Esports

Submitting your decklist to the tournament organizer before an event so it can be checked for legality and against changes between rounds.

Tournaments held at local game stores. In One Piece TCG, Bandai's store-level events include the Store Championship. Locals are the entry point to competitive play.

A tournament format where players are paired by record each round instead of being eliminated, so everyone plays every round.

The best players after the Swiss rounds, who advance to a single-elimination bracket. Getting into the top cut is often the goal of an event.

An organized competition where players bring registered decks and play matches, usually in rounds (Swiss) followed by a top cut, to find a winner.