Limitless TCG
| Limitless TCG | |
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| Language | English Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese databases |
| Status | Active |
| Run | 2017 - Present |
| Date opened | June 16, 2017 |
| Creator | Robin Schulz |
| Website | Limitless TCG |
Limitless TCG is a fan site that primarily focuses as a database for Pokémon Trading Card Game tournaments, decks, and cards. In 2020, the site expanded to also become a hosting platform for community-run tournaments. The site was created by Robin Schulz, who would go on to win the 2018 World Championships with his Victory Map deck.
In addition to the Pokémon TCG, the site also hosts information about Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket and the One Piece Card Game. Tournaments can be hosted for these games as well as the core series Pokémon video games, Pokémon Showdown, and other Bandai-published TCGs.
Site
Databases
Limitless TCG's databases include information for cards, tournaments, decks, and players.
In the 2025 tournament season, organizers for Premier Events began releasing all competitors' deck lists and records, rather than just those who performed well. To not pollute the data of the main database with underperforming decks, Limitless catalogs this information on its Limitless Labs subdomain.
Cards
Limitless hosts data for all English language Pokémon cards, all Japanese language Pokémon cards beginning with the Sun & Moon Series, all cards appearing in TCG Pocket. Card pages have translations for the site's seven supported languages. Individual card pages include links to every historical deck list they appear in. A chart of market price history is also included.
Cards can be searched using the site's advanced search tools. Parameters include a card's type, stage, special mechanics, rarity, expansion, market price, and tournament format, among others.
Tournaments
Limitless hosts tournament data for most Premier Events dating back to the 2010 World Championships, as well as data for Japan's City League tournaments. The tournament data includes the standings of players who made Day 2 at the event and the deck lists they used. Recent tournaments run by The Pokémon Company International for Play! Pokémon use data released by the tournament organizers, but older tournaments and those run in non-TPCi regions typically have crowdsourced information.
Data from Japanese City Leagues is not factored into other parts of the website, such as a deck's overall performance. City League data allows international players to get an early look at potential metagame impacts of newly-released cards.
Decks
Popular deck archetypes have their own pages, which list every top-performing deck list of said archetype. Archetype pages break down trends in their deck lists, prominently featuring "core cards" that appear in the majority of lists. Additionally, the decks' historical prize money and Championship Point winnings, as well as number of top tournament placements, are listed at the top of the page. Data from recent tournaments is calculated to rank each deck in the current metagame, which is displayed on Limitless's homepage.
Deck list pages break down the list into Pokémon, Trainer, and Energy card sections. Each card is laid out with its current market price, which is totaled into a deck market price at the top of the page. Deck lists can be exported as image files or text files compatible with Pokémon Trading Card Game Live. A list of all players who used the exact 60 cards in the deck is shown at the bottom of the page.
Players
Limitless maintains a live power ranking of players in the current competitive season. The ranking is solely based on Championship Points earned at Premier Events, not League Cups or League Challenges, so it is not necessarily indicative of who will receive an invite to the World Championships. Individual players can be looked up to see their historical standings and prize earnings, as well as all the deck lists they have played.
Tournament platform
Community members can host and participate in grassroots tournaments on Limitless's Play Limitless subdomain. Play Limitless supports the TCG, TCG Pocket, VGC (both on official hardware and Pokémon Showdown), and several non-Pokémon TCGs. Pokémon TCG tournament results are compiled into a database similar to but separate from the main database of official events. Data for TCG Pocket decks and VGC teams can be viewed on individual tournament results pages.
Player tools
Limitless hosts an array of tools for competitive TCG players. These include generators that can turn deck lists into viewable images or printable proxy cards, and a calculator that determines a player's odds of a good opening hand based on their number of Basic Pokémon and Supporter cards. The site also has a deck builder that can be used for exports in the same way as database decks. A calculator for Swiss-system tournaments can be used to help tournament organizers.
Blog
Limitless is home to Robin Schulz's blog. Articles are often simple site updates, but may also cover expansion reviews, tournament recaps, and strategy guides. Guest writers also occasionally contribute articles.
Staff
- Robin Schulz - Website developer, database lead
- David Hochmann - Japanese card and tournament database, stream producer
- Connor Hayward - Stream producer, Digimon lead
- Phillip Schulz - Sponsored player
- Jesper Eriksen - Sponsored player
- Fabien Pujol - Sponsored player
External links
See also
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