Silph Arena Season 2 Cup Rules

Sorcerous Cup

• Team of 6: Competitors will bring a team of 6 Pokemon (and register them before the tournament begins). All battle parties used must be comprised of these 6 Pokemon.
• Great League: Matches are played in Great League: only Pokemon up to 1500 CP are permitted in the Cup.
• Sorcerous Types: Only Pokémon with Ice, Poison, Fairy, Psychic, and Normal types (including dual types) are allowed, with a few exceptions:
  • Only Pokémon with a second charge move that costs 50k stardust or less are allowed. (If a species' evolutions or pre-evolution stages differ in move costs, only the evolution stages whose charge moves are 50k stardust or less are permitted.
  • Dewgong, Alolan Raichu, Galarian Linoone, Obstagoong and Shadow Pokémon are not permitted in the Sorcerous Cup to feature a wider variety of species and, for Shadow Pokémon, due to availability constraints.
• Eligibility List

VOYAGER CUP

• Team of 6: Competitors will bring a team of 6 Pokemon (and register them before the tournament begins). All battle parties used must be comprised of these 6 Pokemon.
• Great League: Matches are played in Great League: only Pokemon up to 1500 CP are permitted in the Cup.
• Master the Regions: Rather than selecting a team from restricted types, competitors will build their team based on the region Pokemon are originally from:
  • Step 1: Pick one Pokemon from each of the following regions:
    1. Kanto
    2. Johto
    3. Hoenn
    4. Sinnoh
    5. Unova/Alola/Galar/Other (Includes Meltan)
       • There are no restrictions or bans on these first 5 slots, as long as you have one Pokemon from each region.
       •  Step 2: Pick a wildcard. Your wildcard can come from any region, but it can NOT be one of the following

ROSE CUP

• Team of 6: Competitors will bring a team of 6 Pokemon (and register them before the tournament begins). All battle parties used must be comprised of these 6 Pokemon.
• Great League: Matches are played in Great League: only Pokemon up to 1500 CP are permitted in the Cup.
• Permitted Colors: Only Pokemon whose main colors are Pink, Purple, Red, or Gray are eligible for use in the Rose Cup.
  • Main colors are based off of their classifications on BULBAPEDIA.
• Shinies: A Pokémon's elligibility is based solely on its non-shiny form's color. For example: Sableye and its shiny are allowed, but shiny and non-shiny Gyarados are not.
• Multiple Forms: If a Pokémon has multiple forms (Alolans, regional forms, etc.), each form that matches the allowed colors is eligible. (i.e. Alolan Marowak is allowed but Kanto Marowak is not)
• Species Bans: Water-types (including dual types!), Mythical Pokemon, Legendary Pokemon, and Bastiodon are not allowed.
• Eligible List: What follows is the official list of exactly which species are permitted for use in the Rose Cup

TIMELESS CUP

• The Timeless Cup requires you to pick a single elemental starter Pokémon from the first four generations (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn & Sinnoh), then select the rest of your battle team of six from any of the four generations, but with a list of restrictions:
  • Any Pokémon with Fighting, Normal, Fairy, Flying, Steel or Psychic typing (including dual-typing) may not be used.
  • Legendary and Mythical Pokémon may not be used.
  • Umbreon and Sableye may not be used.
  • Only Pokémon from generations 1 through 4 may be used. Species or forms released in generations 5, 7 and 8 (Unova, Alola and Galar) may not be used.
• Your starter Pokémon is not subject to the type restrictions and may be any evolution in its family. The rest of your battle team does not need to be from the same generation as your selected starter.
• See this list for eligible species!

SINISTER CUP

• Competitors will bring a team of 6 Pokemon (and register them before the tournament begins). All battle parties used must be comprised of these 6 Pokemon.
• Matches are played in Great League: only Pokemon up to 1500 CP are permitted in the Cup.
• Only Pokemon with at least one of the following types are permitted: Ghost, Psychic, Steel, Fighting.
• All species with at least one of the four allowed types are permitted except: Mythical Pokémon, Skarmory, Hypno, and any Pokémon with Dark Typing (including dual types).
• Only one of each Pokemon species is permitted on your team of 6. (No species duplicates!)
• Arena Rules will be followed in all other particulars.