Pokemon League Challenge is back for Heroes' first League Challenge of the 2026 Season! Come join us for our first Tournament of the new Championship Season!
Entry will be £4 with prizing for the top players in each division.
Players will need to bring a constructed deck to play with. This means:
- 60 Cards. No more, no less.
- Cards must be printed in English (or in European region languages defined in the Tournament rules handbook)
- Cards must bear a G, H or I regulation mark (in the bottom left corner), or have been reprinted with this mark (for example, you could use an Ultra Ball from Sun & Moon as it was reprinted with a mark in Brilliant Stars).
- Have no more than 4 copies of a single card. For example: You can only play 4 copies of Professor's Research, regardless of the Professor they are. For Pokémon, you may only have 4 copies of a Pokémon’s name. So you could, for example, play 2 copies of Charmander from Obsidian Flames, and 2 copies from Paldean Fates, but not 4 of each. You could however play 4 Pikachu and 4 Pikachu ex as these are considered different names.
- You can play more than 4 copies of basic energies and they do not require the regulation mark, as they are not printed as such. You can use any type, except Fairy.
- All cards must be legal and official Pokemon cards. No proxies will be allowed.
Completed and clear to read deck lists will be required to play. The printable template can be found at:
https://www.pokemon.com/static-assets/content-assets/cms2/pdf/play-pokemon/rules/play-pokemon-deck-list-a4-dri.pdf
If you cannot print this template, you can write it on plain A4 using the same formatting making sure it includes all the required details.
We will play a number of rounds, split up into the Masters, Seniors and Junior divisions based on the number of players (with lower numbers of players, divisions may be paired against each other).
Registration will begin at 5.45pm and rounds will start at 6.15pm. If you are running late we may be able to register you on arrival but you will incur game/round losses.
Please bring your Play Pokemon ID. If you already have one but don’t know it, you can find it by logging into the Pokemon website. Otherwise if you do not have one yet, we will be able to issue you one on the day.
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