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POKÉMON ANNOUNCES Diamond & Pearl—Mysterious Treasures PRERELEASE TOURNAMENTS

 

Pokémon Players to Participate in Exclusive Card Expansion Preview Tournaments

 

BELLEVUE, Wash. – August 2, 2007 – Pokémon USA, Inc., a worldwide leader in the trading card game industry, today announced its upcoming Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG): Diamond & Pearl—Mysterious Treasures Prerelease tournaments. Prerelease tournaments provide players the opportunity to preview and play with not-yet-released cards from the upcoming Diamond & Pearl—Mysterious Treasures expansion. The Pokémon TCG: Diamond & Pearl—Mysterious Treasures Prerelease tournaments will be held the weekends of August 11–12, August 18–19, and August 25–26, 2007.

 

Players are divided into three divisions: 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: Diamond & Pearl—Mysterious Treasures, 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: Diamond & Pearl—Mysterious Treasures Prerelease promo card and a Diamond & Pearl—Mysterious Treasures promotional item, while supplies last. Players who complete the tournament will also receive two additional booster packs of Diamond & Pearl—Mysterious Treasures cards.

 

WHO: Pokémon TCG players and the general public

 

WHAT: Pokémon TCG: Diamond & Pearl—Mysterious Treasures Prerelease tournaments

 

WHEN: August 11–12, August 18–19, and August 25–26, 2007

 

WHERE: Cities all across the U.S.

 

For more information, please visit http://www.go-pokemon.com/