2023 World Championships

WCS23 redirects here. For Pokémon Trading Card Game set using this set code, see 2023 World Championships Yokohama Deck: Pikachu (TCG).

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The 2023 World Championships is due to be held at Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan from August 11 to 13, 2023. It will be the eighteenth invitation-only championships for players of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the thirteenth for players of the Pokémon video games, and the second for players of Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE. This is the third time the World Championships will be held outside of the U.S., and the first time the event will be held in Japan.

Pokémon Fantasy Team

Pokémon Fantasy Team was a fantasy sport draft contest for U.S. residents built around the 2023 World Championships. Users with a Pokémon Trainer Club account could create teams from August 1 to 10 that were scored based on the TCG and VGC Masters Division results. The top 100 finishers for each division received a booster box of Obsidian Flames and an Umbreon Sitting Cuties plush, with first place also receiving a jumbo Spheal Poké Plush. The first 10,000 registrations also got a code for a Stretchy Form Tatsugiri.

Entrants could build a team of six from specific groups of then-legal cards/Pokémon. Registering a team also required making a guess to a tiebreaker question.

TCG teams required

• a Pokémon V
• a Pokémon VMAX
• a Pokémon VSTAR
• a Radiant Pokémon
• a Treasure of Ruin
• a Pokémon not in any of the previous groups
• a guess on the total number of cards in both discard piles at the end of the final match

VGC teams required

• a Treasure of Ruin
• a Paradox Pokémon
• a Generation IX Pokémon not in the previous groups
• two Pokémon that became legal in Regulation Set D
• a Pokémon not in any previous group
• a guess on the HP of the Pokémon delivering the final Knock Out

Scoring was determined by each team member's highest-placing appearance in Masters Division Top 8 teams. In case of ties, the entrant whose guess to the tiebreaker was closest to correct was placed higher. Prizes could only be won from one division; an entrant's higher placement nullified their other placement.

Top 8 placement	TCG pts.	VGC pts.
1st	48	16
2nd	24	8
3rd-4th	12	4
5th-8th	6	2

Event Pokémon

Artwork

Wonder Card 505 | Tatsugiri (Stretchy Form) Gift
#0978  Tatsugiri Stretchy Form  /    Level 50 Type: Tera Type: Ability: Commander Held item: Big Nugget	ID: 230811 OT: Worlds23 WCS23 Met: WCS 2023 (fateful encounter) Nature: Random Ribbons / Marks:
Draco Meteor Dragon Muddy Water Water Helping Hand Normal Celebrate Normal
Games Method Duration SV Serial Code August 7 to 31, 2023
This Pokémon's Scale value is random.
This Pokémon may only be redeemed once per save file.
Date received is the date on the system when the gift is redeemed.
This Pokémon is set to the same language as the game that received it.
This Pokémon has a % chance to be received when the event is redeemed.

External links

• Event site
  • Pokémon Fantasy Team

Pokémon World Championships Pokémon Trading Card Game only 2004-2008; TCG and Video Games 2009-on 2004: Blaziken Tech • Magma Spirit • Rocky Beach • Team Rushdown 2005: Bright Aura • Dark Tyranitar • King of the West • Queendom 2006: B-L-S • Eeveelutions • Mewtrick • Suns & Moons 2007: Flyvees • Legendary Ascent • Rambolt • Swift Empoleon 2008: Bliss Control • Empotech • Intimidation • Psychic Lock 2009: Stallgon • Crowned Tiger • Queengar • Luxdrill 2010: LuxChomp of the Spirit • Happy Luck • Power Cottonweed • Boltevoir 2011: Megazone • Reshiphlosion • The Truth • Twinboar 2012: Pesadelo Prism • Terraki-Mewtwo • Eeltwo • CMT 2013: Anguille Sous Roche • American Gothic • Darkrai • Ultimate Team Plasma 2014: Plasma Power • Trevgor • Emerald King • Crazy Punch 2015: The Flying Hammer • Punches 'n' Bites • HonorStoise • Primal Groudon 2016: Black Dragon • Bebe Deck • Magical Symphony • Ninja Blitz 2017: Infinite Force • Golisodor • Ice Path FTW • Samurai Sniper 2018: Victory Map • Dragones y Sombras • Garbanette • Buzzroc 2019: Pikarom Judge • Fire Box • Mind Blown • Perfection 2022: ADP • The Shape of Mew • Cheryl Again • Ice Rider Palkia 2023: Mew's Revenge • Psychic Elegance • Colorless Lugia • Lost Box Kyogre 2024: Champions Jason Klaczynski • Jun Hasebe • Ray Rizzo

This article is part of both Project TCG and Project Games, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Trading Card Game and Video Game Championship Tournaments.