What is the team challenge
The Pokemon Team Challenge is a tournament where players will play to form a team of 4 to represent their local game store! This tournament is opened to all Master Division players! The Team Challenge—Season 3 kicks off January 15, 2022, and will run through fall 2022, giving participants plenty of time to compete and advance.
In the first stage that begins January 15, both our Ottawa and Montreal stores will host Qualifier tournaments online and via the Pokémon TCG Online. The winners from each of these individual tournaments will form a team as representatives of their store. This Qualifier round is expected to conclude on May 8, 2022.
Once the teams are in place for each store, they will compete against other Store Teams in an elimination bracket. Each bracket match will be a 3v3 round-robin competition; the team that earns five or more wins will advance to the next round. Initially, teams will play other stores from their city, and then will be reseated at regional, national, and global levels if they progress. This round will also take approximately 10 weeks.
In the first stage that begins January 15, both our Ottawa and Montreal stores will host Qualifier tournaments online and via the Pokémon TCG Online. The winners from each of these individual tournaments will form a team as representatives of their store. This Qualifier round is expected to conclude on May 8, 2022.
Once the teams are in place for each store, they will compete against other Store Teams in an elimination bracket. Each bracket match will be a 3v3 round-robin competition; the team that earns five or more wins will advance to the next round. Initially, teams will play other stores from their city, and then will be reseated at regional, national, and global levels if they progress. This round will also take approximately 10 weeks.
Tournament Dates
These events are 100% free to play in. Here are the events for both the Ottawa and Montreal store for the Qualifying rounds:
Ottawa
January 19th, 2022 - 6:30 PM EST
February 2nd, 2022 - 6:30 PM EST
February 16th, 2022 - 6:30 PM EST
March 2nd, 2022 - 6:30 PM EST
Montreal
January 21st, 2022 - 6:30 PM EST
February 4th, 2022 - 6:30 PM EST
February 18th, 2022 - 6:30 PM EST
March 4th, 2022 - 6:30 PM EST
Ottawa
January 19th, 2022 - 6:30 PM EST
February 2nd, 2022 - 6:30 PM EST
February 16th, 2022 - 6:30 PM EST
March 2nd, 2022 - 6:30 PM EST
Montreal
January 21st, 2022 - 6:30 PM EST
February 4th, 2022 - 6:30 PM EST
February 18th, 2022 - 6:30 PM EST
March 4th, 2022 - 6:30 PM EST
Registration and decklist submission
Registration for these events will be the same as past Team Challenge Registrations. We will be using the RK9 Registration software. Everyone player who wishes to participate in our team challenge events must create an RK9 account. Please click the button below for a full breakdown on how to register for your event via the RK9 platform.
Players will be required to create, save and submit their deck list on RK9's platform. Here is a guide on how players may upload their decklists to the RK9 Platform.
On line Platform
To those who play in our events, we'll be communicating with our players via our discord server. Players will be playing against their opponents via the Pokemon Trading Card Game Online (PTCGO). They'll be connecting with their oppenents via our Discord Server and then once they joined their table, they'll add their opponent as a friend in PTCGO and battle it out to see who will win!
Event Cost
Absolutely free to enter!
Tournament Prizing
Historically, players who've made it to the single elimination playoff vs other stores receive exclusive playmats. The higher you place the more items you get. Additional information will be announced once it has been posted on the official Pokemon Website.
Qualifying rounds - Event Format
This Event will be a best 1 format. This is a swiss tournament format followed by a top 8 BO3 single elimination format. For each store qualified, the winner of that event will be the 1st place undefeated player. They will join the Carta Magica team for the store they played for!
Event Timeline
Here is a tentative schedule for the event schedule for the qualifying rounds. Players who do not show up for a round will be dropped with no opportunity for re-entry.
Qualifying Rounds
Round 1 - 6:30 pm EST
Round 2 - 7:05 pm EST
Round 3 - 7:40 pm EST
Round 4 - 8:15 pm EST
Single Elimination Top Cut (BO3)
Top 4 - 8:50 pm EST
Finals - 9:40 pm EST
Pairings will be posted in "tournament-announcements" section of our Discord channel. Players MUST report the results inside the "match-results" section.
Any results not reported within this time, will result in Double Game Loss and players will be dropped from the event.
Qualifying Rounds
Round 1 - 6:30 pm EST
Round 2 - 7:05 pm EST
Round 3 - 7:40 pm EST
Round 4 - 8:15 pm EST
Single Elimination Top Cut (BO3)
Top 4 - 8:50 pm EST
Finals - 9:40 pm EST
Pairings will be posted in "tournament-announcements" section of our Discord channel. Players MUST report the results inside the "match-results" section.
Any results not reported within this time, will result in Double Game Loss and players will be dropped from the event.
Contact us
Have any questions? Send us an email at ottawa@cartamagcia.com and we'll assist you with your inquiries.