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Play! Pokémon Retail Prerelease Program

Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield—Vivid Voltage Prerelease

Reservation window: August 3 - 21 Ordering window opens: August 26

Valid Prerelease Window: October 31 – November 8 Early Release Starts: November 9

Street Date: November 13

US-Based OP Retail Team playpokemon@pokemon.com

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Play! Pokémon Retail Prerelease Program Contents Play! Pokémon Retail Prerelease Program Contents .............................................................................. 2

1. General Information ....................................................................................................................... 3

1.1. The Prerelease Program ............................................................................................................. 3

1.2. Prerelease Program Eligibility .................................................................................................... 3

1.3. Prerelease Kits, Allocation, and Shipping ................................................................................... 3

1.4. The Early Release Program ......................................................................................................... 4

2. Reservation ..................................................................................................................................... 4

2.1. Reservation Process ................................................................................................................... 4

2.2. Reservation Information ............................................................................................................ 4

3. Ordering and Sales .............................................................................................................................. 5

3.1. Ordering Process ........................................................................................................................ 5

3.2. Sales and Prerelease Window .................................................................................................... 5

4. Prerelease Kit Contents and Use ......................................................................................................... 6

4.1. Kit Contents ................................................................................................................................ 6

4.2. Distributing Kit Contents ............................................................................................................ 6

4.3. STAFF Promo Cards .................................................................................................................... 7

5. Sanctioning ........................................................................................................................................ 7

5.1. Requirements to Sanction .......................................................................................................... 7

A. Appendix ............................................................................................................................................ 8

Reservation Form Links by Region ...................................................................................................... 8

Prerelease Kit Allocation Chart ........................................................................................................... 8

Participating Resellers ......................................................................................................................... 9

STAFF Promo Allocation Chart .......................................................................................................... 10

References ........................................................................................................................................ 10

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1. General Information 1.1. The Prerelease Program

Pokémon Prerelease tournaments are available to qualified locations that are located in a game store or hobby shop, are currently running a Pokémon League, and have an active Professor who is a certified Organizer in good standing. Your League will need to show consistent and accurate League activity each month to be considered for approval.

Please Note: There are changes only applicable to Sword & Shield—Vivid Voltage Prerelease, none of these changes will impact future eligibility or allocation negatively.

1.2. Prerelease Program Eligibility

Due to the current situation surrounding the 2020 Pokémon Championship Series there will be temporary changes to our eligibility.

To be eligible for Sword & Shield—Vivid Voltage Prerelease, your League must have been eligible for April Prerelease: Sword & Shield—Rebel Clash.

If you were not eligible for the April Prerelease: Sword & Shield—Rebel Clash, you will be deemed ineligible and your reservation will be denied.

As our 2020 Pokémon Championship Series is cancelled, we will not require you to sanction a Prerelease event. The Prerelease Window is only to reference when you may being selling Build & Battle Boxes.

1.3. Prerelease Kits, Allocation, and Shipping One Prerelease Kit includes 10 Build & Battle Boxes (each of which includes a promo card), a booster display containing 36 booster packs, and a Basic Energy Box containing 450 assorted Energy cards.

With the changes to our Sword & Shield—Vivid Voltage Prerelease, allocation of these kits will be based from your kit allocation for Sword & Shield—Rebel Clash. Please see the allocation breakdown in the Appendix section for more details. Please note that for this set, Prerelease kits must be purchased through, and will be shipped by, your chosen reseller.

Please make sure all shipping and contact information on your League Page is accurate, as this will be the address we use to ship your STAFF Promo cards. For information on Prerelease Kit content breakdown, please see Section 4.

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1.4. The Early Release Program

Your store is eligible for our Early Release Program and may freely sell your stock starting the Monday before street date (US, CA, MX only).

Eligibility:

Approved into Prerelease Program for current set. Participation in Prerelease for current Prerelease event. Failure to participate in Prerelease Program may lead to an impact on eligibility for

both Early Release and Prerelease Program.

You may freely sell your Sword & Shield—Vivid Voltage Prerelease set-related product on November 9, which is prior to the street date of November 13.

2. Reservation 2.1. Reservation Process

Reservations will be accepted only during the reservation window. Late requests will not be accepted.

Place a reservation for Prerelease Kits using the links in the Appendix. If you own multiple store locations, please place a separate reservation and a

separate order with your reseller for each store.

The approved list will be provided by Pokémon Organized Play to resellers for the Early Release Program, this information will help the reseller match your order.

2.2. Reservation Information

Information below is required no matter where your store is located.

Primary Contact Information o Primary contact’s name, email, phone number o Player ID

League and Venue Information o League ID o Store name o Shipping information

Reservation Information o Number of Prerelease Kits requested o Reseller

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3. Ordering and Sales 3.1. Ordering Process

Pokémon Organized Play will communicate information regarding your Prerelease Kit reservation to your chosen reseller, advising them to sell you the number of Sword & Shield – Vivid Voltage Prerelease Kits for which you have been approved and that you will be eligible for the Early Release Program Please check with your reseller to inquire about their ordering deadlines. Attempts to order toward the end of this window, or after, may result in the inability to participate in the Early Release Program. Prices, terms, and shipping details are all at the discretion of the reseller.

3.2. Sales and Prerelease Window

You may freely sell your Prerelease Kits no earlier than October 31, which aligns with our Prerelease window. Please feel free to sell these items online, and to ship no earlier than the designated Prerelease window. You will be able to promise your players product in their hands until October 31. Any violation of this may result in removal from the program. Please see the next section for details on distribution of Prerelease Kits when selling to players.

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4. Prerelease Kit Contents and Use 4.1. Kit Contents

Each Prerelease Kit includes:

1 Build & Battle Box Display: 10 Pokémon TCG Build & Battle Boxes* 1 Booster Display: 36 Pokémon TCG booster packs for prizing and Judge support 1 Basic Energy Box: 450 Pokémon TCG Energy cards

* Each Build & Battle Box includes:

23-card Evolution pack featuring key cards from current & prior expansions, including 1 of 4 alternate-art promo cards

4 booster packs 1 deck-building tip sheet

4.2. Distributing Kit Contents

The Booster Display is normally intended as prize support to be distributed to all players who completed the event; they would receive 3 additional booster packs as a participation prize at the conclusion of the tournament. Prerelease kits will still include the Booster Display for you to use to drive your online sales of the Build & Battle Box instead. Consider ways to leverage 3 booster packs to sell each Build & Battle Box; although we advise you to follow the below distribution, you may modify your prize structure as you see fit. Each player receives:

1 Build & Battle Box 3 additional Booster Packs

If you are not keeping to the advised distribution and not including the Booster Packs with the sale of the Build & Battle Box, please make sure it is clear in your listing the contents that will be received with purchase. Players may be used to receiving the additional Booster Packs and may expect to have these items included in the purchase. Additional prizing beyond the boosters provided by Pokémon Organized Play is at the Organizer’s/store’s discretion.

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4.3. STAFF Promo Cards

STAFF promo cards will be shipped independently from your Prerelease Kit to the shipping address on your League Page. Each pack of STAFF promo cards will contain one of each design variation. Additional STAFF promos will not be provided, and requests for such will be disregarded.

Staff Promo Allocation will be based on the approved Prerelease Kit allocation; please see the allocation breakdown in the Appendix section for more details.

5. Sanctioning 5.1. Requirements to Sanction

Due to the current situation surrounding the 2020 Pokémon Championship Series, being approved for Sword & Shield – Vivid Voltage Prerelease will not require you to sanction a Prerelease event.

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A. Appendix Reservation Form Links by Region

You may place a reservation request for Prerelease Kits using the links below:

United States & Canada Click here if you are located in the United States or Canada.

Mexico Click here if you are located in Mexico.

Latin America Click here if you are located in Latin America.

Prerelease Kit Allocation Chart

The chart below details the maximum allocation you will receive for the Prerelease, which is based on your attendance from your previous events.

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Participating Resellers

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STAFF Promo Allocation Chart

References

The below tutorials can be found by following this link.

Pokémon Trainer Club Account Creation Tutorial Professor Program Tutorial League Application Tutorial Player ID Creation Tutorial

You can also find more information about Pokémon League Rules & Resources here.