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Pokemon TCG League Challenges – May 3rd and May 8th at AU

April 22nd, 2025

May league challenges at AU! May 3rd at Holmes and May 8 at blue bell!

Pokemon TCG League Challenges

Saturday, May 3rd at AU Holmes
Thursday, May 8th at AU Blue Bell

We’re holding  Pokemon TCG League Challenges at Alternate Universes Holmes on Saturday, May 3rd, at Alternate Universes Blue Bell on Thursday, May 8th! League Challenges are the lowest level of Pokemon TCG Championship Series Events, wherein players of any skill level vie to earn Championship Points. Once a player has earned enough Championship Points, they qualify for the Pokemon TCG World Championships!

On top of Championship Points, players at our League Challenge will also win store credit based on overall attendance! Store credit is redeemable at any of our three locations

Sat. May 3rd

Alternate Universes Holmes
MacDade Plaza
2129 MacDade Blvd
Holmes, PA 19043

Registration opens: 1 pm
Tournament begins: 2 pm

Thurs. May 8th

Alternate Universes Blue Bell
Whitpain Shopping Center
1510 Dekalb Pike
Blue Bell, PA 19422

Registration opens: 5:30 pm
Tournament starts: 6:30 pm

Entry fee: $10

Format: Standard
Swiss style; best-of-1 matches; 30-minute rounds; no Top Cut; the number of rounds will be determined by overall attendance.

PRIZES
On top of Championship Points, top finishers will win store credit based on overall attendance! Store credit is awarded on an AU gift card, and is redeemable at any AU location.

Placement – Championship Points – Kicker (# of participants)
1st – 15 – 0
2nd – 12 – 0
3rd & 4th – 10 – 0
5th-8th – 8 – 21
9th-16th – 6 – 48
17th-32nd – 4 – 80

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Pokemon League Cup Day – Sat. May 10th at AU Holmes

April 9th, 2025

Pokemon League Cup Day
Saturday, May 10th @
Alternate Universes Holmes

We are holding 3 different Pokemon League Cups on Saturday May 10th at Alternate Universes Holmes! We are holding League cups for the Pokemon Trading Card Game, Video Game, and Pokemon Go! League Cups are Pokemon TCG Championship Series Events that are a step up from League Challenges, wherein players of any skill level vie to earn Championship Points. Once a player has earned enough Championship Points, they qualify for the Pokemon TCG World Championships!

Alternate Universes Holmes
MacDade Plaza
2129 MacDade Blvd
Holmes, PA 19043

Pokemon Trading Card Game

Top Cut will be Top 8 if there are 21 or more players in that division. Otherwise it will be Top 4.

Entry fee: $20 Masters; $10 Juniors and Seniors
Juniors and Seniors each get 2 booster packs for entering!
All players will receive a pack of Prize Pack Series 6 with their entry!

Registration opens: 11 am
Tournament starts: Noon

Format: Standard
Swiss style, best-of-1 matches; Top Cut playoffs are best-2-of-3 matches
Top Cut will be Top 8 if there are 21 or more players in that division. Otherwise it will be Top 4.

PRIZES
(Masters)
The winner in each division will also win a Pokemon League Cup Playmat!
$20 Store Credit will be added to the prize pool per entrant! Top finishers will win store credit based on attendance!

*NEW* If we have at least 30 players, top 9-16th will each get $10 Store Credit!

Store credit is awarded on an AU gift card, and is usable at any AU location.

(Juniors & Seniors)
The winner in each division will also win a Pokemon League Cup Playmat!
Each junior and senior player who enters gets 2 booster packs just for playing.
Top finishers will win more booster packs based on division attendance (1 packs added to the prize pool per player in respective division).

Pokemon Video Game League Cup

This event uses the CURRENT REGULATION team legalities!

Top Cut will be Top 8 if there are 21 or more players in that division. Otherwise it will be Top 4.

Entry fee: $20 Masters;  $5 Junior and Senior
All players will receive Prize Pack Series 6 with their entry!

Registration opens: 1 pm
Tournament starts: 2 pm

Team Lists are Required! Print yours here!

Top Cut will be Top 8 if there are 21 or more players in that division. Otherwise it will be Top 4.

PRIZES
$20 Store Credit will be added to the prize pool per entrant! Top finishers will win store credit based on attendance!

Jr and Seniors Will Each get a pack of Pokemon TCG just for playing! There will be no additional prizes.

Store credit is awarded on an AU gift card, and is usable at any AU location.

Pokemon Go League Cup

Registration opens: 2 pm
Tournament starts: 3 pm

Entry fee: $10

Format: Great League
Swiss style; best-of-3 matches; 30-minute rounds; Top Cut if there is enough players; the number of rounds will be determined by overall attendance.

PRIZES
On top of Championship Points, top finishers will win store credit based on overall attendance! Store credit is awarded on an AU gift card, and is redeemable at any AU location.

Placement – Championship Points – Kicker (# of participants)
1st – 50 – 0
2nd – 40 – 0
3rd & 4th – 32 – 0
5th-8th – 25 – 21
9th-16th – 20 – 48
17th-32nd – 16 – 80
33rd-64th – 13 – 128
Best Finish Limit: 6
Play! Points: 1

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Pokemon TCG Destined Rivals Prereleases – 5/17, 5/18, 5/24 & 5/25 at Alternate Universes

April 29th, 2025

Pokemon Destined Rivals Sealed Prereleases May 17th, 18th, 24th & 25th @ AU

Pokémon TCG Destined Rivals Prerelease Tournaments
Sat. 5/17 & Sat. 5/24 @ AU Holmes
Sat. 5/17, Sun. 5/24 & Sun. 5/25 @ AU Blue Bell
Sun. 5/18 & Sun. 5/25 @ AU Wilmington

There are a limited number of spots at each event!
📢 YOU MUST PLAY ALL 3 ROUNDS TO GET THE ADDITIONAL 3 PACKS! 📢

Preregister online using the links below!

Preregister at AU Holmes Sat. 5/17
Preregister at AU Holmes Sat. 5/24

Preregister at AU Blue Bell Sat. 5/17
Preregister at AU Blue Bell Sat. 5/24
Preregister at AU Blue Bell Sun. 5/25

Preregister at AU Wilmington Sun. 5/18
Preregister at AU Wilmington Sun. 5/25

We’re holding Pokemon TCG Prerelease Tournaments for Scarlet & Violet: Destined Rivals, the newest set in the latest series of Pokemon TCG expansions! Join us May 17th and 24th at AU Holmes; May 17th, 24th, and 25th at AU Blue Bell; and May 18 and 25th at AU Wilmington!

Pokemon Prereleases are non-competitive tournaments open to all ages. As a thank-you for playing in our Prerelease Tournaments, each player gets an additional 3 Destined Rivals booster packs when you are done playing in the event! So in total, you get 7 Destined Rivals packs! You MUST play all 3 rounds to get the 3 additional packs!

If you do not show up for your event, we will give your spot to someone else, even if you preregistered. You will be refunded your entry fee. Please make sure to arrive on time!

Entry: $30
For entering, each player gets a Destined Rivals Build & Battle Box to build a deck and play for 3 rounds.

Alternate Universes Holmes

Sat. 5/17
20 player limit
Deckbuilding begins: 2 pm

Sat. 5/24
10 player limit
Deckbuilding begins: 2 pm

Alternate Universes Blue Bell

Sat. 5/17
36 player limit
Deckbuilding begins: 3 pm

Sat. 5/24
20 player limit
Deckbuilding begins: 3 pm

Sun. 5/25
30 player limit
Deckbuilding begins: 2 pm

Alternate Universes Wilmington

Sun. 5/18
25 player limit
Deckbuilding begins: 1 pm

Sun. 5/25
25 player limit
Deckbuilding begins: 1 pm

Each Destined Rivals Build & Battle Box includes:
4x Destined Rivals booster packs
A 40-card ready-to-play deck, including 1 of 4 unique foil promo cards
A code card for Pokémon TCG Live

Don’t miss your chance to get the next expansion of Pokemon cards before the set’s official release at AU on May 30th!

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Pokemon TCG League Cup – Sat. May 31st at AU Blue Bell

April 21st, 2025

Pokemon TCG League Cup at AU Blue Bell on May 31!

Pokemon League Cup Day
Saturday, May 31st @
Alternate Universes Blue Bell

We are holding a Pokemon Trading Card Game League Cup on Saturday May 31st at Alternate Universes Blue Bell! League Cups are Pokemon TCG Championship Series Events that are a step up from League Challenges, wherein players of any skill level vie to earn Championship Points. Once a player has earned enough Championship Points, they qualify for the Pokemon TCG World Championships!

Alternate Universes Blue Bell
Whitpain Shopping Center
1510 Dekalb Pike
Blue Bell, PA 19422

We are awarding at least $1,000 store credit total to the Top 8 Masters Division players! Players also win Championship Points based on their final placement (see chart at the bottom of this post).

PRIZE SCALING: When we reach 34 Master players, we will add $30 store credit to their Top 8 prize pool for each additional player! For example, if we get 45 Master players, we’ll add $330 store credit to the Masters prize pool!
*NEW* If we have at least 30 players, top 9-16th will each get 4 packs!

Top Cut will be Top 8 if there are 21 or more players in that division. Otherwise it will be Top 4.

Entry fee: $30 Masters; $10 Juniors and Seniors
Juniors and Seniors each get 2 booster packs for entering!
All players will receive a pack of Prize Pack Series 6 with their entry!

Registration opens: 11 am
Tournament starts: Noon

Format: Standard
Swiss style, best-of-1 matches; Top Cut playoffs are best-2-of-3 matches
Top Cut will be Top 8 if there are 21 or more players in that division. Otherwise it will be Top 4.

PRIZES
(Masters)
The winner in each division will also win a Pokemon League Cup Playmat!
If there at least 20 players:
1st Place: $400 store credit
2nd Place: $200 store credit
3rd & 4th Place: $100 store credit each
5th-8th Place: $50 store credit each
*NEW* If we have at least 30 players, top 9-16th will each get $15 Store Credit!

Store credit is awarded on an AU gift card, and is usable at any AU location.

(Juniors & Seniors)
The winner in each division will also win a Pokemon League Cup Playmat!
Each junior and senior player who enters gets 2 booster packs just for playing.
Top finishers will win more booster packs based on division attendance (1 packs added to the prize pool per player in respective division).

 

Placement – Championship Points – Kicker (# of participants)
1st – 50 – 0
2nd – 40 – 0
3rd & 4th – 32 – 0
5th-8th – 25 – 21
9th-16th – 20 – 48
17th-32nd – 16 – 80
33rd-64th – 13 – 128
Best Finish Limit: 6
Play! Points: 1

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Pokemon Prismatic Evolutions Release Info at Alternate Universes

January 10th, 2025

Pokemon Prismatic Evolutions Release Info at Alternate Universes

Pokemon Prismatic Evolutions
Release Raffle Info

Pokemon Prismatic Evolutions release weekend is January 17th-19th. Please read the following info about our release!

As you may know, demand for the upcoming Pokemon set Prismatic Evolutions is extremely high. Due to this, our product allocations have been very low. We want to make sure everyone has a fair chance to get some of the new set, without the need for showing up early or camping out at our store.

Instead of putting out products for sale on launch day, we are raffling off the chance to buy one of the following products at MSRP:

Prismatic Evolutions Elite Trainer Box – MSRP: $49.99 – 10 to raffle at each store (30 total)
Prismatic Evolutions Binder Collection – MSRP: $29.99 – 6 to raffle at each store (18 total)
Prismatic Evolutions Poster Collection – MSRP: $14.99 – 12 to raffle at each store (36 total)
Prismatic Evolutions Tech Sticker Collection MSRP: $14.99 – 12 to raffle at each store (36 total)

This is our entire allocation of Prismatic Evolutions. We won’t have any more until the next product release.

Here is a breakdown of how this will work:

1. Come to your local AU during release weekend, January 17th-19th, and enter our raffle. Each person may enter only once at each store.

2. Raffle winners will be selected on Monday 1/20. Winners will be alerted by email if they have won and which product they are selected to buy.

3. Winners will have until end of day on 1/27 to buy their item. Anything not purchased by that time will be re-raffled!

No Alternate Universes staff are eligible to win this raffle.

Thank you, and good luck!

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