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Rental Teams VGC 2020

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

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Teams from the 2020 Paris Special Event

Teams from the 2020 Paris Special Event, held in Nanterre, France, on November 2-3, 2019. This is the last Ultra Series major event in Europe.

David 3 November, 2019

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Rayogre’s Evolution — A Top 4 North America International Championships Team Report

Jonathan Evans, Chuppa Cross and Raghav Malaviya brings us today the teambuilding and warstory from North America International Championships

Victory Road 18 October, 2019

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A Sword, a Shield and a Gamble – A Top 16 Atlantic City Regionals Team Report

Ryan Loseto shares with everyone his team and tournament run at the 2020 Atlantic City Regionals, where he placed within the top 16

Victory Road 16 October, 2019

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Teams and Results from the 2020 Knoxville Regional Championships

Teams and Results from the 2020 Knoxville Regional Championships held in Knoxville, TN on October 12-13, 2019 under the Ultra Series ruleset

Yanguas 13 October, 2019

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I hear Shedinja in my oreillette — Team Report from Hippolyte Bernard, the 2020 Köln Regional Champion

The winner of Europe’s last Regionals of the 3DS era, Frenchman Hippolyte Bernard, details his team composition and matches throughout the event in Germany!

Victory Road 11 October, 2019

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Teams and Results from the 2020 Campinas Special Event

Teams and results from the 2020 Campinas Special Event held in Campinas, Brazil on September 28, 2019 and played with the VGC19 Ultra Series ruleset

David 2 October, 2019

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Teams and Results from the 2020 Köln Regional Championships

Teams and statistics from the 2020 Köln Regionals held in Cologne, Germany on September 28-29, 2019 and played with the VGC19 Ultra Series ruleset

David 1 October, 2019

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The Seniors’ Master – Team Report from Ko Tsukide, the 2019 Senior Pokémon VGC World Champion

Get to know the secrets behind Ko Tsukide’s success in D.C, where he became the 2019 Seniors Division Pokémon VGC World Champion!

Victory Road 26 September, 2019

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The Yveltal Warrior — Team Report from Kazuki Kobayashi, Semi Finalist at the 2019 World Championships

Get to know the ins and outs of Kazuki Kobayashi’s 2019 Worlds team, which he used to place 4th after playing all the way from day 1 until top cut!

Victory Road 21 September, 2019