GameStop Pokemon Trade & Play Event | FREE Pokemon Pin + Giveaway

FREE Pokémon Pin for DSM Readers

Hey Pokémon fans, you’re going to LOVE this offer! GameStop is hosting a super limited event -– only 22 stores are participating — this Sunday, July 15th at 6:30pm. Not only will you be able to trade Pokémon cards with your fellow trainers, but you can also battle them for a small fee to win Gamestop gift cards!

PLUS, if you are one of the first 25 people who mention Deal Seeking Mom at the door, you’ll get a cool Pokémon pin TOTALLY FREE!!! And you know how I LOVE free things…

Check the list below to see if there’s a GameStop store participating near you. I was pretty surprised to find my little local store on the list! But if yours isn’t there, don’t despair — scroll to the bottom of this post to enter to win a fabulous Pokémon prize package!

Participating GameStop Stores

DFW/Texas

• 1420 W PIPELINE RD Hurst TX 76053 (DFW)
• 6306 Lake Worth Blvd. Lake Worth TX 76135 (DFW)
• 3891 E. 42nd Street Odessa TX 79762
• 1515 N Cockrell Hill Rd, STE 101 Dallas TX 75211 (DFW)
• 1023 Highway 80, Ste 105 San Marcos TX 78666 (Austin area)
• 519 University Place, Suite E Durant OK 74701
• 2201 Preston Road, Suite E, C/O Barnes & Noble Plano TX 75093 (DFW)
• Building 4250, 4250 Clear Creek Road Fort Hood TX 76544

LA/OC/SoCal

• 2004 East Lincoln Avenue Anaheim CA 92806 (OC)
• 2633 Foothill Blvd. La Crescenta CA 91214 (LA)
• 5336 W ROSECRANS AVE HAWTHORNE CA 90250 (LA)
• 250 E 5TH ST, STE C125 LONG BEACH CA 90802 (LA)
• 2655 SAVIERS RD, STE B OXNARD CA 93033 (Ventura area)
• 7821 EDINGER AVE, STE 146 HUNTINGTON BEACH CA 92647 (OC)
• 44412 Valley Central Way Suite B Lancaster CA 93536 (Palmdale area)

Midwest

• 7753 Mall Road, Suite D Florence KY 41042 (Cincinnati area)
• 6603 Winchester Blvd Canal Winchester OH 43110 (Columbus area)
• 16763 Clover Road Noblesville IN 46060 (Indy area)
• 4024 ELKHART ROAD, SPACE #20-B Goshen IN 46526 (South Bend area)
• 2260 Michigan Ave, Spc 10-A Sidney OH 45365 (Dayton area)
• 837 Eastern Bypass Richmond KY 40475 (Lexington area)
• 950 N Bridge St Chillicothe OH 45601 (Columbus area)

Never been to a Trade & Play event? Here’s what you can expect:

When

• Date: Sunday, July 15
• Time: 6:30 p.m.

Trading

• During the event guests can come in and trade Pokémon cards with their fellow trainers
• The trade portion of the event is free for anyone to participate!

Play Event

• The cost to enter the play event is $20 (plus tax) – this includes a Pokémon Build & Battle box (23-card evolution pack and 4 booster packs) and a $5 gift card
• A promo will be running discounting these items to $20
• Players must use the cards from the Build & Battle box to play in the tournament and the $5 gift card should be retained as a part of the prize
• All gift cards from play entries go to the winner!

Play Event Bracket

• Participants are put into a 16-person bracket
• At the time of the play event, GameStop staff fills out the bracket in order of the sign-up sheet for everyone who has their Build & Battle box

Match Rules

• Each match is single elimination
• Players may only use cards received from the Build & Battle box purchased as entry, excluding energy cards
• Players should bring a variety of energy types, as they will not know what kind of deck they can build ahead of time
• Each store will have extra energy cards that players can borrow to help build their decks

Setup

• Each player shuffles their 40-card deck and draws 7 cards (keep hidden)
• Put your basic Pokémon in place face down – 1 as your active Pokémon and up to 5 on your bench
• The next 6 cards in the deck should be put face down on the side as your prize cards

Battle

1. Draw a card
2. Do any of the following actions in any order:
• Put Basic Pokémon cards from your hand onto your Bench (as many times as you want)
• Evolve your Pokémon (as many times as you want)
• Attach an Energy card from your hand to one of your Pokémon (once per turn)
• Play Trainer cards (as many as you want, but only one Supporter card and one Stadium card per turn)
• Use Abilities (as many as you want)
• Retreat your Active Pokémon (only once per turn)
3. Attack, then end your turn

You WON if…

• You have all the prize cards
• You’ve knocked out all your opponents’ Pokémon
• Your opponent cannot draw a card at the start of his or her turn

Pokémon Giveaway

One lucky Deal Seeking Mom reader (US Only) will win this fabulous Pokémon prize package, which will include:

• $25 GameStop gift card
• Mega Construx Kit
• Gallery Figure
• Trading Cards
• Portable Pikachu Charger
• Pokéball
• T-shirt
• Pins

Follow the instructions in the widget below to be entered for a chance to win…

 
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