The Draft League subforum is launching its next tournament, Autumn Seasonal 2025, our flagship SV individual tour! This is a Type A tour for the 2025 Draft League Circuit and will provide points toward this year's Draft League Championship. Games will take place in the [Gen 9] Draft tier on Pokémon Showdown with the Tera Type Preview rule enabled! This tour will use a Swiss schedule bracket, where all players with an X-2 or better record will progress to a single elimination bracket. The tournament's hosts are Princess Autumn, Happygate, iPetBigfoot, and TwentyTwan.
The following spoilers will cover signup information and rules for the tournament.
ROUND 5
4-0
watashi vs ChronosXZ
Isa vs SammyCe123
P is For Penguin vs RuanTheBuilder
Wildcat Formation vs Portrait or Ruin
Deranged_Lime vs himynameisbobert
StreetCredCookie vs Ultrxviolet
Thootjuh vs Chemical_Jackfruit
Shengineer vs Scribble
Mysterious Player vs Roller K
ZDen vs Shadow2054
Moron5 vs softlock
Lucas2543 vs Meta
Fraolain vs Almighty Rye
Cielau vs Sad Skooma Cat
JCMShadow vs An Agent of Chaos
DJS vs LeBomboclats
kaminjaw vs AlephSubZero
Jamaarkques vs streganona8
ReverseTracebacks vs Bio_hazz
3-1
FogHorn vs Battlestorm
ellysux vs Shellymonic
Black117 vs Sibwind
The Diabolic Gift vs Xev
King Choco vs KHD59Gaming
66Ben vs Quin4949
ultraplayer vs Rem2y
EcHoDood vs JRoberts
Nozzermat vs krono101
WreckItMike vs KCric12
mayo vs Fabio_59
The K Tank vs random_goodness
Hacker vs porcupine21
hgc1110 vs Mada
Rasche vs gze
Stories vs BurningMonSoul
Mister McLovin vs IMCOOKiNG
bobbiswas vs nejiboston
Tommathan vs WhiteRaven
Lin vs mrrrmonkeee
64 Squares vs hammy3581
Puckbud vs Jadinobambino
PrettyMan vs ruffneck
ogalbina vs MonkeBoi215
Blastgamer77 vs Ryueen
fathalpert vs berna-
iiFWM vs 40kultra
s1lveryo vs Aleksanteri
PZZ vs Starrk01
pop5isaac vs Xocov
Empire_Sharky vs flyingpannn
P McGee vs Jurassicpig44
santygrass vs klyze
Greyveee vs Coconut | 椰果
Crysite vs simpleton
pattek vs DJisKxng
Lizardu vs Obviously_JBOB
Steven Stone 007 vs Princess Autumn
Vazquez 2.0 vs Stefaan
Hamborgor vs Hydra_Y21
benjaboynl vs PokeFan4125
ThinkingSceptile vs Ryan&Ditto
Truthankamon vs TheHelixFossil1
EmperorAry vs goldmason
SlickPanther vs CoolEvan1098
AgencyIsOwn vs FlutterFliss
FritzThePancake vs faygoes
bricknermon vs Pioji_2
Genhui vs Flapple1
Megastar54 vs scionicle
Ninja Mob vs lavaskull100
hjj no vs theuncultured
e1i vs TheRageSmogon
PTKmoekyuun vs Saint_Rez
not mishmesh vs TubeKnight
TwentyTwan vs nelluc
GentlemanThomas vs Raycen25
vengabenga vs impersonxtor
Scarcity2K vs seajsea
Azcelerator vs kyrogeniz
Yahoodles vs Eager99
DiamondScyther vs alak250
J-Sauce vs paysa
SouthernCavern vs SinOfWrath
Tytheguy004 vs SIrKill
mikejohns vs sickandtired54
Tsuki vs babble
toastrgophr vs PivotVortex
Jamieon vs jjgalz
Abocado24 vs spiralBB
pfizer lord ozai vs Lattana
Volt Spectre vs mbf (paired up)
2-2
toshimelonhead vs Bowas
kumiko vs Gulchittious Boi
The Dovahneer vs Donnel
powergo1 vs Techno
takuaa vs HaunterBoy28
Lord Ninjax vs Ryu u Sirox
Fish and Chips vs subzero_slammer
Idyll vs Vholtninja
dawnmidst vs MK29
Glue vs mia asf
carrilero vs kurse
Jay vs Tamamo
Haildras vs hunpoko
Nefertum vs PuttPuttFan
James Black vs Sieeeffmon
DJblak vs OhioGengar
Hys vs Peregrine_ST
SageSpike vs zomb™
BurnTheSky vs Crystal Methyd
Nick6564 vs Dacruize
doogalhh vs PolarPallas
Clb7 vs Paxerion
Maansibmac vs Sy1h
AccidentalNinja vs Lou2697
Zygarde12 vs InfiniteT
pkcc vs Fc
BigBadKii vs VashStravos
thebeardydragon vs januwuary
Shaad Skyel vs Blazene
sablolol vs Xyjen
catast vs dgrgrnd
Burigo vs Laperers
gengariza vs Darkley076
Rex Slayer vs Zenom
dtGray vs steinbaum
Babyhuey vs Dobesito
charlieum vs Shttrdbckbrds
LatiGOD vs fredadore
Spoontech vs VoltyPichu
Maxomega vs Sizzlipede & Snom
Neil445 vs TheWireHD
P2gyorg vs The_Answer
Itchy vs LOQP
Mushroom-Flower vs Fierce Flamethrower
EntryHazardous vs Heinny
BagelJohn vs Gensuzu
Professor Shuckle vs dragonboltbum
a12qsd too vs PrinceofUnderworld
Swagata Mitra vs Phonytail
Iride vs floweronbread
LillianOfficial vs Bruno7
Amaske vs Baws381
Rissoux vs CoffeeBeanz2
EriCadalzo vs Nayjar
logical vs Avacodoh
GoldenCyber vs TheMutantSpaceDancer
ReeApple vs Shade1x
Happygate vs PikachuRTM
Magikarp Soup vs HayesL
Ollitoed vs Razorgliscor
Musa Sensei vs breifmanny
VoidOfDarknesss vs goatasaur
DonMarto vs Marshy.
SEROO vs Vic B. Thique
Nashrock vs Murp3
jscurf vs umbreoffxd
Arc_Atoika vs ElysianSoul
Tjb145 vs sladearrow
Celeste vs AndreBenito
vmnunes vs Nankzen
Paying Attenton vs General Snorunt
Saaaaakill vs SpouseOwner69
ACExDiscostu93 vs Bastien_YG
ButterCHOKE vs Big Pharma
LogIce vs zereffu
Down By VI vs ParmesanBruh
yerdunc vs SneakySnek
Xopas vs aaga
Lux2821 vs Firechicken1
1yr vs Gengar_Mask
Ace98121212 vs passionfruit_fan
SoggyDoggySage vs GeorgeeKushh
Hamish150 vs hattorivt
Skyhops vs Mokratha
eliminathan vs ahyer23
Thomas18 vs GoruneK
samuelthestrong vs Kyasper
uh_exe vs sylvea
Finalcrusader15 vs jozar
TulipRU vs DiabeticRaichu
RamzaB vs jecotto03
guigaxs2000 vs lokerlad
Viggywuzheer vs Treyunt
xGinesect vs OminousPotato00
jadeskarlettdragon vs sebtct
Freeday vs NateAim
Ghoul in PJs vs Donbozo
huuh vs PowBoltaSaurua
angolano06 vs 35b
TheCMC vs Jiggypoo
Sakibara vs Judeck
churrojr vs rawbraines
Grimmettz vs Natesgr8r yk
Rexalis vs JinF
octanoic vs Bolas 4688
UrsaaMajor vs a fairy
The following spoilers will cover signup information and rules for the tournament.
- 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 pool's pinned message for local time).
- In order to help speed up the first few rounds of the draft for everybody, tournament staff will impose a 24 hour check in. What that means is this:
- From the commencement of the draft until 24 hours after, every single competitor will need to reach out to their pool mod (either in drafting channel discussion thread, or Discord DM)
- This message can be simple "I'm here for pool X and ready to draft", no need to be elaborate
- Any competitor who has already made a pick does not need to check in.
- Any competitor who has not checked in with their pool mod by the time check-in is over in 24 hours will be replaced.
- Your timer will halve every time you are skipped. It is recommended to leave picks (with backups) with your pool moderator to avoid this.
- It is the responsibility of the player to inform the other members of the pool if they have left a pick with the pool mod so the players can properly notify the pool mod it is your turn to pick. The pool mods are not responsible for watching every pick at every hour of the day waiting to input your pick.
- If you are skipped by the other players when you left a pick but did not inform them that you did, the skip is justified.
- If the pool mod does not respond in a timely manner, notify an online Moderator for further assistance.
- You have up to 90 points with which to draft 8 Pokémon. Costs are listed on your pool’s tab on the drafting spreadsheet.
- You have up to 28 points with which to draft 2-3 Pokémon as Tera Captains. The Tera cost of a Pokémon is listed to the right of its name and the Tera cost takes away from both your Tera budget and overall budget.
- If a Pokémon is picked by someone else, you may not pick it.
- The following complex bans are in place:
- No Pokémon may use the move Last Respects.
- No Pokémon may use the move Shed Tail.
- The following Tera bans are in place:
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Baxcalibur
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Darkrai
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Deoxys-Speed
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Dragonite
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Garchomp
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Gouging Fire
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Iron Bundle
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Iron Valiant
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Kyurem
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Latias
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Latios
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Ogerpon-Hearthflame
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Palafin
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Regieleki
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Roaring Moon
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Sneasler
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Terapagos
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Ursaluna-Bloodmoon
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Volcarona - The following Pokémon have access to all of their forms (although you may only bring up to 1 to each battle):
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Basculin
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Meowstic
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Oricorio
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Toxtricity
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Indeedee
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Basculegion
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Oinkologne
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Maushold
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Squawkabilly
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Tatsugiri
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Dudunsparce - If a Pokémon that is available in Scarlet and Violet is untiered, please ask a host.
- Smogon’s Species Clause applies to your draft.
- All games must be played in the [Gen 9] Draft tier on smogtours.psim.us or psim.us with the Tera Type Preview rule enabled. Be aware that each game on smogtours starts a timer automatically and cannot be turned off.
- 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. This includes the move Acupressure.
- 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.
- Dynamax Clause: Pokémon cannot Dynamax or Gigantamax.
- Baton Pass Clause: A Pokémon may not have Baton Pass in its moveset. - Quick Claw, King's Rock and Razor Claw are banned.
- Any items unreleased in SV are banned.
- Replays must be posted to the round thread.
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.]
Contact your opponent as soon as possible upon the round going up. Activity cases are going to be handled in a very strict manner.
When scheduling, offer as wide a swathe of time when you are available to play. 1 hour of activity on one or two weeknights is unlikely to be considered acceptable.
Schedule specifically - do not schedule for "Friday afternoon" or "Sunday morning", pick a date, a time and note the time zone, ideally as GMT offset.
If either host catches news of ghosting or some other sort of nefarious play, we reserve the right to investigate to the full limits of our ability.
When scheduling, offer as wide a swathe of time when you are available to play. 1 hour of activity on one or two weeknights is unlikely to be considered acceptable.
Schedule specifically - do not schedule for "Friday afternoon" or "Sunday morning", pick a date, a time and note the time zone, ideally as GMT offset.
If either host catches news of ghosting or some other sort of nefarious play, we reserve the right to investigate to the full limits of our ability.
New for this Seasonal: This seasonal will implement an extra round to the Swiss, this means that top cut will be 1 round shorter. This is in a bid to reduce the length of the single elimination phase and give X-0 and X-1 competitors more of a safety net. This may result in the sole X-0 player being paired down with an X-1 player in the final round, but both will guaranteed make it through to the top cut.ROUND 5
4-0
watashi vs ChronosXZ
Isa vs SammyCe123
P is For Penguin vs RuanTheBuilder
Wildcat Formation vs Portrait or Ruin
Deranged_Lime vs himynameisbobert
StreetCredCookie vs Ultrxviolet
Thootjuh vs Chemical_Jackfruit
Shengineer vs Scribble
Mysterious Player vs Roller K
ZDen vs Shadow2054
Moron5 vs softlock
Lucas2543 vs Meta
Fraolain vs Almighty Rye
Cielau vs Sad Skooma Cat
JCMShadow vs An Agent of Chaos
DJS vs LeBomboclats
kaminjaw vs AlephSubZero
Jamaarkques vs streganona8
ReverseTracebacks vs Bio_hazz
3-1
FogHorn vs Battlestorm
ellysux vs Shellymonic
Black117 vs Sibwind
The Diabolic Gift vs Xev
King Choco vs KHD59Gaming
66Ben vs Quin4949
ultraplayer vs Rem2y
EcHoDood vs JRoberts
Nozzermat vs krono101
WreckItMike vs KCric12
mayo vs Fabio_59
The K Tank vs random_goodness
Hacker vs porcupine21
hgc1110 vs Mada
Rasche vs gze
Stories vs BurningMonSoul
Mister McLovin vs IMCOOKiNG
bobbiswas vs nejiboston
Tommathan vs WhiteRaven
Lin vs mrrrmonkeee
64 Squares vs hammy3581
Puckbud vs Jadinobambino
PrettyMan vs ruffneck
ogalbina vs MonkeBoi215
Blastgamer77 vs Ryueen
fathalpert vs berna-
iiFWM vs 40kultra
s1lveryo vs Aleksanteri
PZZ vs Starrk01
pop5isaac vs Xocov
Empire_Sharky vs flyingpannn
P McGee vs Jurassicpig44
santygrass vs klyze
Greyveee vs Coconut | 椰果
Crysite vs simpleton
pattek vs DJisKxng
Lizardu vs Obviously_JBOB
Steven Stone 007 vs Princess Autumn
Vazquez 2.0 vs Stefaan
Hamborgor vs Hydra_Y21
benjaboynl vs PokeFan4125
ThinkingSceptile vs Ryan&Ditto
Truthankamon vs TheHelixFossil1
EmperorAry vs goldmason
SlickPanther vs CoolEvan1098
AgencyIsOwn vs FlutterFliss
FritzThePancake vs faygoes
bricknermon vs Pioji_2
Genhui vs Flapple1
Megastar54 vs scionicle
Ninja Mob vs lavaskull100
hjj no vs theuncultured
e1i vs TheRageSmogon
PTKmoekyuun vs Saint_Rez
not mishmesh vs TubeKnight
TwentyTwan vs nelluc
GentlemanThomas vs Raycen25
vengabenga vs impersonxtor
Scarcity2K vs seajsea
Azcelerator vs kyrogeniz
Yahoodles vs Eager99
DiamondScyther vs alak250
J-Sauce vs paysa
SouthernCavern vs SinOfWrath
Tytheguy004 vs SIrKill
mikejohns vs sickandtired54
Tsuki vs babble
toastrgophr vs PivotVortex
Jamieon vs jjgalz
Abocado24 vs spiralBB
pfizer lord ozai vs Lattana
Volt Spectre vs mbf (paired up)
2-2
toshimelonhead vs Bowas
kumiko vs Gulchittious Boi
The Dovahneer vs Donnel
powergo1 vs Techno
takuaa vs HaunterBoy28
Lord Ninjax vs Ryu u Sirox
Fish and Chips vs subzero_slammer
Idyll vs Vholtninja
dawnmidst vs MK29
Glue vs mia asf
carrilero vs kurse
Jay vs Tamamo
Haildras vs hunpoko
Nefertum vs PuttPuttFan
James Black vs Sieeeffmon
DJblak vs OhioGengar
Hys vs Peregrine_ST
SageSpike vs zomb™
BurnTheSky vs Crystal Methyd
Nick6564 vs Dacruize
doogalhh vs PolarPallas
Clb7 vs Paxerion
Maansibmac vs Sy1h
AccidentalNinja vs Lou2697
Zygarde12 vs InfiniteT
pkcc vs Fc
BigBadKii vs VashStravos
thebeardydragon vs januwuary
Shaad Skyel vs Blazene
sablolol vs Xyjen
catast vs dgrgrnd
Burigo vs Laperers
gengariza vs Darkley076
Rex Slayer vs Zenom
dtGray vs steinbaum
Babyhuey vs Dobesito
charlieum vs Shttrdbckbrds
LatiGOD vs fredadore
Spoontech vs VoltyPichu
Maxomega vs Sizzlipede & Snom
Neil445 vs TheWireHD
P2gyorg vs The_Answer
Itchy vs LOQP
Mushroom-Flower vs Fierce Flamethrower
EntryHazardous vs Heinny
BagelJohn vs Gensuzu
Professor Shuckle vs dragonboltbum
a12qsd too vs PrinceofUnderworld
Swagata Mitra vs Phonytail
Iride vs floweronbread
LillianOfficial vs Bruno7
Amaske vs Baws381
Rissoux vs CoffeeBeanz2
EriCadalzo vs Nayjar
logical vs Avacodoh
GoldenCyber vs TheMutantSpaceDancer
ReeApple vs Shade1x
Happygate vs PikachuRTM
Magikarp Soup vs HayesL
Ollitoed vs Razorgliscor
Musa Sensei vs breifmanny
VoidOfDarknesss vs goatasaur
DonMarto vs Marshy.
SEROO vs Vic B. Thique
Nashrock vs Murp3
jscurf vs umbreoffxd
Arc_Atoika vs ElysianSoul
Tjb145 vs sladearrow
Celeste vs AndreBenito
vmnunes vs Nankzen
Paying Attenton vs General Snorunt
Saaaaakill vs SpouseOwner69
ACExDiscostu93 vs Bastien_YG
ButterCHOKE vs Big Pharma
LogIce vs zereffu
Down By VI vs ParmesanBruh
yerdunc vs SneakySnek
Xopas vs aaga
Lux2821 vs Firechicken1
1yr vs Gengar_Mask
Ace98121212 vs passionfruit_fan
SoggyDoggySage vs GeorgeeKushh
Hamish150 vs hattorivt
Skyhops vs Mokratha
eliminathan vs ahyer23
Thomas18 vs GoruneK
samuelthestrong vs Kyasper
uh_exe vs sylvea
Finalcrusader15 vs jozar
TulipRU vs DiabeticRaichu
RamzaB vs jecotto03
guigaxs2000 vs lokerlad
Viggywuzheer vs Treyunt
xGinesect vs OminousPotato00
jadeskarlettdragon vs sebtct
Freeday vs NateAim
Ghoul in PJs vs Donbozo
huuh vs PowBoltaSaurua
angolano06 vs 35b
TheCMC vs Jiggypoo
Sakibara vs Judeck
churrojr vs rawbraines
Grimmettz vs Natesgr8r yk
Rexalis vs JinF
octanoic vs Bolas 4688
UrsaaMajor vs a fairy
You can find all matchups with drafts here: https://spo.ink/autumn_seasonal_2025
The challenge code for this event is: /chall gen9draft @@@ TeraTypePreview, -Last Respects, -Baton Pass, -King's Rock, - Quick Claw, -Razor Fang, -Shed Tail
When challenging your opponent please use this code. (Paste it into a direct message with them)
Given the Swiss nature of this tour, there are NO EXTENSIONS. Anyone who is dropping will be phased out at 3 losses, they will still be given matchups.
Games are due at 10pm GMT-4 on Sunday, 5th October
This thread and all future Autumn Seasonal 2025 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.The challenge code for this event is: /chall gen9draft @@@ TeraTypePreview, -Last Respects, -Baton Pass, -King's Rock, - Quick Claw, -Razor Fang, -Shed Tail
When challenging your opponent please use this code. (Paste it into a direct message with them)
Given the Swiss nature of this tour, there are NO EXTENSIONS. Anyone who is dropping will be phased out at 3 losses, they will still be given matchups.
Games are due at 10pm GMT-4 on Sunday, 5th October
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