PTP03

After a major upset at Regionals, Ava continues her journey on the path of the Pokémon Championship Series at International Championships.

In the weeks since Ava's Regional Championships win, she draws massive attention online, and receives coaching from Joshua and Celestine. After several tournaments, she qualifies for the International Championships, and travels there along with her father, Joshua, and Celestine.

Soon after arriving at the venue, a hotel, Ava's group encounters Team Falinks: a group of five top TCG players in the league, headed by Edgar Troy, the reigning world champion.

The next day, Ava, Joshua, and Celestine split up to compete in their matches. Ava manages to reach top cut, but Joshua and Celestine are quickly defeated by members of Team Falinks, much to Ava's worry. To help calm Ava's nerves, Joshua and Celestine take her to a windy garden on the roof of the hotel. Ava brings her shoebox of cards along and leaves them on a bench, but the wind causes almost all of her cards to blow away - leaving one copy of her Oddish as the sole surviving card. Ava is devastated, and unable to sleep.

The next morning, Joshua and Celestine hatch a plan: by trading away their own cards, they can reconstruct Ava's deck such that it matches what she registered for the competition. The plan is successful, but Joshua and Celestine's card binders are completely emptied by the end of it.

Ava climbs the ranks and makes it to the championship match against Edgar Troy, defeating the four lower members of Team Falinks in the process. Ava begins the first game strong by playing her Darkrai, but Edgar concedes the game immediately afterwards. Edgar then wins the second game, leaving the match up to the final game. Ava manages to gain an advantage, with only one prize card left to win - but Edgar disrupts her strategy by playing a card that shuffles all of Ava's hand back into her deck. Edgar follows up by evolving his Riolu into Lucario, giving it a Defiance Band, and using it to defeat several of Ava's Pokémon over the next few turns. Edgar eventually draws his last prize card, and wins the game and the match.

Ava maintains her composure to shake Edgar's hand, but leaves the stage distressed to have let down her friends and supporters.

• Team Falinks is introduced.
• Ava loses almost all of her original cards, save one copy of her Oddish, to the wind.
• Joshua and Celestine trade away all of their cards to restore Ava's deck.
• Ava is defeated by Edgar Troy in the championship match.

Humans

• Ava
• Ava's father
• Ava's mother
• Joshua
• Celestine
• Team Falinks
  • Edgar Troy

Pokémon

• Oddish
• Tropius
• Roselia
• Spoink
• Scyther
• Darkrai
• Falinks
• Machop
• Passimian
• Machoke (mentioned)

Appearing on merchandise

• Bulbasaur
• Charmander
• Squirtle
• Arbok
• Pikachu
• Vulpix
• Poliwrath
• Victreebel
• Rapidash
• Lapras
• Jolteon
• Chikorita
• Cyndaquil
• Totodile
• Marill
• Teddiursa
• Delibird
• Celebi
• Pelipper
• Sableye
• Aggron
• Duskull
• Mismagius
• Chatot
• Audino
• Beartic
• Heatmor
• Gogoat
• Dedenne
• Klefki
• Falinks
• Lechonk
• Miraidon

Ava's cards

• Oddish (currently has no real-TCG equivalent)
• Gloom (Lost Origin 2)
• Vileplume (currently has no real-TCG equivalent)
• Spoink (currently has no real-TCG equivalent)
• Tropius (Scarlet & Violet 7)
• Bounsweet (Chilling Reign 13)
• Steenee (Chilling Reign 14)
• Tsareena (Chilling Reign 15)
• Turtwig (Brilliant Stars 6)
• Scyther (Astral Radiance 5)
• Darkrai ex (currently has no real-TCG equivalent)
• Grotle (Brilliant Stars 7)
• Bellossom ex (currently has no real-TCG equivalent)
• Roselia (Sword & Shield 3)
• Defiance Band (Scarlet & Violet 169)
• Galar Mine (Rebel Clash 160)
• Battle VIP Pass (Fusion Strike 225)
• Nest Ball (Scarlet & Violet 181)
• Professor's Research (Scarlet & Violet 190)
• Rare Candy (Scarlet & Violet 191)
• Ultra Ball (Scarlet & Violet 196)
• Grass Energy

Joshua's cards:

• Pikachu (Paldea Evolved 62) (x4)
• Jolteon ex (EX Delta Species 109) (x4)
• Charizard (Base Set 4)
• Meganium ex (EX Unseen Forces 106)
• Dialga LV.X (DP Promo 17)
• Butterfree (Rebel Clash 3)
• Dusknoir (Plasma Blast 104)
• Chaos Gym (Gym Challenge 102)
• Lightning Energy

Celestine's cards:

• Misdreavus (Paldea Evolved 87) (x2)
• Mismagius ex (currently has no real-TCG equivalent) (x4)
• Shuppet (Scarlet & Violet 87)
• Duskull (Brilliant Stars 60)
• Dusclops (Brilliant Stars 61) (x2)
• Dusknoir (Plasma Blast 104)
• Sableye (Lost Origin 70)
• Meowth (Noble Victories 102)

Edgar Troy and Team Falinks' cards:

• Falinks ex (currently has no real-TCG equivalent)
• Machop (Lost Origin 86)
• Drilbur (Fusion Strike 147)
• Groudon (currently has no real-TCG equivalent)
• Riolu (Scarlet & Violet 113)
• Lucario (Scarlet & Violet 114)
• Iono (Paldea Evolved 185)
• Defiance Band (Scarlet & Violet 169)

• Fighting Energy

Misc players' cards:

• Comfey (Lost Origin 79)

• The video-sharing site shown during the episode's opening has a thumbnail of Bidoof's Big Stand, an animated short also produced by TAIKO Studios.
• The song that Ava's father plays in the car is the extended version of Pokémon World.
• In the scene where Ava shuffles her deck before her first match, her Oddish card is the only card that is upside-down.