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🏆 Pokémon Tournament Banlist

This page outlines all banned Pokémon, moves, items, and abilities for the tournament format. These elements are prohibited to maintain a balanced and competitive metagame.

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🚫 Banned Pokémon

The following Pokémon are not allowed in this tournament format.

- Annihilape
- Arceus (all formes)
- Baxcalibur
- Calyrex-Ice
- Calyrex-Shadow
- Chi-Yu
- Chien-Pao
- Darkrai
- Darmanitan-Galar
- Deoxys
- Deoxys-Attack
- Deoxys-Speed
- Dialga
- Dialga-Origin
- Dracovish
- Dragapult
- Espathra
- Eternatus
- Flutter Mane
- Gardion
- Genesect
- Giratina
- Giratina-Origin
- Gouging Fire
- Groudon
- Ho-Oh
- Hyrealis
- Iron Bundle
- Kassowar
- Koraidon
- Kyogre
- Kyurem-Black
- Kyurem-White
- Landorus
- Lugia
- Lunala
- Luminaark
- Magearna
- Marshadow
- Mewtwo
- Miraidon
- Mirkioh
- Naganadel
- Necrozma-Dawn Wings
- Necrozma-Dusk Mane
- Notyorus
- Ogerpon-Hearthflame
- Palafin
- Palkia
- Palkia-Origin
- Pheromosa
- Rayquaza
- Ramonyx
- Reshiram
- Roaring Moon
- Seraphang
- Shaymin-Sky
- Sneasler
- Solgaleo
- Spectrier
- Ursaluna-Bloodmoon
- Urshifu-Single-Strike
- Walking Wake
- Xerneas
- Yveltal
- Zacian
- Zacian-Crowned
- Zamazenta-Crowned
- Zekrom

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🚫 Banned Moves

The following moves are not permitted due to unhealthy competitive interactions or excessive RNG.

Move	Reason
Baton Pass	Stat passing strategies are unhealthy for competitive play
Double Team	Evasion boosting
Minimize	Evasion boosting
Fissure	One-Hit KO move
Guillotine	One-Hit KO move
Horn Drill	One-Hit KO move
Sheer Cold	One-Hit KO move
Last Respects	Excessive late-game scaling
Shed Tail	Enables unhealthy substitute passing

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🚫 Banned Items

These held items are not allowed in the tournament format.

Item	Reason
Dynamax Band	Dynamax mechanics disabled
Tera Orb	Terastallization disabled
Bright Powder	Evasion boosting
King's Rock	RNG flinch abuse
Razor Fang	RNG flinch abuse
Quick Claw	Random priority advantage
Alakazite	Mega Evolution too Strong
Blastoisinite	Mega Evolution too Strong
Blazikenite	Mega Evolution too Strong
Empoleonite	Mega Evolution too Strong
Gengarite	Mega Evolution too Strong
Kangaskhanite	Mega Evolution too Strong
Lucarionite / Lucarionite Z	Mega Evolution too Strong
Metagrossite	Mega Evolution too Strong
Salamencite	Mega Evolution too Strong
Absolite Z	Mega Evolution too Strong
Garchompite Z	Mega Evolution too Strong
Darkranite	Mega Evolution too Strong
Froslassite	Mega Evolution too Strong
Delphoxite	Mega Evolution too Strong
Zygardite	Mega Evolution too Strong
Magearnite	Mega Evolution too Strong
Baxcaliburite	Mega Evolution too Strong

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🚫 Banned Abilities

The following abilities are banned due to their extreme competitive impact or broken interactions.

Ability:	Reason:
Moody	Random stat boosts that can snowball
Shadow Tag	Prevents switching
Arena Trap	Prevents switching
Power Construct	Overpowered transformation mechanics
Reality Rend	Overpowered Mechanic

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⚖️ Tournament Clause Rules

The following standard clauses are enforced.

Terastal Clause	Players may not Terastallize
Species Clause	Players may not use two of the same Pokémon
Sleep Clause	Only one opposing Pokémon may be asleep at a time
Evasion Clause	Moves that increase evasion are banned
OHKO Clause	One-Hit KO moves are banned
Endless Battle Clause	Prevents battles from lasting indefinitely
Dynamax Clause	Players may not Dynamax