For all practical purposes I forced him to discard a random card but with almost no chance of it impacting the game within the next few turns
If youre unable to use a Trainer, or other type of card, to wake up your Pokmon, after each turn (both yours and your opponents), you will flip a coin if your Pokmon is Asleep
again, using a Lumra, Bellow of the Woods card as an example below
Ironically, this card has an even less useful counterpart Thunder Kid, once named "Kaminarikozou" which has lower stats and no effect
Afterward, there will be a cut off the top record-holders (approximately the top 1/8 of participants) where players will play best two out of three matches and the loser gets eliminated (standard tournament bracket style), with an eventual winner