Friday, 02.27.09  First off, we want to wish a Happy Birthday one of our COTD reviewers.  It's Littleduckdrew's 13th Birthday today. Happy Birthday!

And Littleduckdrew isn't slacking on his Birthday either.  He and Vince have a review of Weavile G Lv. 48 in our Card of the Day section, and they both like this card.

Thursday, 02.26.09  Today's Card of the Day is Shaymin. X from the new Platinum expansion.  LittleDuckDrew, Jigglypuff13 & Vince have reviews for you today. 

Wednesday, 02.25.09  Today's Card of the Day is Dialga G Lv. X from the new Platinum expansion.  Octazookeeper & Vince have reviews for you today.  We also welcome LittleDuckDrew, the 2006 National Champion, to the Review Crew today. 

Rocket Boss has two Deck Fixes for you today in his Deck Garage.  He's taking a look at a Blastoise deck as well as an Ampharos deck. 

Tuesday, 02.24.09  Today's Card of the Day is Shaymin Lv. 44 from the new Platinum expansion.  Octazookeeper, KFT & Vince have reviews for you today. 

-Rocket Boss's Deck Fixes- Hey, this is Rocket Boss and I'm here to help all of you players out there who feel like your deck is missing a little something, or if you want a total overhaul I'll help you with that too! Just send me an e-mail at luvtank1287@yahoo.com with a complete deck list (make sure you specify which set the cards come from), the strategy you're looking to run with in this deck, what format you intend to play in and anything you really don't want to lose in the deck. If you're just getting started or if you're a veteran don't be afraid to ask Rocket Boss!

Monday, 02.23.09  Today's Card of the Day is Palkia G Lv. X from the new Platinum expansion.  Alex, Octazookeeper, KFT & Vince have reviews for you today. 

Thursday, 02.19.09  Today's Card of the Day is Galactic HQ from the new Platinum expansion.  Alex & Vince have reviews for you today.  We also welcome Octazookeeper to the review crew today.

Wednesday, 02.18.09  Today's Card of the Day is Giratina Lv. 70 from the new Platinum expansion.  Alex & Vince have reviews for you today.

The New York Toy Fair is going on in NY City.  Loretta has dug up some dirt on new Pokemon Toys being debuted at the Toy Fair.  Check out Today's Pokemon News for all the details!

Tuesday, 02.17.09  MonsterOfTheLake has a new Featured Article for you today.  Today article is titled: "Blaziken (DP-On)".  Check out MonsterOfTheLake's Lake today.

Today's Card of the Day is Level Max from the new Platinum expansion.  Alex, KFT & Meganium45 have reviews for you today. 

Monday, 02.16.09  Loretta has news on Pokemon Racer Chasers, plushies, new mangas, shirts and more!  Check out Today's Pokemon News for all the details!

Thursday, 02.12.09  Today's Card of the Day is Team Galactic's Invention G-101 Energy Gain from the new Platinum expansion.  Arbok14 & Jigglypuff13 have reviews for you today. 

Wednesday, 02.11.09  Today's Card of the Day is Broken Time-Space from the new Platinum expansion.  Arbok14 & Meganium45 have reviews for you today. 

Tuesday, 02.10.09  Today's Card of the Day is Team Galactic's Invention G-103 Power Spray from the new Platinum expansion.  Arbok14, Meganium45 & KFT have reviews for you today. 

Monday, 02.09.09  Today's Card of the Day is Looker's Investigation from the new Platinum expansion.  Arbok14, Meganium45 & KFT have reviews for you today. 

Meganium45 also checks in with a Tourney Report from an Afterdraft he participated in this past weekend.  We'd love to post your tourney reports.  Send them to us if you want.

For those of you who practice the Pokemon TCG on Apprentice, MonsterOfTheLake has news on a new Apprentice Patch for the Pokemon TCG:  "This patch includes the latest "Platinum" set."  Full details on our Apprentice Page today. 

Pokémon USA, Inc. announced that it has expanded its retail presence for Pokémon in Toys"R"Us stores nationwide through 2009. Dedicated areas at the entrance of the "R" Zone video game departments now showcase a variety of Pokémon merchandise, including the top-selling video games, the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), TV and movie DVDs, select TOMY products that are making their U.S. debut, and a full range of Pokémon toys from JAKKS Pacific, Inc. Starting in April, Toys"R"Us Times Square, the company's International Flagship store, will highlight the Pokémon brand in a dedicated boutique through the remainder of the year. Toys"R"Us stores nationwide will also host retail events throughout 2009.  More details in our News Section today. 

Friday, 02.06.09  Now that a Platinum Prerelease weekend has passed us by, we have some new cards to review.  Today's Card of the Day is Lucario Lv. 42 from the Platinum expansion.  Alex, Meganium45 & KFT have reviews for you today. 

Thursday, 02.05.09  Now that a Platinum Prerelease weekend has passed us by, we have some new cards to review.  Today's Card of the Day is Torterra Lv. 48 from the Platinum expansion.  Alex, Jigglypuff13, Octillery49, Meganium45 & KFT have reviews for you today. 

Wednesday, 02.04.09  Now that a Platinum Prerelease weekend has passed us by, we have some new cards to review.  Today's Card of the Day is Ninetails Lv. 43 from the Platinum expansion.  Alex, Meganium45 & KFT have reviews for you today. 

Tuesday, 02.03.09  Now that a Platinum Prerelease weekend has passed us by, we have some new cards to review.  Today's Card of the Day is Shaymin Lv. X from the Platinum expansion.  Jigglypuff13, Eevee, Alex, Meganium45 & KFT have reviews for you today, and they all like this poke.

Monday, 02.02.09  Now that a Platinum Prerelease weekend has passed us by, we have some new cards to review.  Today's Card of the Day is Swablu Lv. 16 from the Platinum expansion.  Jigglypuff13, Eevee, Meganium45 & KFT have reviews for you today.

We've updated the Places to Play Pokemon List.  If the place you play isn't listed, please let us know.  Also let us know if a place on the list no longer has Pokemon Play. 

Friday, 01.30.09  Pokemon USA has released images of a few preview cards for the upcoming Platinum expansion, so we figured we'd look at more of them this week in the COTD section. Today's Card of the Day is Giratina Lv. X from the Platinum expansion.  Alex, Meganium45 & KFT have reviews for you today.

Click here to see if there is a Platinum Prerelease Event in your area.

Wednesday, 01.28.09  Pokemon USA has released images of a few preview cards for the upcoming Platinum expansion, so we figured we'd look at more of them this week in the COTD section. Today's Card of the Day is Gyarados G Lv.46 from the Platinum expansion.  Jigglypuff13, Octillery49, Arbok14, Alex, Meganium45 & Eevee have reviews for you today.

Pokemon USA released some more booster pack artwork from the upcoming Platinum expansion.  Click on the image to see the the larger image. 

The Kent Reporter has a TCG News Article today about 12 year old Steven Roberto.  It's another good read titled: "Pokemon kid: He knows when to hold ‘em, fold ‘em"

Tuesday, 01.27.09  Pokemon USA has released images of a few preview cards for the upcoming Platinum expansion, so we figured we'd look at more of them this week in the COTD section. Today's Card of the Day is Shaymin Lv.56 from the Platinum expansion.  Alex, Meganium45 & Eevee have reviews for you today.

Monday, 01.26.09  We have two COTD's for you today, as I never got Friday's COTD posted.  Today's Cards of the Day are Dialga G Lv.79 from the Platinum expansion and Pichu Lv. 8 from Stormfront Meganium45 has a review for you today.  We also welcome Alex Macri and Eevee to the Review Crew today. 

ohamanime wanted to let everyone know that you can pick up a Shaymin for your Diamond or Pearl DS games at Toys R Us next month.  This exclusive event takes place from February 8th to February 14th.  Click on the image for more details. 

Friday, 01.23.09  Here's another fun Pokemon News Story.  Today's comes from the Suburban Journals of St. Louis and titled: “It’s like a big chess match”Strategy is name of game for Pokemon players.

And here's another News Article from Utah Titled: "Grantsville teen making name for himself in Pokémon card game"

Thursday, 01.22.09  Today's Card of the Day is Sableye Lv.31 from the Stormfront expansion.  Meganium45 & Jigglypuff13 have reviews for you today.

With Platinum hitting the streets soon, We could use a few more volunteers in our COTD section.  If you play competitively and feel like sharing your reviews with others, drop us an email.  ;-)

Wednesday, 01.21.09  Pokemon USA has released images of a few preview cards for the upcoming Platinum expansion, so we figured we'd look at them this week in the COTD section. Today's Card of the Day is Honchkrow G Lv. 47 from the Platinum expansion.  Meganium45 has a review for you today.

Tuesday, 01.20.09  Pokemon USA has released images of a few preview cards for the upcoming Platinum expansion, so we figured we'd look at them this week in the COTD section. Today's Card of the Day is Shaymin Lv.42 from the Platinum expansion.  Meganium45 & Octillery49 have reviews for you today.

Monday, 01.19.09  Pokemon USA has released images of a few preview cards for the upcoming Platinum expansion, so we figured we'd look at them this week in the COTD section. Today's Card of the Day is Giratina Lv.63 from the Platinum expansion.  Jigglypuff13, Meganium45 & Octillery49 have reviews for you today.

Friday, 01.16.09  For the fun of it, we've been counting down the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2008 in our Card of the Day section. Great Encounters, Majestic Dawn, Legends Awakened & Stormfront were all released in 2008, and our reviewers each submitted their own Top 10 lists from those cards. We weighed and averaged them to get an overall Top 10 list for 2008. We finish up today with #1: Claydol  Lv. 45 (GE). Jigglypuff13, Arbok14 & Meganium45 have their thoughts for you today.

Loretta has news on New Pokemon Valentines Cards,  A new DK Pokemon Visual Guide, new figures and more.  Check out Today's Pokemon News for all the details!

Thursday, 01.15.09  For the fun of it, we've been counting down the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2008 in our Card of the Day section. Great Encounters, Majestic Dawn, Legends Awakened & Stormfront were all released in 2008, and our reviewers each submitted their own Top 10 lists from those cards. We weighed and averaged them to get an overall Top 10 list for 2008. We continue today with #2: Uxie  Lv. 55 (LA). Jigglypuff13, Arbok14 & Meganium45 have their thoughts for you today.

Wednesday, 01.14.09  For the fun of it, we've been counting down the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2008 in our Card of the Day section. Great Encounters, Majestic Dawn, Legends Awakened & Stormfront were all released in 2008, and our reviewers each submitted their own Top 10 lists from those cards. We weighed and averaged them to get an overall Top 10 list for 2008. We continue today with #3: Kingdra  Lv. 52 (LA). Jigglypuff13, Arbo14 & Meganium45 have their thoughts for you today.

MonsterOfTheLake has a new Featured Article for you today.  Today article is titled: "Top 5 Draw Cards in DP-On (After Cities)".  Check out MonsterOfTheLake's Lake today.

Tuesday, 01.13.09  For the fun of it, we've been counting down the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2008 in our Card of the Day section. Great Encounters, Majestic Dawn, Legends Awakened & Stormfront were all released in 2008, and our reviewers each submitted their own Top 10 lists from those cards. We weighed and averaged them to get an overall Top 10 list for 2008. We continue today with #4: Leafeon  Lv. X (MD). Jigglypuff13 & Meganium45 have their thoughts for you today.

Hey, here's another great Pokemon News Article on Internet Today.  This one is from the St. Louis Suburban Journals, and features none other than COTD reviewer Meganium45 (Vince).  Nice Job Mr. Organizer!  That's sweet!  There's a great photo of Vince's son too.

Monday, 01.12.09  For the fun of it, we've been counting down the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2008 in our Card of the Day section. Great Encounters, Majestic Dawn, Legends Awakened & Stormfront were all released in 2008, and our reviewers each submitted their own Top 10 lists from those cards. We weighed and averaged them to get an overall Top 10 list for 2008. We continue today with #5: Dusknoir Lv. 48 (Stormfront). Jigglypuff13 & Meganium45 have their thoughts for you today.

Friday, 01.09.09  For the fun of it, we're counting down the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2008 in our Card of the Day section. Great Encounters, Majestic Dawn, Legends Awakened & Stormfront were all released in 2008, and our reviewers each submitted their own Top 10 lists from those cards. We weighed and averaged them to get an overall Top 10 list for 2008. We're counting them down over the next 2 weeks. We continue today with #6: Unown G Lv. 17 (GE). Jigglypuff13, Meganium45, KFT & Arbok14 have their thoughts for you today.

Thursday, 01.08.09  For the fun of it, we're counting down the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2008 in our Card of the Day section. Great Encounters, Majestic Dawn, Legends Awakened & Stormfront were all released in 2008, and our reviewers each submitted their own Top 10 lists from those cards. We weighed and averaged them to get an overall Top 10 list for 2008. We're counting them down over the next 2 weeks. We continue today with #7: Chatot Lv. 30 (MD). Jigglypuff13, Meganium45, KFT & Arbok14 have their thoughts for you today.

Things that make you go hmmmmm ... Look at this book Loretta found on a University Library Book Shelf.  Check out Today's News for all the funny details from Loretta.  (Is that guy on top a cross between Ash, Meowth & a woman? ... lol)

Pokemon has been getting some great news coverage lately thanks to all the City Championships.  Here's another great article from Cedar Rapids Gazette.  There's also a fun video with this one too. 

Wednesday, 01.07.09  For the fun of it, we're counting down the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2008 in our Card of the Day section. Great Encounters, Majestic Dawn, Legends Awakened & Stormfront were all released in 2008, and our reviewers each submitted their own Top 10 lists from those cards. We weighed and averaged them to get an overall Top 10 list for 2008. We're counting them down over the next 2 weeks. We continue today with #8: Uxie Lv. X (LA). Jigglypuff13, Meganium45, KFT, J-Wittz, & Arbok14 have their thoughts for you today.

Tuesday, 01.06.09  For the fun of it, we're counting down the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2008 in our Card of the Day section. Great Encounters, Majestic Dawn, Legends Awakened & Stormfront were all released in 2008, and our reviewers each submitted their own Top 10 lists from those cards. We weighed and averaged them to get an overall Top 10 list for 2008. We're counting them down over the next 2 weeks. We continue today with #9: Mesprit Lv. X (LA). Jigglypuff13, Meganium45, Arbok14 & Travis have their thoughts for you today.

Here's a fun Pokemon News Article from the Bakerfield City Championships ...

... and another from Salt Lake CIty ...

.... and another from Oakley, California ...

Monday, 01.05.09  For the fun of it, we're counting down the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2008 in our Card of the Day section. Great Encounters, Majestic Dawn, Legends Awakened & Stormfront were all released in 2008, and our reviewers each submitted their own Top 10 lists from those cards. We weighed and averaged them to get an overall Top 10 list for 2008. We're counting them down over the next 2 weeks. We kick things off today with #10: Mewtwo Lv. X (LA). Jigglypuff13, Meganium45, Arbok14 & J-Wttz all have their thoughts on #10 for you today.

Arbok14 is trying to motivate you guys to submit some City Championship Tournament Reports by sending in one from Pittsburgh, PA.  ;-)

We got our hands on the packaging art for the upcoming Pokemon TCG expansion: Platinum.  You can check out all 3 pack covers in our News Section today. 

Loretta has put together a Pokemon New Years News article for you to kick off 2009.  She's got some fun images, including a Pokemon character relieving himself in a Japanese manga.   Good One Loretta!!!