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Rental Teams VGC 2020

Start playing NOW with our Series 5 Rental Teams for Pokémon Sword and Shield!

2020 Season

Rules and major event dates for the 2020 season of Play! Pokémon

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Teams and Results from the Pokémon Players Cup

Take a look at the teams used by the 16 qualified players for the final stage of the Pokémon Players Cup and how they fared in this summer’s top tournament!

Alberto Núñez 25 August, 2020

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Teams and Results from the 2020 Japan Decisive Battle

Discover the teams that the Top 4 of Japan’s official online tournament, the Decisive Battle, used in their final stage matches.

Alberto Núñez 23 August, 2020

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Teams and Results from the Pokémon Trainers Cup

Check out the teams that made it to the final stage of Pokémon Korea’s official online double-elimination competition: the Pokémon Trainers Cup!

Alberto Núñez 17 August, 2020

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I Don’t Wanna Fight! – A Pokémon Players Cup Europe Online Qualifier Top 4 Team Report

Check out the team with which Italian Edoardo Giunipero Ferraris got to qualify for the Pokémon Players Cup final stage through the Europe Online Qualifier!

Alberto Núñez 12 August, 2020

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Porygon’s Lab: Eject Button and Dynamaxed Pokémon

Porygon’s Lab is a series of short articles where we review common strategies and gimmicks of the metagame. In this first installment, we take a look at Eject Button when used to cancel your opponent’s Dynamax.

Victory Road 21 July, 2020

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First information on the Play! Pokémon 2021 season has been announced

The Pokémon Company International has released the first set of info regarding the upcoming 2021 Play! Pokémon season of events

David 30 June, 2020

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Update to our Rental Teams compendium for VGC 2020 Series 5

The Internet’s most complete VGC Rental Team compendium for Pokémon Sword & Shield has been updated with the first teams for the new metagame, Series 5

Victory Road 25 June, 2020

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Teams and Results from the Players Cup Kickoff Invitational

The Players Cup Kickoff Invitational gathered 8 of the most renown Pokémon VGC players from all the world playing for an invite to the event’s finals!

David 22 June, 2020

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Everything about the Isle of Armor expansion and Pokémon VGC

All we know so far of the upcoming Isle of Armor downloadable content for Pokémon Sword and Shield and how it will impact Pokémon VGC 2020

David 2 June, 2020