GS Cup

GS Cup (Japanese: ジーエスカップ GS Cup) is a set of rules that can be chosen only in Flat Battle mode at the Pokémon Communication Club Colosseum in HeartGold and SoulSilver. The match will be conducted with Double Battles, with two Pokémon sent out at any one time.

Rules and restrictions

GS Cup Rules Format? Double Battle # of Pokémon? 4 Level Limit? None Total Level? None Sleep Clause? Yes Freeze Clause? Yes Species Clause? Yes Item Clause? Yes Self-KO Clause? Yes Special Pokémon? 2 Event Clause? Yes Time Limit? No Banned items Soul Dew Special Pokémon 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 0382 Kyogre Water 0383 Groudon Ground 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon 0484 Palkia Water Dragon 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 0487 Giratina Origin Forme Ghost Dragon Banned Pokémon 0151 Mew Psychic 0251 Celebi Psychic Grass 0385 Jirachi Steel Psychic 0386 Deoxys Normal Forme Psychic 0386 Deoxys Attack Forme Psychic 0386 Deoxys Defense Forme Psychic 0386 Deoxys Speed Forme Psychic 0489 Phione Water 0490 Manaphy Water 0491 Darkrai Dark 0492 Shaymin Land Forme Grass 0492 Shaymin Sky Forme Grass Flying 0493 Arceus Normal

See also

• Rule variants
• Pokémon Video Game Championship Regulations (archive)
• IGN article on Pokémon VGC 2010 & GS Cup Rules

Trivia

• As the GS Cup rules are exclusive to HeartGold and SoulSilver, GS (like the GS Ball) may stand for "Gold and Silver".
• The 2010 Pokémon Video Game Championship only uses HeartGold and SoulSilver versions as they are the only versions that have the GS Cup rule set and were released in 2010, the same year as the VGC.
  • The term 'GS Cup' has also been used by fans to refer to more recent VGC rulesets that allow the use of up to two Special Pokémon, such as in 2016, 2019 and 2022.

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