The Catch 'em IRL Challenge

Rules

Objective:

The goal is to “catch ’em all” by traveling, exploring real-world locations, and collecting Pokémon cards and Pokéball cards to complete your personal Pokédex.

Requirements:

  1. Catching Pokémon a specific:
    • To catch a Pokémon, you must:
      • Have a Pokémon card (representing the Pokémon).
      • Have a Pokéball card (representing the Pokéball used).
      • Visit a real-world location (e.g., an animal or object representing the Pokémon) get your phone ready like a pokedex!
      • Film yourself showing all three components (Pokémon card, Pokéball card, and the real-world location/representation) together. This confirms the capture.
  2. Hunting in the wild – Biomes and Pack Openings:
    • You can “catch” Pokémon by opening packs of cards in real-world locations (“biomes”) that match the environment where the Pokémon might naturally appear. Examples:
      • Beach for Water-type Pokémon.
      • Forest for Grass- or Bug-type Pokémon.
      • Graveyard for Ghost- or Dark-type Pokémon.
    • Rules for biome catches:
      • Any Pokémon from the pack that matches the biome can be “caught” if you have the appropriate Pokéball card.
      • All others in the pack are considered “seen,” not caught.
      • 1 pack per biome
      • more packs can be open if certain cards are present in certain biomes:
        Water:
        • 3 packs – old rod
        • 1 packs – good rod/ ordinary rod/ max rod
        • 1 pack – super rod
          Ground/Mountain:
        • 1 pack – Gravity Mountain
          Grass:
        • 1 pack – Bug Catcher’s Kit
          City/Metal:
        • 1 pack – Techno Radar
          Any:
        • 1 pack – Sweet Honey, Lure Module, Hyper Aroma
        • 1 pack – Rotom bike or Acro bike
          Snow/Ice:
        • 1 pack – Calamitous Snowy Mountain, Trekking Shoes
          Toxic/Dump/Waste:
        • 1 pack – any Trubbish or Garbador card
        • 1 pack – Calamitous Wasteland
      • Electric/Industrial
        • 1 pack – Electric Generator
      • stormy mountain
        • 2 packs dragon and electric
      • cemetery
      • 2 packs – old cemetery dark + biome
      • Psychic/palm reader/ spiritual site
        • 1 pack – Fog Crystal
  3. Seen vs. Caught:
    • A Pokémon card pulled from a fresh pack or already owned is “seen.”
    • A Pokémon becomes “caught” when the criteria above are met (real-world interaction or biome-specific pack opening).