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Countdown to Next PPL: PAX EAST
Countdown to Next PPL: PAX EAST
Announcements
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PPL West 2025 Applications Are Now Open Until May 16th!
We’re looking for up-and-coming trainers from around the world to don the green scarf and defend the tradition of the PAX Pokemon League at PAX West 2025! Applications will be open until May 16! (The…
Latest News
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PPL East 2025 Applications Are Now Open Until January 10th!
We’re looking for up-and-coming trainers from around the world to don the green scarf and defend the tradition of the PAX Pokemon League at PAX East 2025! Applications will be open until January 10th! We…
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Trainer Cards
If you’re looking for information on meetups, look no further than our handy trainer cards. Unfortunately the Community Room was unable to accommodate us this year so keep an eye on our social media for…
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Get your Trainer Cards! How to Battle! And Rules Update!
Trainer Cards Get your trainer cards! This spacey design is only available this year, so make sure you ask the first leader you battle for a handy-dandy Trainer Card! This card contains everything you need…
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SEE YOU AT PAX WEST 2024! 😀
Go to here for general info on how to join the PPL at PAX WEST 2024! Challenger registration is now open! Head to https://paxpokemonleague.net/west/ to make an account (or if you have a previous account,…
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PPL Unplugged 2024 Applications Are Now Open! (Deadline Extended to 27th of September!)
We are looking for TCG players of all experience levels to represent us, battle challengers, and to provide the gym leader experience from the games over the course of PAX Unplugged weekend. Whether it’s your…
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PPL Aus 2024 Applications Are Now Open! (Extended to 28th of June!)
We’re celebrating ten years of here at PPL Aus and we are keen for old and new leaders to come join us for PAX Aus 2024. You have three weeks to sign up and we…
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PPL West 2024 Applications Are Now Open Until June 1st! (Extended to June 10th!)
We’re looking for up-and-coming trainers from around the world to don the green scarf and defend the tradition of the PAX Pokemon League at PAX West 2024! Applications will be open until June 1st! We…
Latest PPL Updates
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New site, who dis? PPL Patch Notes?!
Hello friends! So, you may have noticed the website looks quite different than what you’re used to. (Now with a dedicated desktop layout and a more mobile-friendly layout that’s hopefully easier to navigate the website…
Latest Words from Prof. Pine
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A look back on the past 10 years and a history of the founding of the PPL by Prof Pine
People frequently ask me where I came up with the idea for the PAX Pokemon league, and it’s always a little difficult for me to track the exact moment. Over the years, I think…
Latest Posts
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Leaders: Edison- the Storm, Medio- Stuck in the Middle, and Carrie- the Punctual Postmaster!
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doomy doominatorEdison, the Storm!
BATTLE STYLE: Singles, Doubles
Edison is the storm. Nobody knows where he came from or how he got here, but he says he’s the storm, and heavy rain, lightning, and thunder seem to follow him wherever he goes. Don’t forget to bring an umbrella!
Withstand the rain to take home the Thunderstorm Badge!
Medio, Stuck in the Middle!
BATTLE STYLE: Doubles
Medio has been in the middle for as long as he can remember! A middle child in a middle class family in the middle of Paldea. So it came as no surprise that Medio fell in love with the most awkward teenage years for Pokémon… the middle stage. Armed with the right teams, he’s set out to make these Pokémon more well known.
Level up to earn a chance of grabbing the Unlimited Potential Badge!
Carrie, the Punctual Postmaster!
BATTLE STYLE: Singles, Doubles
You’ve got mail, from your trusty parcel pals at the Pelipper Postal Service! Carrie has a special delivery just for you and is ready to return any Pokémon back to sender. Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom stops this courier from timely delivery of high-flying battles.
Put a stamp on Carrie’s Flying types to win the Parcel Badge!
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Leaders: Pan- The Pigment Professional, Squirr31y- The Insect Aficionado, and Chip- The Dealer of Choice!
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doomy doominatorPan, The Pigment Professional!
BATTLE STYLE: Singles
Did you know many pigments come from minerals? Alabaster, ochre, cobalt, iron oxide – paints and dyes are basically just really specific kinds of mud! Nobody knows more about that than Pan, the Pigment Professional, and their crew of colorful Ground-types!
Wash away Pan’s pigments to win the Swatch Badge!
Squirr31y, The Insect Aficionado!
BATTLE STYLE: Singles, Non-Battling
Squirr31y is a Pokémon trainer that fell in love with insects early on and has fond memories of the National Park. He journeys from region to region, always excited to discover new insects and their unique abilities. As they journey, they challenge local trainers, and now he has made his way to PAX East to test their strength.
Exterminate this insectile infestation to receive the Skittering Badge!
Chip, The Dealer of Choice!
BATTLE STYLE: Singles
On loan from the Goldenrod Game Corner in Johto, it’s Chip, the Dealer of Choice! He has made a deal with the PPL to deal with some challengers at PAX. He prides himself on fair dealing, and offers challengers a deal that can shift fortune in their favor… Though unlucky challengers may be in for a great deal of trouble.
Test your luck and try to beat the dealer to take home the Jackpot Badge!
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Champion Reveal! Matt Cerise, The Festival Merchant
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FroMatt Cerise, The Festival Merchant
BATTLE STYLE: EXPANDED
Matt Cerise is always excited for a big event and an opportunity to be a part of it. This year he’s bringing his stall over to PAX Unplugged to help the Pokemon league celebrate. Alongside running our side events and handing out prizes Matt will be taking challengers with help from his Dipplin and the Festival Ground itself.
You’ll have to shut down Matt’s Festival Grounds to have a shot at becoming Champion
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Grease Slimeball,The Sludgelord and the Bonus Badges
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FroGrease Slimeball, The Sludgelord
BATTLE STYLE: EXPANDED
What was that sound?! It’s Grease Slimeball, knocking over a trashcan and coming at you with some nasty venom! Look out! Your Pokemon will definitely need to take a sick day after an encounter with this guy!
Clean up Grease’s slimy Pokemon to win yourself the Ooey-Gooey Badge!
With only five leaders gathering the five badges you’ll need to challenge the champion could be a real problem, not to Worry though the champ has added two bonus badges to help you make your way to the top!
The Masterpiece Badge
Help the league out by filling in the missing art on our card collection to earn yourself this badge!
The Who’s That Badge
Beat one of our leaders in a game of Guess Who’s That Pokemon to earn this badge along with a small prize
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Nick, The Confusing Commander and Sean Steel, M-1000
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FroNick, The Confusing Commander
BATTLE STYLE: EXPANDED
Nick specializes in controlling the battle with a combination of status ailments and psychic powers. With a calm and calculating demeanor, he uses his psychic-type Pokémon to inflict debilitating conditions like confusion, sleep, and poison to weaken them over time before ending the match with a massive attack.
Stock up on Full Heals if you want to win the Conundrum Badge
Sean Steel, M-1000
BATTLE STYLE: EXPANDED
Sean Steel has spent the last few years opening Mystery Box after Mystery Box in order to find the strongest Meltan to fill his deck with. Sean uses these Meltan in a powerful Steel-type deck designed to overpower his opponents.
Melt Sean’s Steel-Types to earn the Bolt Badge!
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Justice, The Mad Party-goer and Seymour, The Battling History Buff
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FroWe’re only a few days out from Pax Unplugged so lets meet this years Gym Leaders!
Justice, The Mad Party-goer
BATTLE STYLE: EXPANDED
Justice has taken up residence as the League’s Bro-fessional Mad Party player. Watch out for the Abilities and Trainer cards to fill their Discard, they’ll leave you feeling Slow, Bro! With their iconic Bro-teagiest tea, they’ll steep you in a bro-tanical fusion of powerful deck synergy and herbal Rooi-bros infusion.
Do you have what it takes to take down Justice and become a Bro-kémon Champion and earn the Party On Badge?
Seymour, The Battling History Buff
BATTLE STYLE: THEME DECKS
As one of the region’s most studied history instructors, Seymour is famous for his deep knowledge of how Pokemon battling has evolved throughout the ages. Most of his time is spent poring through records in his study. Despite this, he can more than hold his own in a Pokemon battle, showing up-and-coming trainers that there is much to learn about the present by studying the past. Now he has come to the PAX Pokemon League, hoping to find trainers who will help him re-enact battles from long ago.
Ace the exam and you will earn the Antiquity Badge!
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Kuribo, the Inverted Inventor!
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snowyaliceKuribo is an inventor who was always trying to study ways to his battling. One day an accident caused an implosion while he was working, destroying his lab. It was then that he realised the key to unlocking his true battle potential was not improvement, but inversion!
Turn Kuribo’s strengths against him to win the Mirror Badge!
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Sarah, the Simian Sensation!
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snowyaliceSarah spent years raising orphaned simian Pokémon at a Pokémon sanctuary until she discovered one fact: the monkeys just want to battle. So she re-dedicated her life to helping her simian companions shine in double battles.
This team is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S. Come take them on to win the Banana Badge!
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Victor, the Duke of Snacksalot!
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snowyaliceVictor comes from a long lineage of Kalosian connoisseurs renowned for their extravagant tea parties, but finds himself equally thirsty for battle! With his trusty teatime companions at hand to get him out of a jam (or into some), he has proven his prowess at the Battle Chateau and welcomes a hearty challenge – provided you join him for tea first!
Claim victory over Victor to become royalTea with the Teatime Badge!
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Mira, the Metallic Monarch!
By
snowyaliceWhen Mira looked down at her crown on the day of her coronation, she was fascinated by the way that various metals and jewels came together to form something sturdy and beautiful. Mira needed this same tactic – both for her kingdom and on the battlefield. Whilst Mira brought together secretaries and subjects to create order in her empire, she also collected only the best metallic ‘mons for her new-founded “alloying” battle style. Now she has come to PAX to show everyone that a good defence is crucial to rule.
Liquate Mira’s team to earn the Alloy Badge!
Announcements
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PPL West 2025 Applications Are Now Open Until May 16th!
We’re looking for up-and-coming trainers from around the world to…
-
PPL East 2025 Applications Are Now Open Until January 10th!
We’re looking for up-and-coming trainers from around the world to…
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Trainer Cards
If you’re looking for information on meetups, look no further…
-
Get your Trainer Cards! How to Battle! And Rules Update!
Trainer Cards Get your trainer cards! This spacey design is…
-
SEE YOU AT PAX WEST 2024! 😀
Go to here for general info on how to join…
-
PPL Unplugged 2024 Applications Are Now Open! (Deadline Extended to 27th of September!)
We are looking for TCG players of all experience levels…
-
PPL Aus 2024 Applications Are Now Open! (Extended to 28th of June!)
We’re celebrating ten years of here at PPL Aus and…
-
PPL West 2024 Applications Are Now Open Until June 1st! (Extended to June 10th!)
We’re looking for up-and-coming trainers from around the world to…
-
New site, who dis? PPL Patch Notes?!
Hello friends! So, you may have noticed the website looks quite different than what you’re used to. (Now with a dedicated desktop layout and a more mobile-friendly layout that’s hopefully easier to navigate the website…
-
Leaders: Edison- the Storm, Medio- Stuck in the Middle, and Carrie- the Punctual Postmaster!
By
doomy doominatorEdison, the Storm!
BATTLE STYLE: Singles, Doubles
Edison is the storm. Nobody knows where he came from or how he got here, but he says he’s the storm, and heavy rain, lightning, and thunder seem to follow him wherever he goes. Don’t forget to bring an umbrella!
Withstand the rain to take home the Thunderstorm Badge!
Medio, Stuck in the Middle!
BATTLE STYLE: Doubles
Medio has been in the middle for as long as he can remember! A middle child in a middle class family in the middle of Paldea. So it came as no surprise that Medio fell in love with the most awkward teenage years for Pokémon… the middle stage. Armed with the right teams, he’s set out to make these Pokémon more well known.
Level up to earn a chance of grabbing the Unlimited Potential Badge!
Carrie, the Punctual Postmaster!
BATTLE STYLE: Singles, Doubles
You’ve got mail, from your trusty parcel pals at the Pelipper Postal Service! Carrie has a special delivery just for you and is ready to return any Pokémon back to sender. Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom stops this courier from timely delivery of high-flying battles.
Put a stamp on Carrie’s Flying types to win the Parcel Badge!
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Leaders: Pan- The Pigment Professional, Squirr31y- The Insect Aficionado, and Chip- The Dealer of Choice!
By
doomy doominatorPan, The Pigment Professional!
BATTLE STYLE: Singles
Did you know many pigments come from minerals? Alabaster, ochre, cobalt, iron oxide – paints and dyes are basically just really specific kinds of mud! Nobody knows more about that than Pan, the Pigment Professional, and their crew of colorful Ground-types!
Wash away Pan’s pigments to win the Swatch Badge!
Squirr31y, The Insect Aficionado!
BATTLE STYLE: Singles, Non-Battling
Squirr31y is a Pokémon trainer that fell in love with insects early on and has fond memories of the National Park. He journeys from region to region, always excited to discover new insects and their unique abilities. As they journey, they challenge local trainers, and now he has made his way to PAX East to test their strength.
Exterminate this insectile infestation to receive the Skittering Badge!
Chip, The Dealer of Choice!
BATTLE STYLE: Singles
On loan from the Goldenrod Game Corner in Johto, it’s Chip, the Dealer of Choice! He has made a deal with the PPL to deal with some challengers at PAX. He prides himself on fair dealing, and offers challengers a deal that can shift fortune in their favor… Though unlucky challengers may be in for a great deal of trouble.
Test your luck and try to beat the dealer to take home the Jackpot Badge!
-
Champion Reveal! Matt Cerise, The Festival Merchant
By
FroMatt Cerise, The Festival Merchant
BATTLE STYLE: EXPANDED
Matt Cerise is always excited for a big event and an opportunity to be a part of it. This year he’s bringing his stall over to PAX Unplugged to help the Pokemon league celebrate. Alongside running our side events and handing out prizes Matt will be taking challengers with help from his Dipplin and the Festival Ground itself.
You’ll have to shut down Matt’s Festival Grounds to have a shot at becoming Champion
-
Grease Slimeball,The Sludgelord and the Bonus Badges
By
FroGrease Slimeball, The Sludgelord
BATTLE STYLE: EXPANDED
What was that sound?! It’s Grease Slimeball, knocking over a trashcan and coming at you with some nasty venom! Look out! Your Pokemon will definitely need to take a sick day after an encounter with this guy!
Clean up Grease’s slimy Pokemon to win yourself the Ooey-Gooey Badge!
With only five leaders gathering the five badges you’ll need to challenge the champion could be a real problem, not to Worry though the champ has added two bonus badges to help you make your way to the top!
The Masterpiece Badge
Help the league out by filling in the missing art on our card collection to earn yourself this badge!
The Who’s That Badge
Beat one of our leaders in a game of Guess Who’s That Pokemon to earn this badge along with a small prize
-
Nick, The Confusing Commander and Sean Steel, M-1000
By
FroNick, The Confusing Commander
BATTLE STYLE: EXPANDED
Nick specializes in controlling the battle with a combination of status ailments and psychic powers. With a calm and calculating demeanor, he uses his psychic-type Pokémon to inflict debilitating conditions like confusion, sleep, and poison to weaken them over time before ending the match with a massive attack.
Stock up on Full Heals if you want to win the Conundrum Badge
Sean Steel, M-1000
BATTLE STYLE: EXPANDED
Sean Steel has spent the last few years opening Mystery Box after Mystery Box in order to find the strongest Meltan to fill his deck with. Sean uses these Meltan in a powerful Steel-type deck designed to overpower his opponents.
Melt Sean’s Steel-Types to earn the Bolt Badge!
-
Justice, The Mad Party-goer and Seymour, The Battling History Buff
By
FroWe’re only a few days out from Pax Unplugged so lets meet this years Gym Leaders!
Justice, The Mad Party-goer
BATTLE STYLE: EXPANDED
Justice has taken up residence as the League’s Bro-fessional Mad Party player. Watch out for the Abilities and Trainer cards to fill their Discard, they’ll leave you feeling Slow, Bro! With their iconic Bro-teagiest tea, they’ll steep you in a bro-tanical fusion of powerful deck synergy and herbal Rooi-bros infusion.
Do you have what it takes to take down Justice and become a Bro-kémon Champion and earn the Party On Badge?
Seymour, The Battling History Buff
BATTLE STYLE: THEME DECKS
As one of the region’s most studied history instructors, Seymour is famous for his deep knowledge of how Pokemon battling has evolved throughout the ages. Most of his time is spent poring through records in his study. Despite this, he can more than hold his own in a Pokemon battle, showing up-and-coming trainers that there is much to learn about the present by studying the past. Now he has come to the PAX Pokemon League, hoping to find trainers who will help him re-enact battles from long ago.
Ace the exam and you will earn the Antiquity Badge!
-
Kuribo, the Inverted Inventor!
By
snowyaliceKuribo is an inventor who was always trying to study ways to his battling. One day an accident caused an implosion while he was working, destroying his lab. It was then that he realised the key to unlocking his true battle potential was not improvement, but inversion!
Turn Kuribo’s strengths against him to win the Mirror Badge!
-
Sarah, the Simian Sensation!
By
snowyaliceSarah spent years raising orphaned simian Pokémon at a Pokémon sanctuary until she discovered one fact: the monkeys just want to battle. So she re-dedicated her life to helping her simian companions shine in double battles.
This team is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S. Come take them on to win the Banana Badge!
-
Victor, the Duke of Snacksalot!
By
snowyaliceVictor comes from a long lineage of Kalosian connoisseurs renowned for their extravagant tea parties, but finds himself equally thirsty for battle! With his trusty teatime companions at hand to get him out of a jam (or into some), he has proven his prowess at the Battle Chateau and welcomes a hearty challenge – provided you join him for tea first!
Claim victory over Victor to become royalTea with the Teatime Badge!
-
Mira, the Metallic Monarch!
By
snowyaliceWhen Mira looked down at her crown on the day of her coronation, she was fascinated by the way that various metals and jewels came together to form something sturdy and beautiful. Mira needed this same tactic – both for her kingdom and on the battlefield. Whilst Mira brought together secretaries and subjects to create order in her empire, she also collected only the best metallic ‘mons for her new-founded “alloying” battle style. Now she has come to PAX to show everyone that a good defence is crucial to rule.
Liquate Mira’s team to earn the Alloy Badge!