Gold Coast Gym PKMN League

2018-2019 rotation announced:

2019 Season Pokémon TCG Format Rotation | Pokemon.com Find out which cards will be permitted in the 2019 Pokémon TCG Championship Series season.

Big update to the penalty guidelines! Instead of taking prizes as a penalty, now the non-offending player will now be able to win the game by taking fewer prizes.

Remember, today is the last day to sign up for a pokemon.com account for the Heatran/Regigigas code! If you already have an account make sure to check the box to receive Pokemon marketing emails and check tomorrow's newsletter for your code!

Players with Pokemon Sun or Ultra Sun will receive Regigigas and Moon/Ultra Moon will receive Heatran. The Ultra games will be at lvl 100 and the regular at 60, and if it works like last month, the lvl 100 pokemon will be holding a gold bottle cap.

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For those going to Anaheim regionals this year, please not that your decklist MUST be submitted digitally! No paper decklists will be accepted. You must have your decklists submitted digitally by 7:30am Saturday morning to be cleared for round 1!

Here's our Promo for all SoCal Regional championship players. Cynthia says, "No more paper deck lists; submit online only to check in and play in Round1."

New info on the site - parking, food, round times, sides. Bring your bulk and cards to sell to our vendors. Price goes up Mar 1. No tickets on site, get them at https://secondcitygym.com. See you there!

Hey Trainers! There’s a lot going on this week in Pokemon GO. First, Tomorrow is the second annual Community Day. This month features Dratini! The OG Dragon Pokemon will be appearing all over from 11am to 2pm PST. The special hitch this time – If you manage to evolve a Dragonair into a Dragonite during the event hours your Dragonite will learn Draco Meteor, a move EXCLUSIVE to Dragonite caught or evolved during tomorrow’s event. And remember, Lure Modules will last for 3 hours, rather than the normal 30 minutes, during this event.

Next, The legendary warrior pokemon of Hoenn; Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza; will be appearing for the next 10 days in raid battles! Keep an eye out for those high level raids for your chance to catch them. Depending on how many of these legends are caught, the next 11 days of March will feature specific pokemon types appearing more frequently. If more Rayquaza are defeated than Kyogre and Groudon combined, then from March 5th through 16th Pokemon that typically like Windy weather will be more likely to hatch from eggs (Bagon for example), otherwise Pokemon that prefer sunny or rainy weather (like Trapinch or Lotad) will be more likely.

Finally, for those of you who like your avatar swag and also like TROUBLE (whether it be preparing for or making it double), you can find new Team Rocket AND Team Rainbow Rocket gear in the shop.

And remember, this week is your LAST CHANCE to grab a Dialga or Palkia code from Gamestop! Starting on March 1st you can find a code for the next Legendary distribution, Regigigas and Heatran, in the Pokemon Trainer Club newsletter. Go to pokemon.com and either sign up or sign in and make sure you are opted in to receive the newsletter!

Legendary Pokémon Celebration We're celebrating Legendary Pokémon throughout 2018! Check frequently for updated activities and events.

Some cybercriminal has registered with Eventbrite as "Pokemon Play" and is offering free spectator passes to the Regional in Costa Mesa... most likely in order to collect and spam your email address (or worse). I have reported this account. Meantime, some facts:
• Sole source for registration tickets: https://secondcitygym.com
• NO SPECTATORS - because you are not allowed to stand in the play area due to safety issues! YOU ARE MOST WELCOME TO ENTER FOR CREATIVE CENTER, VENDORS OR SIDE EVENTS. No charge to enter , but we reserve the right to dismiss you from the hall on notice from Fire Marshall or venue in case of overcrowding or in case of not following instructions of event officials. There is no 'spectator' pass or registration, because there is no spectating.
• Despite 96 Pokemon events on their system since 2011, I am NOT using Eventbrite for this one. You can ONLY register for Regional at secondcitygym.com.
• NO VENDING OR HIGH VOLUME TRADING. See website for details - secondcitygym.com

Dates and locations of Nats and Worlds are up

Summer’s Biggest Pokémon Tournaments Unveiled | Pokemon.com Announcing the dates and locations of the 2018 North America International Championships and World Championships.

Quick reminder that the first set of Legendary codes, Dialga and Palkia, are NOW AVAILABLE at GameStop! As well GameStop had a bunch of promotions going:
- 20% off select items (polishes, figures, lego sets)
- Buy any Pokemon TCG item marked $10 or more and you can purchase a Pokeball t-shirt (normally $20) for $5
- Buy $25 or more worth of Pokemon TCG items and get a Free Heatran Promo!

NOTE!! Tomorrow's normal tournament at Seth's Games and Anime will be Expanded format, so everyone can practice for regional events!

Two national events are coming up this weekend. Remember to stop by GameStop starting tomorrow to pick up a game code for Pokemon S/M/US/UM that will unlock either Dialga or Palkia.

To redeem these go to your local gamestop between 2/2 and 2/28 and pick up a code card. Use the code in Mystery Gift before May 23rd on your copy of Pokemon S/M/US/UM to unlock one of the following:
Pokemon Sun: Palkia, Lvl 60, Pressure, Aura Sphere, Aqua tail, Spacial Rend, Hydro Pump
Pokemon Ultra Sun: Palkia, Lvl 100, Pressure, Aura Sphere, Draco Meteor, Spacial Rend, Hydro Pump

Pokemon Moon: Dialga, Lvl 60, Pressure, Aura Sphere, Iron Tail, Roar of Time, Flash Cannon
Pokemon Ultra Moon: Dialga, Lvl 100, Pressure, Aura Sphere, Draco Meteor, Roar of Time, Flash Cannon


Additionally, participating Toys R Us stores will have a Pokemon TCG "Trade" event this weekend. Go by, meet other trainers and pick up an exclusive Piplup promo and Dusk Mane Necerozma poster.

Don't forget! The prerelease scheduled originally for tomorrow has been MOVED to Saturday!! Sign ups start at 12:30pm, event starts at 1pm. We have a solid 40 spots available only! First come, first served, no online sign ups. Get there early to secure your spot!

Hope everyone was able to catch plenty of Surfig Pikachu last weekend! No antic has revealed the community day capture for February: the dragon pokemon Dratini!

Saturday 2/24 from 11am-2pm PST you can find Increased appearances of Dratini along with triple stardust and 3hr lures! No word yet what his special move will be.

https://pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/en/events/community-day/