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0 Represent The Griffin’s Rest in the Play! Pokémon Team Challenge

The Play! Pokémon Team Challenge is a virtual tournament taking place over the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online (PTCGO) in which players will represent their local game store in a four person team. The team will be selected via four qualifier events hosted by The Griffin’s Rest.

Who is eligible?

You are eligible to take part in our qualifier if

you are a Masters division player and were born in 2004 or earlier and
you are a resident of the country your eligible Play! Store located in (in our case, the United States).

How do I participate?

Register for any of our four qualifiers via RK9 labs and join our Discord before the first tournament. Players can participate in all four of our qualifiers, with the exception of the first place player from each prior qualifier.

You will also need to download PTCGO and make sure it is linked to your Play! Pokémon account.

Entry into any of these tournaments is free of cost.

Qualifier 1: Sunday, December 6th @ 1:00 pm: Registration Available Starting November 28th @ 1:00 pm

Qualifier 2: Sunday, January 10th @ 1:00 pm: Registration Available Starting January 2nd @ 1:00 pm

Qualifier 3: Sunday, January 24th @ 1:00 pm: Registration Available Starting January 16th @ 1:00 pm

Qualifier 4: Sunday, February 7th @ 1:00 pm: Registration Available Starting January 30th @ 1:00 pm

Please note, once you register to play in a store’s Team Challenge tournament, you will be locked into that store and will be unable to play in a different store’s Team Challenge tournaments.

Tournament Structure

Qualifier tournaments will be played within a single (Masters) division over the appropriate number of swiss rounds, followed by a top cut, as documented in the official tournament rules. The format for these qualifiers will be Standard. The winner of each of the 4 Qualifiers will secure a place in the Store Team.

The team Play-offs will be played after the end of the qualifying season and will be played as single elimination between stores until a worldwide winner is determined.

Prizes

1st Place from each qualifier will receive an exclusive Team Challenge Playmat

Booster Pack prizes from the latest set will be made available based on attendance and player performance (prize structure will be confirmed at the start of each tournament)

Participants will also receive codes for PTCGO to unlock exclusive deck boxes and sleeves and additional Booster Pack prizes.

Stay tuned for more details as we approach our first tournament and visit the official Team Challenge website for additional information

0 Pokémon TCG Build & Battle Showdown

Starting Wednesday, February 5th, we’ll be running an in-store Build and Battle Series (lasting four weeks). This is a great way for new players to get involved.

Entry fee is $25 dollars, this covers a Build and Battle Box, Deckbox, and four packs into our prize pool to be makeup the weekly/end of season prizes.

Build Your Deck and Play!

Upon registration, you will be provided a Build and Battle Box. You will use the cards you receive, plus any amount of basic energy to build a 40 card deck.
Your deck must remain at The Griffin’s Rest until the end of the four weeks.
Play single-game matches (with four prize cards). If you and your opponent prefer, you may play a best two out of three games.
Play however many matches you’d like whenever you’d like. The only requirement is that games be at The Griffin’s Rest. Wednesdays are designated showdown days to help players meetup with opponents.
Try to avoid playing the same opponent twice in a row

Evolve Your Deck

You may purchase an additional pack per week to modify your deck
Lose three games and you can purchase another pack to modify your deck

Booster Pack Prizes

Prizes for top win ratios at the end of the four weeks
Weekly Prize drawing each week for participants playing at least three games

This is a great way to get involved and build up your Pokémon collection. Looking for more Pokémon TCG action? Join us every Sunday for casual play and earn special promo cards!

0 Theros Beyond Death Prerelease

Don’t miss our Theros Beyond Death Prerelease. The Griffin’s Rest will be hosting a Friday prerelease at 7:00pm! We will also be holding a 5:00pm release on Saturday and a Two-Headed Giant event on Sunday at 1:00 pm. Guarantee your seat by preregistering and prepaying now! Each prerelease pack comes with a date stamped foil promo card!

To save your spot for our prerelease event, please sign up. You will be provided with a link to prepay after completing the survey or you can pay in store!

Have access to Theros Beyond Death a week early by pre-ordering a Booster Display box for pickup during Prerelease weekend! Pre-orders can only be picked up early during Prerelease weekend (January 17th – 19th). Otherwise, pre-orders will be able to be picked up after the official release on January 24th.

While supplies last, players ordering a Booster Display box will receive a copy of Athreos, Shroud-Veiled . This card is only available through the Buy-a-Box promotion.

Order online or stop by the store to place any pre-orders.

0 Core Set 2020 Prerelease

Don’t miss our Core Set 2020 Prerelease. For the first time ever, The Griffin’s Rest will be hosting a Friday prerelease at 7:00pm! Check out the new set earlier than ever! We will also be holding a 5:00pm release on Saturday and a Two-Headed Giant event on Sunday at 1:00 pm. Guarantee your seat by preregistering and prepaying now! Each prerelease pack comes with a date stamped foil promo card!

To save your spot for our prerelease event, please sign up. You will be provided with a link to prepay after completing the survey or you can pay in store!

Have access to Core Set 2020 a week early by pre-ordering a Booster Display box for pickup during Prerelease weekend! Pre-orders can only be picked up early during Prerelease weekend (July 5 – 7). Otherwise, pre-orders will be able to be picked up after the official release on July 12th.

While supplies last, players ordering a Booster Display box will receive a copy of Rienne, Angel of Rebirth. This card is only available through the Buy-a-Box promotion.

Order online or stop by the store to place any pre-orders.

0 MtG: Standard Showdown

Join us every Sunday from 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm through Dec 23rd for Standard Showdown. Bring your favorite Standard deck and compete in a tournament to win a special Standard Showdown card pack.

0 Mtg: Pauper

Sundays at 1:00 pm: Join us for some casual Magic: the Gathering in the Pauper format made popular on Magic Online. In this format, all cards must have been printed in the Common rarity.

0 D&D Adventurers League

Join us for D&D’s Adventurers League every other Saturday from 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm! No experience necessary, but please register for a DCI number through Wizards. https://accounts.wizards.com/ DMs will need your DCI number before gameplay starts.

Due to limited table space, please RSVP here to guarantee your spot!

RSVPs open at 6:00 PM the Monday after the previous event.

We have several volunteer DMs interested in regularly running modules, but could always use more volunteers. If you’re interested in running a table, please contact us (via Facebook or email contact@thegriffinsrest.com).

0 Take & Paint Miniature Painting

Join us for Paint and Take miniature painting!

For $15, we provide a miniature figure, paint, brushes and other supplies. Bring a willingness to learn to paint and take home your painted miniature at the end of the session!

0 Final Fantasy TCG Draft

Join us every Saturday at 2:00 pm for a weekly Final Fantasy TCG Draft.
$20 entry for the tournament. Take home one additional booster pack per win.

0 Magic League: Guilds of Ravnica

Join us for Magic League!

$25 entry includes three initial booster packs.
Opportunity to purchase new booster pack each week or after three losses.

Play single-game matches whenever you’d like between Oct 11th and Nov 1st (but you must play at The Griffin’s Rest), but we’re setting Thursday as our official meetup day for participants to meet, play their matches, and purchase their additional booster packs.

Promo card for participants that play at least 10 matches. Prizes for best win ratio and random door prize each week.