Category: Tournaments

I’m excited to announce that the Western Slope Pokémon League in Box Buster Sports Cards will be holding our first ever TCG League Challenge on Monday, April 24th!

League Challenges are small, entry-level events on a local scale held by most Play! Pokémon Stores. In League Challenge tournaments, players can earn Championship Points and work toward earning an invitation the World Championships!

The tournament will be in the 2023 Standard Format, so be sure to familiarize yourself with the requirements here. Entry fee will be $10 per player, which will be collected at time of registration, with prizing for top players in each age division. We will be playing best-of-one swiss rounds. Number of rounds will be depend on number of players.

IMPORTANT! Players must provide a decklist at time of registration. Blank decklist sheets will be available at our regular League play on April 21st, or you can download one here.

DATE: Monday, April 24, 2023

REGISTRATION START: 4:00pm

TOURNAMENT START: 4:30pm

ENTRY FEE: $10 per player LOCATION: Box Buster Sports Cards, 16367 South Townsend Unit 7, Montrose, CO 81401

Hope to see you there!

We’re going to have our first sanctioned Video Game tournament on the Western Slope!

Please read through the VGC Rules & Formats document under the Rules & Resources page on Pokemon.com to familiarize yourself with competitive team and item restrictions.

When: July 27, 2016

Time: Registration 4pm-5pm Tournament starts 5pm

Where: Hastings Entertainment, 2201-A S. Townsend Ave, Montrose, CO 81401

Entry Fee: $5 cash only entry fee per player to cover prize support.

Swiss pairing format. Players will be divided by Junior, Senior, and Master age divisions. Should either Juniors or Seniors have less than 6 players, the two divisions will play together, meaning the prizing will be given to top places to the combined division. Masters will have their own prizing.

If there are fewer than 6 Junior and Seniors combined, all age divisions will complete together. This means prize support for all players will go by the ALL Standings. Each match will be best of three.

Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire games ONLY! Make sure your 3DS/2DS is fully charged at the start of the event!

Double battle. Team must be in Battle Box and checked during registration. No substitutions to team or items allowed after registration. Each player selects four Pokémon from their party of six to battle with. Play continues until one player makes all four of their opponent’s Pokémon faint.

This will be an “untethered” event, meaning the Battle Box will not be locked electronically. Players must select Normal rules when setting up a battle and all Pokémon will be leveled to 50. The following time limits will apply:

-Team preview: 99 seconds

-Turn time limit: 45 seconds

-Best 2-out-of-3 Round time limit: 45 minutes

Teams may have no more than two of the following Pokémon: Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Xerneas, Yveltal, and Zygarde

The following Pokémon are banned: Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Deoxys, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Keldeo, Meloetta, Genesect, Diancie, and Hoopa

Banned item: Soul Dew

Mega Evolution/Primal Reversion IS allowed.

Hope to see you there!

Join us for our first officially sanctioned tournament on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 6:00pm!

Where: Hastings in Montrose, CO

Registration time: 4:00-6:00pm during League. Tournament begins at 6:00pm!

Entry Fee: $5 (cash only, please)

Format: TCG – Unlimited (cards from any expansion)

Prizes: Booster packs for top places, 1st Place also gets a coupon for a free POP Vinyl figure, courtesy of our host, Hastings Entertainment!

Tournament Style: Swiss (click here to read about the Swiss format)

What to Bring: Your own constructed 60 card deck, damage counters and randomizer (coin or dice), decklist, and Play! Pokemon Player ID Card. Player IDs are required to participate! Don’t have one? We’ll give you one during registration!

To create your decklist, either download a blank template here and write in your cards, or use the Decklist Generator at PokeGym.net here! Blank forms will also be provided at registration, if needed, while supplies last.

Click here to read the Pokemon Tournament Rules & Resources.

We’ll have a shorter league starting at our usual time of 4:00pm so you can play while registration is going on. We’ll start the tournament at 6:00pm, and go until we’re done!

IMPORTANT NOTE! In order for the tournament to remain sanctioned, we’ll need a minimum of 8 players to participate. So be sure to invite your friends! Save and print off the flyer below and spread the word! We’ll be doing many more tournaments in the future, so let’s start with a bang!