Play in tournaments during Pokemon’s Mid-Year Celebration Event to win prizes and meet fellow trainers! A tournament will be scheduled for every week in June with rotating formats each week!

If you’ve ever imagined what it would be like to put together a type-specific team like the Gym Leaders in the Pokémon video games, Gym Leader Challenge is a perfect way to live out that dream while also enjoying the Pokémon TCG!

*Tournament*

• Semi-Competitive Events challenge players with prizes designed to build and promote community.
• Players must have Pokémon Trainer Club account with a Player ID attached.

Format:  Gym Leader Challenge/Expanded

• 60 Card Deck Construction
• Expanded format (cards released from the Black & White Series and onward)
• 1 Pokémon Type permitted (example: Water only)
• Only 1 copy of any single card permitted in the deck outside of basic energy
• 6 Prize Cards
• Pokémon with a Rule Box (Pokémon ex, Pokémon V, etc.) are banned
• ACE SPEC cards are banned

Ban List:

• Lysandre’s Trump Card
• Oranguru
• Forest of Giant Plants
• Chip-Chip Ice Axe
• Hiker
• Kyogre
• Pokémon Research Lab
• Raikou
• Marshadow
• Duskull
• Double Colorless Energy
• Twin Energy

Structure: Swiss Round System

• Swiss Rounds (3-rounds if 8 or less players)
• 30 Minute Rounds
• Match will be best of 1

Time: Please arrive 10 minutes early to register or check-in for online registrants.

Entry: FREE!!!!!!

PRIZES:

• 1st Place will receive 5 Promo Play Packs
• 2nd Place will receive 3 Packs
• 3rd & 4th will receive 2 Packs
• All participants will receive 1 Promo Pack just for playing