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Markham, Ontario
Joined September 2020
🐸 Greninja Early Framework - Manaphy created difficulties to take multiple prizes, since we need a combination of gusts, cologne, lost city and/or an attack. Dusknoir and Lost City handles it permanently. It gets better in SV7, let's see how this refines over the next month!
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Terapagos UPC Energies are a thing of beauty and mixes so well with the cracked ice pattern! 🧊. Alongside though, new Professor energies are due soon and I wished they had similar treatment. 😔
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Fellow professors, the Kalos Mat is available to be purchased from the professor store!
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These products are so incredible to help promote the game and get folks started - supplementing Trainer's Toolkits as well is always an easy conversation to have to folks started. Prime Catcher, Pidgeot, Charizard and Ogerpon cards were getting scarce and tough to stock.
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League Cup Playmats for Q3 are finally in!. Tera Garchomp is a fine choice 🎉, that means a Regionals will get the Armarouge instead 🫣. Our cup is unfortunately full with a waitlist already on February 19th but we can't wait to crown our next cup winners soon!. #PlayPokemon
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🌈 🐢 Terapagos ex -w/ the R&D Development team of 1 - there's a ton of potential and will be interesting to see even as more reveals come out if it becomes even more powerful. Even with an initial iteration, there's much to consider, how do you intend to build your deck?
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This feels like sports betting sometimes. Glad at least I can pull them from bulk trades or buy them early. "Do you have Forest Seal" and ."Do you have Raikou V" were such annoying questions to not have an answer for as a store. "No we don't" drives me crazy as a store/player.
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With all the reveals out of the way and a bunch of random games with locals to get a feel for things and refinements in between.The versatility of the 🌈🐢 Terapagos will open up so many possibilities along Crispin. Before our folks in Japan get their cards, this is my skeleton.
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☝️One more to the Shrouded Fable environment library!. As I expect to see a bunch of Charizards, Rowlets might see a slight more increase in counts but this seems like a good base to work off of. Everyone's got wings 🪽 except Tatsugiri, Manaphy - Ditto counts with arms 👐.
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Has anyone seen this playmat out in the wild before?. Galarian Moltres Champion Mat with no Cup, Challenge, Team Challenge logo - this seemed to have been received as a cup playmat for a store in our Province?. any leads?. Credit: Reuuria / Discord. #PlayPokemon
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Restock of Prize Pack 5 is in, just ran out too, would have been a disaster class keeping track of who to owe 😮💨. Wonder how many stores got purged from the program for selling these 🙄 instead of giving them out to the wonderful players!. 2.5 months to go until Play Pack 6!!
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@playpokemon 's Play Pack Series 4 is releasing relatively imminently - stores should be distributing them sometime in February!. What are we all hoping for in these packs?. What surprises or exclusives are we hoping to be reprinted in holo or non holos?!. #PlayPokemon
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🏆 We finally got our Q1 League Cup mats! Meaning we can finally hand them over to our cup winners from July 1st. This means 👻🐉 Dragapult mats were definitely still intended for NA stores!. Now we await for the Play! Pack Series 5 and New Pikachu Promos!. #PlayPokemon
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🇨🇦 Canada Day - Monday July 1st - Q1 League Cup [Day 1] (2024/25 Pokemon Season) is imminent. Just waiting for the official e-mail now and system to open up before I open the floodgates for the locals to register. #PlayPokemon
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Pokemon Day shipment @ LGS has arrived, here's a quick sneak peek on what items you will get or possibly win at your local events!. Much thanks to @playpokemon !. We're excited to celebrate all the reveals from Pokemon Day/Direct and all the fun we'll have together!. #PlayPokemon
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League Cup Q1 Meta Share + Results!. Masters.Winner - James L (Arc Arma).Runner Up - Jack W (Drago).T4 - Rowan S (Lost Box), .T8 - Justin T (Gard), Matthew F (Gard), Austin E (Stall), Aneil S (Drago). Seniors.Remi L - Pult. Juniors.Ethan C - Ancient Box. #PlayPokemon
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Pokemon $5 to $25 admission week to week or month to month, but the mission stays the same. #PlayPokemon
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We are excited to announce that we have been selected as an approved retailer for @DisneyLorcana as well as an official Organized Play store with local event support. Thanks again for your support and we look forward to spilling ink with you soon!.#OrganizedPlay #Lorcana #Disney
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Play Packs and Special Pikachu Promos help give life into small businesses like ours and help get them into the hands of local players!. So blessed and glad for these special items to help support, thanks @playpokemon @PokemonTCG. #playpokemon
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July Challenge tonight and it's going to be absolutely stacked with World contenders and upcoming ones as well. This is going to be one of the largest Challenges I've ever run. Stream!.46 w/ 3 on the waitlist 🤯!.Who's taking the 15 CP and 400+ credit tonight?.#PlayPokemon
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Just because you think you got away with something doesn't make it right or it wasn't noticed. Whether it is stealing, cheating or lying - it will catch up to you 😉.
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The latest addition Pokemon Professor mat has arrived, Gen 4! . I loved having these mats to showcase the generations and my time as a Professor, sharing the joy for Organized Play specifically and the community it brings together; both new and old!. #PlayPokemon #OrganizedPlay
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🍷🎊Happy New Year, but first we play more Pokemon!. League Cup with some fancy guests in the house, we'll give some love to the fantastic staff that will spend the day with ya!. Who you have winning it all this time?. Good luck!. 44 Masters.8 Juniors.4 Seniors. #PlayPokemon
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Ontario League Cup Coordination + Times (more stores sanctioned and date adjustments). About 11 stores that haven't listed yet. #PlayPokemon
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🏃♂️ Pokemon 2024/25 Season begins tomorrow and with it your first chance to obtain points🪜 - the Q1 cup stage is set for Canada Day 🇨🇦!. 🏆 Good luck to our competitors tomorrow at 9:30am and follow on stream for some features matches from many qualified 23/24 competitors👏
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Should I open the stream up for locals tonight in about 1 hour?. 🤔🤔
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As a store, there's very little time to go compete or visit other stores; testing for upcoming formats + sets are a pivotal advantage to understanding card values/strength. Playtesting during non busy times is a way to relieve that itch. This is just pure fun🎉 + fast setups💨
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What would you do if you owned a store and someone traded this in?
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Lake of Rage x Van Gogh would be a fitting title, they probably should put this up on the exhibit instead, it would capture our timeline and mood perfectly. Pokemon Center and the museum isn't safe.
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Shrouded Fable - 42 Players. This took a bit more planning but had some snacks, drinks, a photo wall and everyone received a lei to get everyone in the World's mood. We had a special gift and message for the qualified folks that were in attendance!. Best of luck to them at 🌎
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Q3 League Cup is done, thanks everyone for watching and participating. We'll see you for the challenge on Friday or the next cup in Q4. @DanZhouTCG takes the win over @umipiggy for Masters. @remi_lorenz_ takes Seniors. Arissa takes Junior!. #PlayPokemon
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A full 46-48 people are expected at our League Challenge tonight!. Every month might as well be a League Cup!. Stream will be active around 7pm, let me know if you want to be on it and attending. Good luck 🤞. #PlayPokemon
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The poor stream room, hasn't gotten much love lately. I haven't had much chance to manage it too much this season, but maybe we can stream more League Challenges and League Cups 🤔. Are there any locals you would want to see as they sweat for CP? 🤣 . Friday!. #PlayPokemon
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Our gym took several years to build just like in the Sun & Moon video games. 🤣. We love to have individuals who not only are veterans at the Pokémon TCG but also act as a brand ambassador that exhibits everything we are about in the local community! . Who could it be?
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Our Paradox Rift legal tournament today hit absolute capacity. 53 of you showed up leaving the staff and myself with no chairs in the back, we entered match slip results standing up 😮💨 - thanks for coming to try out the new format/cards with other folks!
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November 2020, we finalized what we believed was a good starting point for a retail unit and see if we're even ready to be a TCG store. We quickly learned, we wanted tournament space and a focus on folks to connect and love to play in. Investing in you was the best decision.
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👥Fun tournaments for June - Manta's Buddy-Buddy Poffin Tournament!. Good luck to all the teams, whether or not they remain buddy's after the tournament will remain to be seen after it's conclusion!. Thanks to @playpokemon for the tiny Standard-format break. #PlayPokemon
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It's Monday and the launch release of @endgameCA sleeves. Made some retail space for them as they are a local brand/business we can support too!. Hardly we get the chance to meet folks at the top but these two guys made it easy to work with. Oh and the sleeves feel premium! 😜
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🏆 Thanks to everyone who came today/tonight! Good luck for the remainder of Q4. Felix @burningpengu is our Master Cup Champion. Brian @BrianXieTCG is your Junior Cup Champion. Max @Moonl1ght_TCG is your Senior Cup Champion. Thanks as well for watching! Challenge next week!
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🃏Play! Pack Series 5 arrives August 14th!. 🎉On August 16th we will be giving one to ALL participants along with the Pikachu World Championship promo for the tournament entry, while we stream and watch our local heroes try to win it all!. #PlayPokemon
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First off thank you everyone for making it as seamless as possible for me/us today and participating in the stream. This was an attempt for myself (or at least) help broadcast whenever I can for events to showcase Ontario talent since there's so much of it. However,. (1/?)
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Okay guys, we waited a long (neck) time for this, my Ogerpon / Raging Bolt stocks are dependent on this man. We wish you the best of luck. Local god @WrecklessguyTCG is on stream. #PlayPokemon
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Family Day League Cup - Starting around 10AM!. 50 Masters.8 Juniors/Seniors. Good luck to our competitors!. #PlayPokemon
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F Regulation Tournament Results!. 55 Players. Good luck to everyone in Q4 and EUIC. We'll see you when you return 👋. #PlayPokemon
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🤔What happens when we go back in time⏲️to see what would happen if E block cards were still legal!. Special thanks to league members attending all the fun format tournaments!. Justin - Lost Tina.Sean - Roaring Moon ex.Mario - Arc Tina.Tristan - Gardy.🙏Good luck in 24/25 season!
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Congrats @imporkchopTCG, we are proud to have you represent us going forward serving as both a brand ambassador as well as someone who's been in the local community for as long as you have even before as Manta. Billy is looking for his 2nd consecutive World's invite. Cheers!.
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Pokemon Demo Events featuring exclusive non-holo versions of Umbreon V, Lucario V and Greninja V are coming later this summer and fall (Aug 14 - Nov 5). Follow our socials/Discord to figure out when and how you can grab them!. #PlayPokemon
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@aramistad Sorry that happened to you Andrew, if it means anything, feel free to swing by before your flight and I'll have it replaced so you can compete.
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Organizers and/or Judges in NA. If you would like to provide decklists/meta share #, I can post simple graphs similar below to either highlight/broaden the reach of your local players or store!. I feel like the NA playerbase can benefit from more visibility like the Japanese.
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🏆One more Shrouded Fable tournament before Worlds for all the glory!. 📜49 in attendance w/ roster, lists of Top 4 will be shared upon conclusion of the tournament. 🥊. #PlayPokemon
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Final Standings for tonight!.Best of luck to folks attending NAIC next week and getting your final placements and points for Worlds!. Adam K - Garde.Justin T - Garde.Allan X - Lost Box.Alex P - Lugia.Daniel C - Garde.Tristan T - Lost.Max D - Garde.Ethan S - Lost Box. #PlayPokemon
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To no one's surprise the Pokemon 2024-2025 season starts on July 1st - wonder when we will know CP requirements, changes or structural adjustments. Let's hope we know at beginning of the season for all the details, regionals, BFLs so folks can plan it's entirety!. #PlayPokemon
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Canada Day 🇨🇦 League Cup starts shortly. Let's find our first top 125 folks!.
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51 players for the $10 Paradox Rift League Tournament and our first Pikachu Promo recipients!. Congrats to a bunch of heavy weights in preparation for next week's League Challenge, League Cup and LAIC!. Stream will be back up for this. Good luck to everyone!. #PlayPokemon
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The Canadian Pokemon TCG market is so annoying to navigate. Finding staples or playables like Fezandipiti or new things like Ceruledge is like pulling teeth. We get so little product, but also expected to compete with US deals and prices - let alone explaining this to folks. 😮💨.
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To all our local competitors, spectators, cheerleaders at World's in Yokohama, Japan, we wish you the best of luck in your competitions and to have a fun filled event as you strive for greatness and to achieve the best possible outcome! .Good luck!#pokemonworlds2023 #playpokemon
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Toronto / Ontario Pokemon League Cups and with a full year of locals is going to be one hell of a ride with all the stores that exist post pandemic. Getting all 8 cup finishes in a few months is possible. #PlayPokemon
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Canada Post on Strike 😮💨.Canadian LGS singles stock 😮💨.Shipping times and prices before Toronto Regionals 😮💨. Not a problem here, you can even put "pick up at Regionals" in order notes! 🫵. Say hi and get your stuff in time on your journey to the top! . Find me at First Steps! 🥳
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🎉🏆Remi has gone back to back and won the European Internationals today and we are delighted to hear that he has done so well this year. 🧳As the 2023 seasons nears its climax, here's hoping he achieves his continued goals and has a strong finish in NAIC and Worlds in the Summer
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We're getting geared up and ready to go for Midnight Release. to watch @littledarkfury and @SneakerTalkCA to build their decks, offer post rotation advice and a quick chat before we go into matches with the public!. #PlayPokemon
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Is this the beginning of a trend that infests other stores?!. Being able to make use of more bulk and etch yourself at your favorite local!. Glad to hear the idea has legs but it's kind of unfair Wooloo has a billion more cards than Mantyke. Good luck to your wall! 🧱
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👀 Just checking the e-mails for the day!. 🎉 Select stores are getting a special Pokemon Day Event on Tues Feb 27th and good bunch of goodies for a lot of folks to celebrate Pokemon!. Similar to the World's event last year, this looks to be great!. Thanks @playpokemon !
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For those attending the 5K @401games tournament this Saturday, I will have the set up going to stream games!. As with before, there won't be commentary as we work to get there!. Look out for us live at as we feature more cups in the future!. #PlayPokemon
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If you ain't First, you last! Always a good time to start, always a chance to learn and get started. Good luck to everyone tomorrow, but for those that are looking to say hi 👋. I'll be here. #PlayPokemon
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Quick update shared on Discord also due to character limits.
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Thanksgiving 🦃 League Cup time with stream @ with some big local CP folks in attendance!. 63 Masters.4 Senior.7 Juniors. $1100 in credit in prizing today! Our largest cup thanks to our neighbor loaning some space for our players. #PlayPokemon
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Decision trees are difficult but a lot more enjoyable playing Charizard than what I was used to. Hmmm maybe Shrouded Fable is actually as playable as you can hope for a "holiday" set. 🤔
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We're live and are ready for the DeCode Pokemon League Cup hosted by Kanzen Games in Mississauga, ON. #PlayPokemon #mobilejudge. Good luck to the folks today!.
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Overnight @endgameCA sold out of their initial stock. I am sure it won't last by the end of the week at this rate for the ones we were able to acquire 🫣 from them. Sleeve frenzy is definitely a thing. 🤔
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Prize Pack Series 3 is finally here 🤯🤯 and there's so many of them!!. Starting off with our #PokemonWorlds celebrations event this evening, all participants will be receiving a pack and a few more for winners of the tournament. Let's cheer on our Day 2 folks!. #PlayPokemon
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Our World's Celebration Event from @PokemonTCG @playpokemon Prize Pack 3 Support! - Celebrate locally #PokemonWorlds this weekend and watching Day 2 / Finals!. Food, Snacks, and Obsidian Flames!. Go make a splash in 2024!
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Between brutal trivia questions, snacks, food and chaos rules for the tournament. Everyone's having a blast on Pokemon Day!. Thanks everyone for coming out and celebrating together!. #PlayPokemon #PokemonDay2024 #PokemonDay
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Twilight Masquerade Prerelease (1/13 events) Midnight!. Thanks for coming out and bringing that exciting energy this evening - let's keep it going with the pulls and fun. 😴 4.5 hours of sleep and we run 4 more flights, spots are almost all gone for Saturday!
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Dicey Business League Cup (@IronPluto2) - Mississauga, ON, Canada Meta Share. 39 Players. 26 Masters.7 Seniors.6 Juniors
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March League Challenge before Temporal Forces Prerelease!. No stream for the Challenge this time but will get the post rotation tournament on stream in a few weeks just before EUIC!. 4 Juniors.5 Seniors.40 Masters. #PlayPokemon
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Regidrago VStar (Shrouded Fable environment) Some Mewtwo & Mew GX vibes going with this and adds a layer of fun with some additional draw. Some testing today has yielded with @imporkchopTCG, it feels like it's missing a supporter or an additional resource recourse but looking 👍
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🥇Happy Father's Day to all the dad's out there!. If you were printed on a Full Art Trainer card, we might be worth less than our counterparts but you are an equally important role model and we can't thank you enough for the work, time and care you put in! 🎩
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The missing Technical Machine: Evolution Promos and additional Dice Sets have finally arrived - just in time for our tournament on June 28th!. If you are after the TM:Evolution Promo, the event guarantees you a copy!. #PlayPokemon
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The largest League Cup in the GTA ever (was wondering who would be the first store to do it) - I will be there to help run it, will be nice to see all the faces there!. 5K event off-site! But just a week after Worlds 🤔and not OBF format?. Will you attend? #PlayPokemon
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👀 Seeing a full back wall and the tiny pennants is sort of satisfying (especially if the air conditioning makes it move a bit 😂). 🤷 LGS decor is a weird thing. #paldea #tournament #PlayPokemon #pokemoncommunity
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January League Challenge Results!. 38 Masters!. @XingGod Lucas secures the win with Miraidon. Also, small shameless plug on our new accessories we got in with some branded dice!. #PlayPokemon
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🔮There was no way Rotom VStar was on anyone's bingo card for 151 Format. 🏆 Alas - top 3 is Rotom VStar, Mew VMax with Grabbers and Single Strike Lugia!. 🏟️Thanks for coming, next up is prerelease and one more tournament before Toronto Regionals!. #PlayPokemon
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🦖 Paradox Rift League Challenge is upon us and we're ready for spicy decks and to crown another winner!. League Cup is tomorrow but LAIC competition is fierce but our locals is just as fierce!. Best of luck to competitors locally and abroad!.#PlayPokemon
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As a business, we hit a major milestone tonight, a good amount of hardwork + you can carve your own path. While you can always do better, get more stuff/allocation, ultimately it's always been about that initial impression and being nice and approachable or talking to customers.
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401Games 5K League Cup - Starts in about 15-30 minutes!. Stream -> Good luck to everyone today!. #PlayPokemon
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@eridgewayTCG Give it all back - hasn't failed me yet, always ends up being full every week and in the end it's worth it just for the growth, advertising and making folks feel like I am there for them. Structure hasn't changed too much because it's worked and some other stores copy.
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📝Results for Surging Sparks legal tournament with 47 in attendance!. We're ramping up all month to prepare to Toronto Regionals and getting everyone geared up!. #PlayPokemon
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🥳 Super cool we were able to be featured / mentioned on the Toronto stream along with some other local stores. Here's hoping it's the push some folks watching at home will get them out to try out the game or experience some events in person!.
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🎉Prismatic Evolutions turned into a "prerelease-style" event so that we can give as many folks an ETB and try the Ditto format!. 2 events and 85 boxes later @ $80 CAD, we indirectly created an opening party and regardless of what you pulled, it was just fun!. #PlayPokemon
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Okay guys woke up at 6AM for this - drove into work to make sure I can also do some store work in between. This man needs his promo and a piece of glory since I don't have much of a luxury to travel like our players for Championship Points.
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⚡️Surging Sparks November League Challenge Tournament Standings!. Christopher C @ChrizPtcg - Charizard/Terapagos.Matthew W @littledarkfury - Hydreigon ex.Joesion H - Lugia VStar.Robert S @sobertrimpson - Regidrago VStar. Road to Toronto Regionals presses on!. #PlayPokemon
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There's something about Team Challenges that brings the best out of people between stores, organizers and competitors. We would love for them to continue as some sort of continued experience that @playpokemon should continue to explore!. #PlayPokemon
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If you didn't drink too much on New's Years Eve, we are back to rob you more of your holiday time by playing a League Cup!. 11AM start and likely the only store who doesn't respect your days/holidays off 🥳. But at least it's with your Pokemon friends!.
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🎇Year End Celebration time! 🎈 . Food, Food Stalls, Special Tournament Rules to go with the Special Promos from Pokemon!. As many unique Ace Specs you like and 2 Ogre Mask Powers per turn, let's see what everyone comes up with! 🎉. #PlayPokemon
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That's the end of the cup today, for those on the stream or participated - thanks for being a great sport and you can review all the vods from both days!. We'll see when I can squeeze another one in future, local judging still remains to be fun. Congratulations to the winners.
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🤓 It's awesome to get lucky + get recognized for volunteering or running events, especially since I get to share a copy with a fellow Tournament Organizer; whom I've convinced to be a professor and now gained a friend for nearly a decade thanks to the TCG!. Cheers @playpokemon !
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Does this warrant Prime Catcher being $40 USD/$60 CAD? Not too many collectors opening this set, will be interesting to see where it holds steady at.
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