Legends Awaken Release Tournament: The 10-Card Rule

November's Legends Awaken Release Tournament comes with a deckbuilding rule: every Release Tournament deck needs at least 10 cards from the Legends Awaken booster. It's a small rule, but it changes how a lot of players will build for November. If you're also keeping an eye on what the new set is worth, the Palworld TCG price index market trends page covers the whole card market.

The Release Tournament is running at official stores now. Here's what the rule says, what it doesn't, and the easiest ways to meet it without wrecking a deck you already like. For the game's basics, our Palworld guides are the place to start.

The rule, word for word

Bushiroad's event page says: "A minimum of 10 cards from the Booster Pack 'Legends Awaken' must be included in each deck." Everything else is a normal constructed event:

• Standard Format
• 5-round Swiss, best of one
• 30 minutes per round
• It ends at the close of the round where exactly one undefeated player is left
• Bring your own legal deck. It isn't sealed or draft
• You have to register your deck log in Bushi Navi

Each official store can run it once between November 1 and November 30, 2026. Registration opened in Bushi Navi on October 10 at 8 a.m. Pacific Time. It's also a side event at the Masters League stops in Surakarta, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City.

What the rule doesn't spell out

The page says 10 cards, not 10 different cards, so by the plain wording multiple copies of the same card should all count. It doesn't say whether same-name promo versions count. All nine PR Card Pack Vol.2 designs share their names with Legends Awaken cards, but they have EPR numbers, not EBP02 numbers. It also doesn't say whether the set's Soul card counts toward the 10. If your plan depends on any of those, ask your organizer before you submit your deck log.

What's safe: any card with an EBP02 number is from the Legends Awaken booster, whatever its rarity. A Common counts the same as an SSP. You can check every number on our Legends Awaken card list.

Easy ways to hit 10

You don't have to rebuild around Legendary Pals. Most players will fill the slots with cards that already suit their colors.

Awakening of Legends. Awakening of Legends EBP02-100 is a cost-2 Colorless Event that looks at the top five cards of your deck for a Legendary Pal. If it doesn't find one, it goes back to your hand. It's a Common, it fits any color, and it counts.

The Legendary Pals. Frostallion, Frostallion Noct and Jetragon carry the new Legendary keyword. The printed text says only one Legendary Pal with the same name can be in your base at a time. Frostallion EBP02-025 cuts the cost of Pals in your hand by 2 and refills your hand to four at the end of your turn. That's a good reason to play it even without the rule.

Commons and Uncommons in your colors. The cheapest way to meet the rule is to swap your weakest Dawn of Palpagos slots for Legends Awaken cards that do the same job. Plan the list in the deck builder, then count your EBP02 card numbers before you log the deck.

Prizes

Every player gets one ESOUL-017 PR card and an exclusive Bushi Navi flair. The champion also gets a playmat featuring Frostallion, Jetragon and Frostallion Noct, plus a champion flair.

Each organizer also gives away one more copy of the champion playmat, and how they pick the winner is up to them. Ask your store how theirs works.

Is this the new normal?

Not yet. Regular monthly shop tournaments, which give out PR Card Pack Vol.2 from November through January, don't list a set requirement. Neither does December's Christmas Snowdown. The 10-card rule belongs to the Release Tournament for now. Bushiroad hasn't said whether the Eternal Ascent release event will use the same rule, so don't assume it carries over.

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Source: Bushiroad's Legends Awaken Release Tournament page.

FAQ

How many Legends Awaken cards do you need for the Release Tournament?

At least 10 cards from the Booster Pack "Legends Awaken" have to be in each deck. Any card with an EBP02 number counts, whatever its rarity.

Do regular Palworld shop tournaments require Legends Awaken cards?

No. The 10-card minimum is only listed for the Legends Awaken Release Tournament, which stores can run once between November 1 and 30, 2026.

What do you get for playing the Legends Awaken Release Tournament?

Every player gets one ESOUL-017 PR card and an exclusive Bushi Navi flair. The champion also gets a Frostallion, Jetragon and Frostallion Noct playmat.

What format is the Legends Awaken Release Tournament?

Standard Format, 5-round Swiss, best of one, with 30-minute rounds. Bring your own legal deck and register a Bushi Navi deck log.