FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

POKÉMON ANNOUNCES EX Dragon Frontiers PRERELEASE TOURNAMENTS

 

Local Players to Participate in Exclusive Card Expansion Preview Tournament

 

BELLEVUE, Wash. – October 11, 2006 – Pokémon USA, Inc., a worldwide leader in the trading card game industry, today announced their upcoming Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) EX Dragon Frontiers Prerelease tournaments. Prerelease tournaments provide players the opportunity to preview and play with not-yet released cards from the upcoming EX Dragon Frontiers expansion. The Pokémon TCG EX Dragon Frontiers Prerelease tournaments will be held during the weekends of October 28 and 29 and November 4 and 5. 

 

Players are divided into three categories: Junior Division (born in 1996 or later); Senior Division

(born in 1992, 1993, 1994 or 1995) and Masters Division (born in 1991 or earlier). An admission fee is charged at the door, and varies depending on event location.  The entry fee includes six booster packs of the Pokémon TCG EX Dragon Frontiers, from which each player will build his or her deck. Players may keep these cards at the end of the event. All participants will receive a Pokémon TCG EX Dragon Frontiers Prerelease promo card and an EX Dragon Frontiers pin, while supplies last. Players who complete the tournament will also receive two additional booster packs of EX Dragon Frontiers cards and other merchandise from the expansion.

 

WHO: Pokémon TCG players and the public

 

WHAT: Pokémon TCG EX Dragon Frontiers Prerelease tournament

 

WHEN: October 28 – November 5

 

WHERE: Cities all across the U.S.

 

For more information, please visit http://op.pokemon-tcg.com/.