The Draft League Winter Seasonal is part of the 2024 Draft League Circuit and will provide points toward this year's Draft League Championship. This tournament is a Type A tournament and will be hosted by Theia and olivia7. This tournament will take place in the [Gen 9] Tera Preview Draft tier on Pokémon Showdown! and battles will take place in a swiss style bracket.
The following spoilers will cover the rules for the tournament.
- 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 two Tera Captains totalling equal to or less than 25 points. These are the only Pokémon on your draft that may terastalise.
- The following complex ban is in place:
- No Pokémon may use the move Last Respects - The following Pokémon may not be Tera-Captains:
- Baxcalibur
- Blaziken
- Chi-Yu
- Darkrai
- Dragonite
- Enamorus-Incarnate
- Garchomp
- Gouging Fire
- Iron Boulder
- Iron Bundle
- Iron Valiant
- Kyurem
- Latios
- Necrozma
- Ogerpon-Hearthflame
- Palafin 
- Roaring Moon
- Sneasler
- Terapagos
- Ursaluna-Bloodmoon
- Urshifu-Single-Strike
- 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 
- Squawkabilly 
- Tatsugiri 
- Meowstic 
- 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 Draft tier on smogtours.psim.us or psim.us. 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
- 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. - Quick claw and king's rock are banned.
- Any items unreleased in SV are banned.
- Rankings within swiss may not be 100% accurate as the spreadsheet does not track head-to-head results. Players are ranked based on the following criteria: most wins, resistance, head-to-head, battle differential.
- Replays must be posted to the round thread, please mention the result, your opponent's name and your pool number.
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.
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.
Draft matchups can be found at: https://spo.ink/winter_seasonal_2024_matchups
Round Two
7_0_7 vs Baghiba
a12qsd too vs Taye101
AdamAsh123456 vs P2gyorg
AgencyIsOwn vs GeniusX
aleyx2 vs Sandanlp
amyayayy vs Flying Beagle
antheartt vs technoTS
apologies vs Coconut | 椰果
Ariana. vs zomb™
Arkaes vs rogueRotom
Aselz04 vs zaydapoketrainer
attcris vs henguinie
Axel The Flygon vs Gensuzu
Azcelerator vs TheMutantSpaceDancer
Babyhuey vs Luxanse
Baddy vs Trogba Trogba
Battlestorm vs USN
Batzi vs Chairman Rose
Baws381 vs grookeygaang
BeniSama vs l3ssth4n3
BidoofGangsta vs Lennart
Big Pharma vs corvere
BigBlueRock vs Knight Sky
Black117 vs Ryan&Ditto
Bleedal vs skimmythegod
blittius vs feen
Bovine Ghoti vs Kaveh's Hoe
Bowas vs Concept Everything
bronzo vs Shadow of Roserade
chi yu later vs Shruzz
Chlora vs Juicyjaguar
ComputerWhiz vs MAVERICK SHOOTERS
crow crumbs vs DiamondScyther
CyndaKill-SH vs t_zard06
DaMMu vs hedja
darkster vs E Man
Delta4 vs Sir.dee
Demostert vs Paxerion
Deranged_Lime vs Jordy004
Diviniya vs Mana
DJS vs tr1x
doogalhh vs Hamish150
Dracogon vs thunderbug
DrMario64 vs olivia7
ElevatedGodlynessOfficial vs M4ikoOffThePerc
elfowls vs PaperRuby
Elgino vs Exeggutor8787
enoelr vs Fauxtrot
entrocefalo vs Marshy.
Enzonana. vs GoldenCyber
Estarossa vs ToasterBoi420
EviGaro vs MysticNyan
Finnn#0460 vs Sylveon used calm mind
Frozoid vs WelcomeWinters
GamerOfTheYear2020 vs Shortie
Garden Sage vs Spwert
GarrukApexPredator vs The Hitman
Gengar_Mask vs HyperTM
gorex vs Pampey
Gryoine vs JeoZ
Gwanian vs SparksBlade
HarmonyHatterene37 vs jscurf2
Harv vs MegaMW7
Hecticashiin vs Shiritu
HisuAvalugg vs wughead
hjj no vs vinithewini
Ilyes25 vs ksavage91
IMCOOKiNG vs termnal
Jadinobambino vs SlickPanther
Kachurin vs Roller K
kaminjaw vs P is For Penguin
Kaneki-san vs Vaami
KingofKrook vs Tjb145
kirby6728 vs SatisfactorySeal
kurse vs Mister McLovin
LeoRegulus224 vs Lizardu''
LightUpFox vs ultraplayer
Lime vs WombatBaby
Lostmemories vs nolanb13
Lucas2543 vs Nayjar
Lupla vs SkyhorseTamer
majaco vs velvet
Mihowk vs sundays
nelluc vs UnBoosted
Niilo-Ori vs ThinkingSceptile
not mishmesh vs PokeDestined99
Nox was taken vs prankstersop
One Take or Die vs SoggyDoggySage
ontario oshawott vs Swagata Mitra
powergo1 vs Xiphactin
PrinceofUnderworld vs thatsprison
Radical1233 vs random_goodness
robjr vs scionicle
rray vs TheHelixFossil1
Shade1x vs Stefaan
SHMITE vs TheFallenShooriken
Solunar11 vs SwordMain
SponsoredPost vs TMM
Star vs TheHoleyCheese
sufys vs TeeZwo
TanyaTK vs Vholtninja
ThunderOBolt vs twig___
Vish_1806 vs VoidOfDarknesss
VoltyPichu vs Yezy
1800saber vs Maansibmac
3.14dgeot-Mega vs HelixToPro
a fairy vs Genhui
aagarocks vs Fabio_59
Aberforth vs JRoberts
AbhiSinha08 vs luna107
abriel vs Rasche
Ac130gaming vs Danny
Ace98121212 vs pro140505
AceJake28 vs LemonJuice
adyu vs MegaDano_24
akumawerewolf vs Slyish
Almighty Rye vs Toxinalpaca
Amstan vs Rex15808
Arkhan vs watashi
Aryan3003 vs Real GLaDOS
Astroo Silver vs Muralik29
ASU Sun Devils vs FlutterFliss
autumn vs JJGAMES2007
BetelNutCEO vs JubioHDX
BigTimeBrownie vs The 3556th Pokemon Master
Bloub vs D4DUM
Breshnek vs Hydra_Y21
Chandy vs thebeardydragon
chimp vs Flameorbjolt
Ciege vs Zygarde12
CM_Metro vs Liimpy
coltonx9 vs s1lveryo
Colue vs Meta
CraftyPuddle vs UnzipsCrogre
Creator of Some vs Neil445
Cureja vs pigsuit
Daddy Dark Aura vs Palkia62
Dark green hue vs Exotic64
Darth Toran vs Kinetic
Dead by Daylight vs DreamyFleur
Death of Mimikyu vs tommy1066
DelphinSquared vs vengabenga
Detective Rope vs InnerBeard
DJblak vs Nalaa
DustyEskimo vs RyinThyme
Easter Bliss vs Soulblaze
empoleon9000 vs ogalbina
Encruintact vs foodv_v
ExtremeHD vs Kingsous
FakeFan0 vs Rissoux
FaultierChunk60 vs Kerthwack
Fierce Flamethrower vs VanillaSnorlax
Finalcrusader15 vs Pla
Flapple1 vs RaJ.Shoot
FlygonFlygonFlygon vs Mxreau
GammaGoGamma vs Simon S.
gary buster holmes vs potasium_powers
GGTC vs ShyGuySerpent
giove97 vs Mqgnetic
Golden Warrior vs MTB
goofy luffy vs Joghert
Hacker vs Happygate
HaxxSel vs MonkeBoi215
Hoodbun vs It's classified
hourglassflipper vs Thomas18
Iranupagoat vs Msousagamer
ItzaDelta vs Mr.Yessir
IveBeenVexed vs sapphiree
Jacataca370 vs Justinhuang911
Joost vs MachJacob
Joshtendo vs Oopsie Peach
JuanSG vs RoiDadadou
Kai_Kitt vs xtopher_17
KhaBanh vs waterfals
kingofspades13 vs ZDen
Kinzo Ketchum vs MikaSoulhome
LatiGOD vs lrodher
legonene vs pratik2007
Lightniong vs stopduckabuse
Lord Da Spam vs Steven_Stone_007
Lord Ninjax vs Spcplayzz
Lumina95 vs yuramas
MarcosPr710 vs Zaqwe51
mayoouran2 vs Raika
MCX vs VigilanteVigoroth
Mewizard113 vs pannu
MilesOrIsIt vs Nashrock
NoahTheGreat64 vs TRowePrice667
NouoN vs sablolol
nunogomes21 vs zxgzxg
Nuxl vs Pickedman
Nyx vs srvoltmike
Palmtreed1 vs vmnunes
pattek vs softlock
PJB vs Watburnt
pkcc vs QueenCorvid
PlasmaAdminMolten vs SpouseOwner69
Plooka vs Thootjuh
pocketrotom vs Valerie
PokeFan4125 vs potato_enigma
psy246 vs TwentyTwan
Rajeev_Konopatari vs sylphia
Razorgliscor vs StoredPowerTrip
Reaper Dude vs ~Undead~
Rudya vs TrashMonkey
Sificon vs UnviaSai
Techno6377 vs TurquoiseYoshi
tvr9 vs Vertigo
REPLAYS ARE MANDATORY. POST THEM AS REPLIES TO THIS POST. All tournaments require competitors to submit the Pokepaste used for each battle to Theia via Smogon Forums or Discord DM (Discord ID: neomeris). These teams will be uploaded for use in the Draft Factory tier (not to be uploaded until after the tournament concludes). Failure to send each team you make and battle with may impact your ability to compete in future tournaments.
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 gen9terapreviewdraft @@@ -Last Respects, -Baton Pass This thread and all future Winter Seasonal 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.
Activity claims must be posted in this thread.
Replays are mandatory and must be posted in this thread!
The deadline for this round is Sunday, January 28th at 11:59 PM GMT -5.
Replays are mandatory and must be posted in this thread!
The deadline for this round is Sunday, January 28th at 11:59 PM GMT -5.
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