Illus. Ken Sugimori
Effective 23 June 2023, the following cards, and any alternate printings they may have, are banned in their respective formats.
In the 345 Format
In the Aceless Format
In the Eternal Format
Illus. ユシマ
The Alternate Format Hall of Fame page has been updated with the results of the 7 March 2023 JIB Format tournament.
The tournament's results were as follows:
TandemTCG - Empoleon ACE
Techster011 - Quagsire/Dragapult
JustInBasil - Kommo-o
Jollybolivreede - Bellossom ACE
Click here to visit the updated Alternate Format Hall of Fame page and join us next month on April 7th for the JIB Format tournament!
Illus. yuu
Effective March 31st, the following cards are banned in the Eternal format:
Also effective March 31st, the following cards are no longer banned in the Eternal format:
The Alternate Format Hall of Fame page has been updated with the results of the 3 March 2023 Eternal format tournament.
The tournament's results were as follows:
Guil - Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX
MysteriousPlayer - Togekiss VMAX
Techster011 - Lost Box
iFly - Jirachi Mill
Click here to visit the updated Alternate Format Hall of Fame page and join us next month on April 7th for the JIB Format tournament!
The Alternate Format Hall of Fame page has been updated with the results of the 6 January 2023 Pauper format tournament.
The tournament's results were as follows:
Twitchy - Lunarock
Oatey99 - Lunarock
okowen02- Mad Party
JustInBasil - Wailord SIT
Click here to visit the updated Alternate Format Hall of Fame page and join us next month on February 3rd for the Post-Rotation (E-onward) format!
Effective immediately, Lunatone PGO 34 is banned in the Aceless and Pauper formats. The card’s damage ramp combined with the high quantity of options available to it in the formats has proved to be overwhelmingly oppressive.
Illus. PLANETA Yamashita
Effective immediately, the following card is banned in the Eternal format:
Regidrago VSTAR SIT 136
Although underwhelming in the Standard format, the sheer volume of attacks that Regidrago VSTAR has access to with its Apex Dragon attack in the Eternal format has proven to been too much because it can use that wide variety of attacks for an easily paid-for [G][G][R]. Rather than ban half a dozen of Regidrago VSTAR’s favorite attacking partners, its forms of Energy acceleration, or other cards the deck uses to set itself up and wait for new partners to once again break the card and its archetype, the card itself has been removed from the format via a ban.
The Dream format was intended as a format without the cancerous three-prize Pokémon that dominated the final year of the Sun & Moon era and the first two years of the Sword & Shield era. However, as Pokémon VSTAR themselves are so heavily power-crept to let them deal with Pokémon VMAX and Tag Team Pokémon-GX, they themselves become nearly the only viable options in such a two-prize only format.
Effective immediately, all Pokémon VSTAR are banned in the Dream Format.
Additionally, the following cards are now banned in the Dream format:
Blacephalon UNB 32
Earthen Seal Stone SIT 154
Forest Seal Stone SIT 156
Effective immediately, the following card is banned in the Eternal format:
Poké Drawer + SF 89
Unfortunately, this card’s effect has proved too potent in the format, even with the removal of Green’s Exploration. Alternate searching cards, including Irida and Korrina, also worked to make the card’s two-card effect far more readily available to use than is healthy for the format. As a result of Poké Drawer +’s ban, Green’s Exploration has been removed from the format’s ban list on a probationary basis. After more data has been collected without Poké Drawer + in the format, whether or not Green’s Exploration warrants a ban will be revisited.
The following card has been removed from the format’s ban list:
Green’s Exploration UNB 175
Effective immediately, the following cards are banned in the Eternal format:
Lugia VSTAR SIT 139
Earthen Seal Stone SIT 154
Tickling Machine G1 119
