Ruling Is there no sidedeck and are matches best 2 out of 3 games?

[NinjaGod]

In a Pokemon, do you win the match by winning 2 games? Or is a match just 1 game?

Are there sidedecks in Pokemon?

 

[The Psychic Legend]

1. Usually the finals of tournaments are best out of three and the first few qualifier rounds are normally best of 1.

2. This is not yu-gi-oh. There are no side decks. (would be handy though!)

 

[Zyflair]

Tourneys begin with one-round swiss pairings, followed by top cuts (Top something) that ARE two out of three.

And note that we have a time limit for the games.

 

[qnetykz]

Tourneys begin with one-round swiss pairings, followed by top cuts (Top something) that ARE two out of three.

And note that we have a time limit for the games.

40 min. to be exact

 

[StealthAngel667]

However some of the bigger tournaments (Nationals, for instance) have a 2-of-3 system in the preliminaries as well.