Pokémon players who attend tournaments vastly overestimate their presence on PTCGL compared to casual who just wants to play their new shiny cards they just got today. 2-week rule is a tournament rule. PTCGL is not a tournament - it’s a place to just play Pokémon TCG.

Oct 24, 2025 · 3:39 AM UTC

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The one thing I learned way back when I used to stream - there’s so many players who just use the online client only and never attend events. They get cards and get excited about being able to play them immediately. They are Pokémon fans who deserve catering to as well.
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The 2-week rule exists for physical events for a lot of good reasons. A big one I can think of is so that tournament players actually have time to get cards in a market that runs out of product exceptionally fast nowadays. It should not impact online/non tournament players.