Welcome to the first ever tournament hosted on this brand new forum for the trading card game we all love to play! In this special tournament, we need your help to go on the hunt for bugs, both in the card variety and gameplay variety. Take one of our featured Bug-type Pokemon decks (assuming main series typings) and take on the opposition on our currently developing simulator!
Yes, you read that right. We're working on a full PS simulator for the TCG (eventually going all the way back to Base Set!). A massive undertaking, which is bound to have some complications. One could even say, we're using the tournament for some... bug catching. To fully embrace the theme, we have one extra twist. You must use one of our featured decks centered around Bug-type Pokemon.
Hopefully, with all these battles and experiences, we can make sure the simulator becomes the best it can be! Have fun, and make sure to read through the rules below. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me or the rest of the forum staff team!
Tournament Specific Rules
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- The ruleset for this tournament is the same as the 2026 Standard format, and can be found here. Each round will be Best of Three.
- The Bug-Catching Contest will be a Swiss tournament with a Top Cut size depending on signups.
- Metagame changes or set releases that occur during a round will not be in effect until the following round.
- You are required to use one of our provided decks which you can find below.
- You may swap decks in between rounds, but not matches of the same Bo3.
- At the end of each game, both players must use the command /showdeck to prove they are playing one of the provided decks. Failure to do so may result in a game loss or disqualification.
- Matches are to be played on our PS! side server.
- Replays are required and must be posted in each winpost starting from the first round.
- There are no extensions due to the nature of a Swiss tournament, so please get your games done on time. This will be removed for the single elimination Top Cut stage of the tournament.
In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, 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, or if hosts determine an activity win was earned based on public contact. 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.
Host discretion will be applied for all unplayed games. This means that an activity win will not be automatically granted if you post, and a lack of post does not automatically result in a coinflip.
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.
Host discretion will be applied for all unplayed games. This means that an activity win will not be automatically granted if you post, and a lack of post does not automatically result in a coinflip.
This tournament uses a Swiss format, where everyone plays until they lose three times, or until Top Cut begins. The Top Cut will be single elimination with bracket size depending on the tour's player count. All matches will be a Best of 3.
Decks - Click on the Pokémon sprites to get the paste!
:golisopod-mega: Mega Golisopod - Arcticblast
:masquerain::sizzlipede: Bug Out - Arcticblast
:masquerain::kangaskhan-mega: Bug Out (Alternate Version) - Arcticblast
:decidueye::vivillon: Decidueye Vivillon - PZZ
:beedrill: Beedrill - Alejandro Vázquez López
:mewtwo: :spidops: Team Rocket's Mewtwo - Juho Kallama
:yanmega: Yanmega - Gustavo Wada
:joltik: Joltik Box - Angel Daniel Cardenas Eduardo
Prize
For this special occasion, we are pleased to announce the winner will receive their choice of a custom avatar, claiming an inactive username on PS!, or a color change on PS!.
Note: When picking your prize, keep in mind that the CA is only usable on the main PS servers. The namecolor change and inactive username can be used on both PS and our side server.
Post "in" in the thread to sign up. The deadline to sign up will be Sunday, November 15th @ 11:59 PM GMT-5.
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