The Side Event Station will host the following events.
On Demand events will begin promptly after 4-8 players have registered for each individual event.
Scheduled events will begin promptly at time noted below.
We will continue taking signups until the closing times listed below.
Friday 3pm - 7:00pm (hall closes at 8pm)
Saturday 10am - 7:00pm
Sunday 9am - 3:00pm
On Demand events will begin promptly after 4-8 players have registered for each individual event.
Scheduled events will begin promptly at time noted below.
We will continue taking signups until the closing times listed below.
Friday 3pm - 7:00pm (hall closes at 8pm)
Saturday 10am - 7:00pm
Sunday 9am - 3:00pm
On-Demand EventsPack Battles
Format: Sealed/Limited Format Type: SINGLE player, Single Game, 20 minutes, Round Robin Tournament Price: $5.00 - All Players receive 1 Booster Pack upon entry to build deck Prize: Undefeated player after 3 rounds, receives 1 booster Pack Double Point Grabbers - VG or TCG Format: Standard Format Type: 4 players, Single Game, 20 minutes, Single Elimination Tournament Price: $10.00 - Every player receives 200 Prize Wall Points, upon entry Prize: Winning players receive 200 points per win, per round Win-a-Box - VG or TCG Format: Standard Format Type: 8 players, Single Game, 30 minutes, Single Elimination Tournament Price: $15.00 Prize: 1st place: Sealed Booster Box (TCG) or 3,000 Prize Wall Points (VG only) Commemorative Coin Grabber VG or TCG Format: Standard Format Type: 4 players, Single Game, 30 minutes, Single Elimination Tournament Price: $20.00 - Every player receives an Event Themed Commemorative Coin, upon entry Prize: Winning players receive 100 points per win, per round Double Playmat Grabber - VG or TCG Format: Standard Format Type: 4 players, Single Game, 30 minutes, Single Elimination Tournament Price: $15.00 - Every player receives 200 points upon entry Prize: Winning player receives an Event Themed Double Playmat Electronic Package Grabber - VG or TCG Format: Standard Format Type: 4 players, Single Game, 30 minutes, Single Elimination Tournament Price: $15.00 - Every player receives 200 points upon entry Prize: Winning player receives a Full Electronics Package |
Scheduled EventsSealed Box - Battle Royale
Sunday 10:00am-10:45pm Registration Format: MUTANT Sealed Price: $120.00 Event Details: Each Player will receive an entire booster of the most current booster set to open and build a 60 card deck from the contents using the mutant rules. Type: 4 player pods, best 2 out of 3, single elimination, no time limit Prize: 1 Sealed Booster Box - Most Current Set - per pod Prerelease Event Friday 3:00pm-3:45pm Registration Sunday 11:00am-11:45am Registration Limit 32 players per event Format: Limited Format - Sealed Type: 8 players, 2 out of 3, Single Elimination Tournament - 30 Minute rounds Price: $20.00 - Every player receives a random, standard Build and Battle kit, upon entry Prize: Winning players receive 100 points per win, per round Mutant Elite Trainer Box Challenge Friday 3:00pm-3:45pm Registration Sunday 11:00am-11:45am Registration Limit 32 players per event Format: Limited Format - Sealed Type: 8 players, 2 out of 3, Single Elimination Tournament - 30 Minute rounds Price: $40.00 - Every player receives a random, standard legal ETB, upon entry Prize: Winning players receive 100 points per win, per round Booster Draft - MUTANT or STANDARD Friday 3:00pm-3:45pm Registration Sunday 11:00am-12:45pm Registration Limit 32 players per event Format: Limited Format - Sealed Type: 8 players, 2 out of 3, Single Elimination Tournament - 30 Minute rounds Price: $15.00 for 4 Booster Pack Draft Prize: Winning players receive 100 points per win, per round |
"How to Play" Guidelines
Pack Battles
Double Point, Commemorative Token, Double Playmat, Electronic Grabbers
Win a Box
Theme Deck Challenge
Booster Draft
Mutant Draft
Mutant Tin Can Challenge
Prerelease Events
Elite Trainer Box Event
- You will receive 1 sealed booster pack to build a 10-card deck including energy. Energy will be supplied.
- 4 Players will be randomly paired and play in a Round Robin event.
- You will have 10 minutes to build your deck.
- Mutant Rules: Players may evolve Basic Pokemon using any Stage 1. Stage 1 can evolve into any Stage 2. Example: Charmander can evolve into Wartortle into Venusaur.
- Start the game by drawing 4 cards and place only 1 prize card.
- If a player has no cards to draw for their turn, they shuffle their discard pile and that is now their deck to draw from.
- The winner at the end of the event receives 1 Booster Pack.
Double Point, Commemorative Token, Double Playmat, Electronic Grabbers
- Players must bring their own pre-constructed 60 card Standard Legal deck.
- Deck lists will NOT be required to participate in this event.
- 4 Players will be randomly paired and will play their opponents in a 30 minute, best of 1 match.
- Tournament will be run as a single elimination event.
- All current Standard rules will apply.
Win a Box
- Players must bring their own pre-constructed 60 card Standard Legal Deck.
- Deck lists will NOT be required to participate in this event.
- 8 Players will be randomly paired and will play their opponents in a 30 minute, single game match.
- Tournament will be run as a single elimination event.
- All current Standard rules will apply.
Theme Deck Challenge
- 8 players are seated at a table in Random order.
- Players will be given a Standard legal Pokémon Theme Deck and Booster Pack.
- Players will open their theme deck and booster pack and use the contents to make a legal 60 card deck (including energy).
- All players will then be given 10 minutes to look over their cards, build, and sleeve their deck. Should a player choose to sleeve his or her deck, they must do so with tournament-legal sleeves.
- Players then will play against their opponents in a 30 minute, best of 1 match.
- Tournament will be run as a single elimination event.
- All current Standard rules will apply.
Booster Draft
- Players will be given 4 Standard legal booster packs from same set.
- 8 players will be seated in random order at a table.
- Each player will open one pack and count the cards face down to ensure there are 10 cards in the pack.
- Each player will then pick up the cards from that pack and select one card to keep, placing it face down in front of them. The remaining cards in the pack will be passed face down to the player on their left.
- Players should count out the cards face down after each pick to ensure that the appropriate number of cards remain in the packs.
- The previous two steps continue until each player has 10 cards in front of them.
- Each player will then open their next pack and count the cards face down to ensure there are 10 cards in each pack.
- Each player will then pick up the cards from the second pack and select one card to keep, placing it face down in front of them. The remaining cards in the pack will be passed face down to the player on their right.
- The previous two steps continue until each Player has 20 cards in front of them.
- Each player will be required to repeat steps 3 through 9 until the remaining packs have been opened and distributed equally in this manner.
- All players will then be given 30 minutes to look over their cards and build a 40 card deck, and sleeve their deck. Should a player choose to sleeve his or her deck, they must do so with tournament-legal sleeves.
- Players then will play against their opponents in a 30 minute, best of 3 match.
- Tournament will be run as a single elimination event.
- All current Standard rules will apply.
Mutant Draft
- Players will be given 4 random Standard Legal booster packs.
- 8 Players are seated in a random order at a table.
- Pokémon in this format do not have to follow the standard evolution patterns. Normally, Pokémon may only evolve into their printed evolutions. In a Mutant format, players may also evolve basic Pokémon into a stage 1Pokémon, or a stage 1 Pokémon into a stage 2 Pokémon, as long as these Pokémon share the same type.
- Each Player will open one pack and count the cards face down to ensure there are 10 cards in the pack.
- Each Player will then pick up the cards from that pack and select one card to keep, placing it face down in front of them; and then passing the remaining cards in the pack face down to the Player on their left.
- Players should count out the cards face down after each pick to ensure that the appropriate number of cards remain in the packs.
- The previous two steps continue until each Player has 10 cards in front of them.
- Each Player will then open their next pack and count the cards face down to ensure there are 10 cards in each pack.
- Each Player will then pick up the cards from that pack and select one card to keep, placing it face down in front of them, and then passing the remaining cards in the pack face down to the Player on their right.
- The previous two steps continue until each Player has 20 cards in front of them.
- Each player will be required to repeat steps 3 through 9 until the remaining packs have been opened and distributed equally in this manner.
- All players will then be given 30 minutes to look over their cards and build a 40 card deck (including energy), and sleeve their deck. Should a player choose to sleeve his or her deck, he or she must do so with tournament-legal sleeves.
- Players then will play against their opponents in a 30 minute, best of 3 match.
- Tournament will be run as a single elimination event.
- All current Standard rules will apply.
Mutant Tin Can Challenge
- 8 players are seated at a table in random order.
- Players will be given a Standard legal Pokémon tin to begin.
- Each player will open their tin and use the contents to create a 40-card deck (including energies)
- Pokémon in this format do not have to follow the standard evolution patterns. Normally, Pokémon may only evolve into their printed evolution. In a Mutant format, players may also evolve basic Pokémon into a stage 1 Pokémon, or a stage 1 Pokémon into a stage 2 Pokémon, as long as these Pokémon share the same type, or normal evolution.
- All players will then be given 30 minutes to look over their cards, build, and sleeve their deck. Should a player choose to sleeve his or her deck, they must do so with tournament-legal sleeves.
- Players then will play against their opponents in a 30 minute, best of 3 match.
- Tournament will be run as a single elimination event.
- All current Standard rules will apply.
Prerelease Events
- 8 players are seated at a table in random order.
- Players will be given a sealed prerelease kit to begin.
- Each player will open their kit and use the contents to create a 40-card deck (including energies)
- All players will then be given 30 minutes to look over their cards, build, and sleeve their deck. Should a player choose to sleeve his or her deck, they must do so with tournament-legal sleeves.
- Players then will play against their opponents in a 30 minute, best of 3 match.
- Tournament will be run as a single elimination event.
- All current Standard rules will apply.
Elite Trainer Box Event
- 8 players are seated at a table in random order
- Players will be given a standard legal Elite Trainer Box to begin
- Each player will open the box and use the contents to create a 40-card deck (including energies)
- Decks in this format do not have to follow the standard evolution patterns. While regular Pokémon may evolve as normal, players may also evolve and basic Pokémon into a stage one Pokémon, or a stage 1 Pokémon into a stage 2 Pokémon, as long as these Pokémon share the same type.
- All Players will then be given 30 minutes to look over their cards, build and sleeve their Deck (should they choose to sleeve their Deck, they must do so with tournament-legal sleeves).
- Players then will play against their first-round opponent in a 30 minute, best 2 out of 3 match.
- Tournament will be run as a single elimination event.
- All current standard rules will apply.