OOC, does upper deck provide any kind of prize support for regular VS tournaments? If so, how's that set up?

And on a related note, what's the prize support like for the PTQs? Are those going to be super-competetive?

UDE does not offer any prize support per se for local tournaments. They do offer player rewards, so the more tounaments you play in the more stuff you will get from UDE.

They do provide prize support for PCQs. They offer $250 cash and product for each tournament.