs Bye 36
Zingmunk vs Bye 37
SkillzBP vs Bye 38
jscurf2 vs Bye 39
foodv_v vs Bye 40
Amaura745 vs Bye 41
JubioHDX vs Bye 42
QSN vs Bye 43
Demostert vs Bye 44
yerdunc vs Bye 45
Palkia62 vs Bye 46
Kachurin vs Bye 47
Dorron vs Bye 48
Soccerpies vs Bye 49
Samm (13ms) vs Bye 50
mcgrits vs Bye 51
Esmeray vs Bye 52
yuramas vs Bye 53
KingofKrook vs Bye 54
Happygate vs Bye 55
Arvid vs Bye 56
simpleton vs Bye 57
jcbc vs Bye 58
JD Twigs vs Bye 59
MZ vs Bye 60
Bleedal vs Bye 61
Star vs Bye 62
JimmyG vs Bye 63
kurpie vs Bye 64
phantomclaw8888 vs Bye 65
Spcplayzz vs Bye 66
P4bl00 vs Bye 67
chi yu later vs Bye 68
silver grace vs Bye 69
Pandapear vs Bye 70
head0fthetable vs Bye 71
Glacier48 vs Bye 72
ogalbina vs Bye 73
empoleon9000 vs Bye 74
Pranay vs Bye 75
Ray_Brooks20 vs Bye 76
prismatic_lazar vs Bye 77
attcris vs Bye 78
Enzonana. vs Bye 79
Spwert vs Bye 80
WagonFruit vs Bye 81
teal6 vs Bye 82
kurse vs Bye 83
Dhdux vs Bye 84
Garden Sage vs Bye 85
3.14dgeot-Mega vs Bye 86
Cliffb7 vs Bye 87
Babyhuey vs Bye 88
Feyy vs Bye 89
Techno6377 vs Bye 90
aagarocks vs Bye 91
shadowtime2000 vs Bye 92
s1lveryo vs Bye 93
luna107 vs Bye 94
Xiphactin vs Bye 95
Hospice vs Bye 96
SizzleySnom vs Bye 97
OdinRM vs Bye 98
CivilNathan vs Bye 99
rray vs Bye 100
thunderbug vs Bye 101
Kerthwack vs Bye 102
rich.p vs Bye 103
HarrisIsAwesome vs Bye 104
burrg vs Bye 105
Marshy. vs Bye 106
SidTheShuckle vs Bye 107
Blui vs Bye 108
bronzo vs Bye 109
LatiGOD vs Bye 110
a12qsd too vs Bye 111
Zaqwe51 vs Bye 112
twig___ vs Bye 113
hynax vs Bye 114
Abdul69420 vs Bye 115
Huskyy vs Bye 116
Sittingduck1080 vs Bye 117
Maric28 vs Bye 118
Jedonn vs Bye 119
Fleeting Memories vs Bye 120
Metrona vs Bye 121
CyndaKill-SH vs Bye 122
watashi vs Bye 123
ZebstrikemDown vs Bye 124
dtGray vs Bye 125
IcyHallsz vs Bye 126
Flapple1 vs Bye 127
hedja vs Bye 128
kaminjaw vs Bye 129
The W-Team vs Bye 130
Dyguain vs Bye 131
JRoberts vs Bye 132
Deranged_Lime vs Bye 133
Professor Shuckle vs Bye 134
Crimfinity vs Bye 135
lydian vs Bye 136
Habaduh vs Bye 137
MysticNyan vs Bye 138
blittius vs Bye 139
ZardAce vs Bye 140
Roufail vs Bye 141
Frosty707 vs Bye 142
Sibales1 vs Bye 143
daddl_ding vs Bye 144
Luxanse vs Bye 145
LeoRegulus224 vs Bye 146
LuciferArtemis vs Bye 147
Odieq vs Bye 148
Golden Warrior vs Bye 149
Dartrix - Joker vs Bye 150
BLAZING HAWK vs Bye 151
MattyBrollic vs Bye 152
Nametab vs Bye 153
Axel The Flygon vs Bye 154
vengabenga vs Bye 155
5camp vs Bye 156
Peregrine_ST vs Bye 157
Tobii079 vs Bye 158
SoggyDoggySage vs Bye 159
Rasche vs Bye 160
The drafts for each matchup in this round can be found at this link: https://spo.ink/summer_seasonal_2023_bracket_matchups
All games must be complete by 11:59PM GMT+/-0 on Sunday, 2nd July 2023. Incomplete games will be resolved by the hosts following the Activity Win Rules above.
Here's the challenge command that includes all the teambuilder bans to make it easier for validation. Just paste it in the PMs of your opponent on Smogtours:
REPLAYS ARE MANDATORY.
This thread and all future Summer Seasonal 2023 threads should be considered the final ruling in case of discrepancy between threads, Discord announcements, and Google spreadsheets. Contact a host if you have any questions or spot an error. We are human, after all.
Here's the challenge command that includes all the teambuilder bans to make it easier for validation. Just paste it in the PMs of your opponent on Smogtours:
/chall gen9terapreviewpaldeadexdraft @@@ -Last Respects, -Shed Tail, -Leppa Berry, -Baton PassREPLAYS ARE MANDATORY.
This thread and all future Summer Seasonal 2023 threads should be considered the final ruling in case of discrepancy between threads, Discord announcements, and Google spreadsheets. Contact a host if you have any questions or spot an error. We are human, after all.
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