Pokemon TCG has always been one of the major card game powers, and it’s still expanding. A Pokemon board game addition to the card game was released to get more players interested, and that’s nothing compared to what The Pokemon Company is trying next.
Like many other physical tabletop games, Pokemon TCG has suffered due to COVID-19 preventing players from meeting up physically. To counteract this, The Pokemon Company has been using online play to supplement sales of the physical cards. This has resulted in some online tournaments, and now one more is about to be launched. However, this one is much more ambitious in scope than previous Play! Tournaments.
The new tournament, titled the Play! Pokemon Team Challenge, will be held entirely through the Pokemon TCG Online. It is a team-based tournament, with teams of four competing against each other. Oddly enough, despite it being a completely virtual tournament, each team will represent a local, physical game store that is registered as part of the Play! program. The stores will host qualifier rounds for local players through Pokemon TCG Online, much like the previous Play! tournament.
Where this tournament differs is the results of those qualifier rounds. The four winners from the different rounds will be put together into a team to represent the store. These teams will then compete in brackets structured as 3v3 round-robin matches, with a team moving on if it earns 5 wins. Local stores in the same city will compete, then it will move on to regional, national, and global levels. Players will have to learn to work together, both harnessing and countering the strongest Pokemon TCG cards.
Knowing which cards are the best right now won’t be enough though, since the tournament’s scale means it will carry into next year. It starts on December 5, but is not projected to end until May 2021. The rules will use the 2021 Standard Format and include the upcoming Vivid Voltage expansion, but those rules will change as new card sets arrive and old ones rotate out of legality.
The tournament doesn’t start for a month, so players have plenty of time to prepare and find the store closest to them that’s participating. Players will need to be Master Division, have a Pokemon Trainer Club account, and a Pokemon Player ID. So gather up the cards, prepare to team up with rivals, forget about the mistake on the back of every card, and get ready to see who really is the very best team.
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