PKMN-ph announces the ‘Isle of Mustard’ Pokemon VGC Tournament

PKMN-ph (aka Pokemon Philippines) has just announced the Isle of Mustard, a free online Pokemon tournament in the Philippines. This tournament follows the Pokemon VGC Tournament format that’s used in international Pokemon tourneys.

Isle of Mustard’s organizers stated that the tournament will be held to “survey the numbermber of player turnout for the future tournaments that we will organize that would be following TPC’s WCS for Japan and South Korea’s format.” This will be done to prepare for the “possible shift of tournament structure to be the same as Japan and South Korea’s.”

• What: ISLE of MUSTARD – Pokemon Sword and Shield online event
• When: July 4 – 5, 12PM
• Where: Online
• Rules: VGC Doubles Battle Ranked Series 5
• Registration fee: NONE
• Prize pool: PHP 6,000

Meanwhile, here is the prize pool breakdown for the tournament:

• Prize pool structure:
  • 1st – 50% of Prize Pool
  • 2nd – 25% of Prize Pool
  • 3rd and 4th – 15% of Prize Pool
  • 5th to 8th – 10% of Prize Pool
• Exact numbers of Total Prize:
  • 1st – PHP3,000
  • 2nd – PHP1,500
  • 3rd and 4th – PHP900 (PHP450 each)
  • 5th to 8th – PHP600 (PHP150 each)

The Isle of Mustard is organized by PKMN-ph: Pokemon Philippines, the Philippine Pokemon Community, and GO Cavite Esports. For more info, visit the official PKMN-ph Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pkmnphofficial.