Today is the DAY! Our first BIG tournament of the year! OP14 Double Case tournament in reparation for Nats is happening today! If you’re in the area, come say “Hi” and join our in-person waitlist. Or if you’re too far away, there will be a stream with exception commentators for our matches today as well on Youtube! Might the best Pirates win the treasure! Link and Address in the replies below:

Beckett started 1-2 and finished in assym. So proud of the determination of this kid but a GL in cut was too much to overcome. S/O to the sponsors @88Cardhouse and @DuelSpecTCG, the coaches @ciaran_tcg and @Jctfordd, and all the friends.

We had a rare and incredible opportunity to compete in the Pokemon Japan Championships #PJCS2026! Ethan started out 0-2, climbed out to 5-2 and lost the final round to end 5-3. Not much in terms of expectations other than to experience and compete in a massive field of 826 juniors! Earned the exclusive stamped Mewtwo promo and learned some Japanese! All of this would not have been possible without the incredible support from the community and friends: - @88Cardhouse, @SVCardArt and @EbisuCollection who provided the majority of playables for us, even the newly released Abyss Eye set. - @KianNakano for HGSS energy and the cool 🍬🍬 - @drapult for additional cards and teaching us the Japanese playing customs 👊✋✌️ - @thefleeee for the Meowths and advice on foreigners competing - @DuelSpecTCG for sleeves - @LynnOono for fueling crazy ideas and Pokemon Center shopping lists Thanks to all the friends we got to practice with and hang out with today, and best of luck to @anxiouspapa @ayapiyo20 and Reo in cut tomorrow! Next up, NAIC! 🛫

Good luck to our trainers competing at NAIC: @Taxi__cabbage @NicolaiStiborg @emothann @SticksPTCG Shoutout to @88Cardhouse and @DragonShield_ for being the best in the game!

What a rollercoaster ride in Indy! Slow start > high rolling > being high rolled > DPL in R14 G3 🥈 S/O to my dad @CupertinoTCG for the goated on-site coaching. @Ian__Robb for the guide (already sold 1k?), and @88Cardhouse for the support. #PlayPokemon NAIC - we are coming for 🏆

100% Phase 2 conversion rate for the team in Indy! Records ⬇️ @amcharles0 8-0-1 @DefconTCG 7-2-0 @FamousCyy 7-2-0 @SticksPTCG 7-2-0 @Taxi__cabbage 6-2-1 @Flynoid 6-2-1 Shoutout to @88Cardhouse and @DragonShield_ for being the best in the game!

Made top 32 at the Indianapolis Regional with BIG FUNCTIONING APPLES 🍎 Festival Grounds was the MVP Thank you to the sponsors @DragonShield_ (used black) @88Cardhouse @LostZoneKitchen also had the pleasure of meeting @JoeyPokeaim !

Indianapolis Regionals top512🥲 Played pretty sloppy from my mediocre hand. Have to play for the outs! List was good. Thanks @88Cardhouse for your support!

38/1974 in Indy Took the dream start and threw it all away. Some really unfortunate happenings in day 2… I’ll win one of these things eventually 🫠🙏🏼 Thanks for all the support from everyone, it means the world to me ♥️ s/o @LostZoneKitchen @88Cardhouse 🫶🏼

85th w/ @drapult DuskPult. As much as I wanted the Dawn, I couldn't justify it over the 2nd Munki for the mirror, to which I hit a ton. Weekend motto has really been "this game sucks" with how much it's just trying to scam with Budew/Stamp S/O: @88Cardhouse & @LostZoneKitchen

Indianapolis was so fun! Heres the Absol list I built for this event. It was so fun to play and getting to do a player and deck profile was also an insane experience. Thank you to Pokemon production for making it happen. Thank you to all my friends and supporters ❤️. See you all at NAIC! S/o @88Cardhouse

DAY 2 with Bellowing Thunder and friends! Deck started to have some rough starts some sloppy plays!Ggs to all my opponents this weekend everyone was a pleasure! Was happy to see all the squad do well this weekend! Love the squad! @88Cardhouse @LostZoneKitchen @DragonShield_

Lemme say something, and it’s not in bad taste or in a bragging kinda way I just want to make a point (no it’s not twitter drama stfu) Yesterday morning at 4 am I was picked up at my hotel by my guide. I spent the next 8 hours hiking 8.4 miles up to Rainbow Mountain in Cuzco. 21k steps ish. Last night my flight to Lima boarded at 10pm and we sat on the runway until 11. I ended up getting to Lima around 1 am and my hotel at 2 am. Now mind you I was up for 22 hours. My feet were killing me as I don’t have hiking boots, and my ears are currently more burnt and swollen than they’ve ever been (critical mistake in the sunscreen application process). And alas I slept last night from 2:30 am to 6:30 am. A solid 4 hours after a 22 hours day. And it was time to wake up and go play in the Lima Special Event. My deck was sitting in my deck box still in the same order I put it in there last week after the Campinas decklist photo. I didn’t touch a single card, play a single game of live, or shuffle my deck a single time last week. Total disconnect. Just believing in the 60 cards I brought to South America. I knew immediately it was bad this morning. Everything was spinning a bit, my head hurt, and I could barely think through sequences as I played a few test hands. I added a moltres to my deck yesterday after some theory in the Airport and ran it. I lost round 1. Stamped into a dead hand during game 3. Not ideal. I feel like shit. I had a (lime?) monster and a Red Bull in my backpack and about 3 granola bars. I won game 2. He was a new player and was just there for vibes. Ok I’m 1-1. All I neee to do it push through to day 2 but man I can’t even focus my vision. Then I hit SLOWKING and you know (if you’ve read my guide) that I don’t play Shaymin and am OK with sacking that matchup. And sack it I did. 15 minutes the set is over now I’m 1-2 and feel like I’m 1-7. I thought about dropping and going and taking a nap. I considered it. I told myself I’m all the way here why not play until one more loss? So alas the chicken locked in. Let me be clear: I did NOT lock in. I physically could not. Everything hurt and everything was out of focus but I started winning and hit a string of good starting hands winning dice rolls. Win, win, tie, win, and BOOM just like that I had clawed my way back into the tournament. With nothing but that aforementioned ref bull and 2 chicken empinadas in my system from the gas station across the street I sat down for my win and in against a very pleasant opponent. He had teal mask Ogerpon in his deck but still won game 1 and I brought it back to a W in game 3 on the final turn of time. And just like that I get to keep playing tomorrow. My opponents were amazing, even the Slowking guy, and I got some pictures and had fun despite my AWFUL sleep deprived mental. I’ve never played this bad. Literally throw after throw being hard carried by the deck yet again. This was Devine intervention and on everything that is good PLEASE TAKE SLEEP SERIOUSLY. I shouldn’t be here but that’s enough yap. I’ll be back tomorrow for some more chicken Pult gaming and let’s be real, the views in Cuzco are worth it. That was easily the most mentally taxing day of Pokemon I’ve ever played but we do indeed take those. Should cross 800 points with this one marking me safe from the dreaded worlds bubble 🫧🐓 🐉 ✌🏼 s/o @LostZoneKitchen @88Cardhouse and @DragonShield_ for making it all possible and marking the 4th country I’ve played pokemon in! 🇵🇪

Won a challenge earlier this week and got top 4 at a 35 person cup today at @SVCardArt with Absol Box. Trying new things in the deck and updated the guide with the list I ran today! S/o @88Cardhouse Now at 1044cp this quarter and 1300 overall 😇 metafy.gg/guides/view/post-r…

Melbourne Regional Top4!!!! ( 260 pts $5000 3box) Had been struggling this season, but finally locked in for my Worlds invite. Thanks everybody rooting for me, esp @KianNakano for choosing the 60th card. Thanks @88Cardhouse for your support!!!

Went undefeated into cup win @tofustrading cup with Absol :) This deck is so real and you shouldnt underestimate it! I made some changes to this version based on my blurb yesterday in the guide. Will update the guide with my current list tonight. S/o @88Cardhouse and everyone trying this deck with me.

As everyone posting their serial Yamato, is anyone interested in THIS Yamato as well? Asking for a friend 🥲

T256 with... Raging Bolt? Too many people told me Festival was an awful play so I pivoted last minute. Deck is cool but I threw too many games and paired too many Alakazam. Shoutout to @LostZoneKitchen @88Cardhouse @DragonShield for the sponsors and @ClarkePTCG for doing bad too.

T256 in Utrecht 🇳🇱 w/ Lucario 🥊🥊 S/O @88Cardhouse for the support 💯 40 660/X 🌉 MU’s ⬇️

Top 4 in Utrecht with @pokehawkeye’s hammer list! Was quite a misadventure with a missed flight and lost luggage but we made it! Thanks to: - @88Cardhouse and team for support - @rowan_stavenow for coaching - @KianNakano @SaumitTcg for patiently answering all my deck and meta thoughts - @PokeBaughn for the 🔨🔨🔨🔨 - @LynnOono and family for being our crazy travel partners and for our care package when all our luggage was lost - @DuelSpecTCG for the best sleeves Next up, Indianapolis! #playpokemon

Late post. Ethan finished 20th at LA with Pult Dundunsparce. Lost the win & in for cut, but learned a lot through the run. 70% of his rounds were Pult variants! Thanks to @88Cardhouse, @DuelSpecTCG and @rowan_stavenow for the support. On to the next one!