HeartGold & SoulSilver Prerelease TournamentPokémon are the heart and soul of any great Pokémon Trainer, and now is your chance to catch some of the greatest Pokémon of all time with the all-new Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG): HeartGold & SoulSilver! New kinds of cards will change the way you play—like Pokémon Prime and the astonishing Pokémon legends Ho-Oh and Lugia—plus you’ll find lots of Trainer cards that will accelerate your game and select Energy cards with a brand-new look. The HeartGold & SoulSilver expansion will get you started on your journey to greatness! Where will all this fun take place? At the new How much? $25 (over $35 value!) *see details below!
So what time does the fun start? Contact me right away to reserve your seat! Want hear about some of the new cards?? ******************************************** As usual, we will be having two different ways to play in the Prerelease: Want to get some extra booster packs? Bring in your friends, neighbors, parents... for every new person you bring in to play, in either the Main Event or the Theme Deck Challenge, I'll give you a bonus pack! Let's face it, Pokemon is a GREAT game, we ALL love it, and it's MORE fun the more people who play! This is going to be a VERY exciting new set and this is the very first day it's available too! You won't want to miss it!! Also keep in mind the spirit of a Prerelease is non-competitive, with no real pressure to win, which is why everyone will receive prize packs at the end. The main objective is to have fun and check out all the new cards! But don't worry, we'll have LOTS of random pack giveaways throughout the day! I also have some really cool door prizes to give out... besides packs and sleeves and such, I'll give out a free Pass to our next Prerelease worth $25, as well as some other great door prizes! You can be sure we'll have a good time!
EMAIL me or call TCC (815-633-0330) to Preregister with your name and time preference! Here are the details! *************HeartGold SoulSilver Prerelease************
Main event - Each player will receive 6 booster packs of the new set (to keep) and may start opening their packs. Players will each build their own 40 card deck (using only those cards from the 6 packs) to play in the tourney and write down their decklist, deciding how many energies they will want to include in their decks. ( no trading cards with others until after the Tourney) Basic energies are provided on loan, and for this Prerelease we will also have special Proxie Basic Dark and Basic Metal Energies. Everyone will then have 30 minutes to build their decks using the cards from the packs they received. And don't worry, it's not really that hard to build your own deck... generally there aren't a whole lot of trainers in a set, so you'll usually want to include as many of them that will be helpful as you can. You want to make sure you have as many basic Pokemon as you can, and include any evolutions that you might have been lucky enough to get as well. Try to keep your deck to 2 or 3 types, like Fire and Electric or whichever, because that will be helpful to you in drawing the particular energies you need for your Pokemon's attacks. Of course Colorless type Pokemon can fit nicely into any type of deck since they can use any type of energy you happen to have. Since your deck needs to be 40 cards in total, a relatively simple rule of thumb would be 20 energies and 20 in any combination of basics, their evolutions (if you got any), and trainers. Then, just decide how many of which type of energies you'll need to get by looking over the energy requirements for your Pokemon's attacks. And that's pretty much all there is to it! Remember, it's a tournament for fun, so don't stress over building 'the perfect deck'... just have fun with it!
Prizes:ALL participants who finish will receive 2 more HeartGold SoulSilver prize packs at the end of the tourney ************************************************************************ HeartGold SoulSilver Prerelease This special tourney will be separate from the main event and follows a much more casual format. Great for younger players, parents, or those who may not be as familiar with deck building on their own, but would still like to participate. If you don't know how to play, we can teach you! Each player will choose one of 2 different HeartGold SoulSilver Theme Decks to use to battle others who also choose the Theme Deck Challenge, and the nice thing about playing the Theme Deck Challenge is that each Theme Deck also comes with one of the new Rulebooks and playmats, a special coin, and your own damage counters, all very useful tools for the newer players. And all participants in this Theme Deck Challenge will ALSO receive 4 more HeartGold SoulSilver prize packs for participating in the tourney, in addition to the decks they played. If you know you're going to want to be in the Theme Deck Challenge, let me know when you Preregister so I can mark you down for it. Or you can decide when you get there. Often there are more players who want to play the Theme Deck Challenge in the afternoon, so that's why I usually have then, since it's more fun the more players you have. But I have enough product to run it for as many who want it this time. Last time we had a Theme Deck Challenge at both the morning and the afternoon events. ************************************************************************ Side Event Here's something new and fun for those of you who play in the Prerelease... after the morning event AND after the afternoon event we'll be having a 4 pack draft side event for $15, so if you finished up your fun time playing in the Prerelease and just wish you could keep going for some MORE fun, then sign up for the Draft afterwards! It's a blast! But only players who have participated in the Prerelease may play in the Side Event afterwards. If you're not familiar with a Booster Draft, here's a description from the Tournament Format section. They're a LOT of fun! 1.2.2. Booster Draft ************************************************************************ By the way..... Don't these look AWESOME!! ... Be sure to come to the Prerelease so you can get to see what's inside before they even go on sale to the public! Also... if you want to come and play, but can't afford it, we have an option for you... I have a Sponsor Program... So, in a nutshell, they pay the entry fee and get the cards, sleeves and promo, but you get the fun of actually being able to still participate in the tourney and see all the new cards. It's a win-win situation for those players who either can't make it to the event, or for those who can't afford to come to it otherwise. Contact me if you need a sponsor or want to be one. I've currently got 3 spots that I need Sponsored Players for. ************************************************************************ ALSO, great news for those of you who are interested in PreOrdering full booster boxes of the new HeartGold SoulSilver set... Top Cut Comics will take preorders up until Tues Jan 26. Just call the store with your name and phone number. Contact me to Preregister to let me know which time you plan to attend so I can make sure a seat is saved for you! Those who preregister will be entered in a special drawing! This will be a great fun time! You're going to want to be here for this one! If you still want to know more on what you get,
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