Entry Cost for PTCGO Tournaments Vary From Time to Time?

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797maxim

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Hello tell me yesterday I themed deck went to the tournament 4 tournament ticket, and today 89 Tokken and other prizes

Tell awards and entrance to tournaments from time to time ?
 
I'm not sure how often they change, but they can vary periodically. The rewards also vary when the entry cost changes. I believe it's to give some variety, while not splitting the player base. Typically the change is from tickets to tokens. The top prize for token tournaments is normally tickets, which then lets you enter the ticket tournaments where you can earn packs.

Many players only focus on one format, so if they ran out of tickets playing that format's tournament mode they wouldn't be able to enter tournaments ever again. (Without cash or in game ladder prizes) By switching the cost from ticket to token and the prize from pack to ticket, it ensures that players who want to play in tournaments will be able to cycle their tokens into tickets, and then their tickets into possible tournament wins, which give out a higher pack count for the cost if you win.

It's annoying when you have the tickets and want to enter pack tournaments, but as a player I can appreciate enabling token cycling into tickets periodically for those who don't stockpile tickets.
 
797maxim said:
Hello tell me yesterday I themed deck went to the tournament 4 tournament ticket, and today 89 Tokken and other prizes

Tell awards and entrance to tournaments from time to time ?
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Wording in your post is a bit jumbled, so if this is not what you're asking, I beg your pardon.

The Pokémon TCG almost always has four tournaments options up and running:
  • Theme Deck
  • Standard Format
  • Expanded Format
  • Legacy Format
The Entry Fee for these tournaments is always displayed, and there is a button to specifically view the rewards for the event. The exact reward will vary based on how you finish and based upon the initial entry fee. If the entry fee is Tokens, then the top finishers earn Tickets. If the entry fee is Tickets, then the top finishers earn booster packs. The booster packs in question are not locked so you may trade them to other players. Only one out of the four tournaments will have a Token based entry fee and Ticket rewards while the other three will have the Ticket based entry fee and have the booster pack rewards. Exactly which one changes from week to week. Exactly what will have what is announced ahead of time over on the official Pokémon TCG Online message boards (http://forums.pokemontcg.com/).

Periodically there will be extra tournaments; this weekend there was one with a 24 Ticket Entry fee that featured larger-than-normal Prizes.
 
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