Secret Santa Commander Assignments Have Been Issued! The first round of Secret Santa Commander assignments has officially gone out! Participants should check their Discord direct messages for their assigned recipient and deck-request sheet. Depending on the contact preference submitted during registration, some assignments were sent through email or text message instead. If you registered and cannot find your assignment, please contact Purple Dragon Games so we can make sure it reaches you. It is still not too late to join! Visit the MTG Game Center on our website and click the Secret Santa Commander banner. From there, you can purchase your ticket and submit the deck-request form that will help your Secret Santa build something suited to you. New participants will be added to the assignment circle as registrations arrive, so nobody needs to miss the fun. Secret Santa Commander gives every participant a mysterious assigned recipient for whom they will build a complete Commander deck. Your recipient is the person whose preferences you received, although a different participant will secretly be building a deck for you. This keeps the identities hidden and allows everyone to give and receive—even with an odd number of participants! Now that the assignments have been issued, the real fun begins. Deck makers can start hunting for a Commander, choosing colors, shaping a theme, and finding clever ways to bring their recipient’s request to life. Some players offered very specific inspiration, while others bravely wrote “Surprise me” and handed their Secret Santa nearly unlimited creative power. Remember that the completed deck must remain Commander-legal and stay within the event’s $40 deck-value limit. All gift decks must be completed and submitted to Purple Dragon Games by Friday, November 13 at 8:00 p.m. This deadline gives our staff time to review every deck before Game Day. We will check that each deck is complete, functional, Commander-legal, within budget, and reasonably balanced for the event. Please do not wait until the final evening if you can help it—we want enough time to work with you if the deck needs a small adjustment. We would also appreciate a few experienced Commander players willing to help review the completed decks. If you understand deck construction, power balance, and the difference between a fun interaction and something likely to make an entire pod quietly reconsider its life choices, please let us know! Staff will oversee the process and keep all Secret Santa information confidential. The requests are already giving us plenty to smile about. Somewhere out there, someone has been challenged to build around slimes. Another participant wants something spooky and chaotic, while another hopes for a combination of dragons, spooky surprises, and humor. We also spotted requests for graveyard play, gimmicky commanders, and even a friendly group-hug and politics deck. Several participants simply said, “Be creative,” “I will take anything,” or “Surprise me”—dangerous words to place in the hands of a Commander player! Your mission has arrived. Start brewing, keep your recipient’s identity secret, and prepare to give someone a Commander deck built especially for them. We cannot wait to see what everyone creates!

POKÉMON’S 30TH CELEBRATION ARRIVES WEDNESDAY… SUPPOSEDLY! Purple Dragon Games is celebrating the release of Pokémon TCG: 30th Celebration by doing something unusual: we are opening on Wednesday, September 16, even though Wednesdays are normally one of our closed days! The doors will open at noon, and we will be here for a few hours to sell the new anniversary products. There is, however, one tiny catch—our shipment is also scheduled to arrive on September 16. Yes. The product is supposed to arrive on the exact day we are supposed to sell it. We placed our order during the proper ordering window and allowed plenty of time for shipping, but somewhere along the journey, our boxes apparently encountered a wild Delay. This is nothing new between Purple Dragon Games and the mail service. At this point, delayed packages are simply recurring characters in our store’s story. The good news is that the shipment is marked for delivery Wednesday. Supposedly. Allegedly. According to the sacred tracking scroll. So, in good faith—and with perhaps more optimism than wisdom—we are opening our doors at noon. We fully expect the shipment to arrive and would prefer not to be standing behind an empty display case looking like fools while Pokémon chaos unfolds around us. But what can you do? It is Pokémon’s 30th anniversary. Sometimes you simply choose hope. If the shipment arrives as promised, we expect the first wave of Pokémon TCG: 30th Celebration products to include items such as Elite Trainer Boxes, Poster Collections, Tech Sticker Collections, Pokémon ex Boxes and smaller collections featuring special promotional cards. The exact selection will depend on what physically emerges from the delivery truck. Nothing is guaranteed until the boxes are safely inside the store and we have confirmed the contents with our own eyes. Why is this release such a big deal? Pokémon is celebrating 30 years with a special expansion built around the history of the Pokémon TCG. The set features an enormous foil-filled celebration, 30 different Pikachu cards, special artwork, anniversary treatments and a Classic Collection revisiting memorable cards from the game’s past. The booster packs are also only available inside special collection products, rather than being sold as ordinary individual packs. That makes every box part product, part anniversary souvenir and part treasure hunt. WHAT IS IT? The September 16 launch is only the first wave. Pokémon is releasing the anniversary products gradually instead of putting everything on shelves at once. This means Wednesday’s products may disappear quickly, and waiting for the next wave will not necessarily give you another chance at the same items. The second wave is currently scheduled for October 2. That release is expected to bring the 30th Celebration Booster Bundle, containing six booster packs, along with the Day & Night Mini Tins. The Mini Tins include booster packs, stickers and collectible artwork—and the complete group forms a larger anniversary design featuring Unown spelling out “ANNIVERSARY.” Later waves will bring even more surprises, including Espeon ex and Umbreon ex Battle Decks, premium Day and Night collections, Ditto, Mewtwo and Mew products, and the enormous anniversary Ultra-Premium Collections. The celebration is not arriving all at once. It will keep unfolding throughout the fall. But the first chapter begins Wednesday, September 16, at noon—assuming our delivery driver completes the quest. There are two possible endings: The shipment arrives, the case fills up and the products sell very quickly—so you will not want to wait. Or we all gather around an empty case, stare thoughtfully into the distance and watch the tracking page together. Either way, the doors will be open. You have been warned. The suspense builds.

HELLO, TRAINERS—BIG THINGS ARE HAPPENING! Our free monthly Play! Pokémon event has a brand-new name: Pocket Monster Adventure Camp! This month’s gathering has moved to Friday, September 18, from 4–8 PM. The relaxed play format and adventure challenges you enjoy are staying exactly the same. Admission is free, with prize packs and stickers available—just no pizza at Adventure Camp. POCKET MONSTER ADVENTURE CAMP Friday, September 18 | 4–8 PM Free entry, prize packs and stickers We’re also introducing Pokémon Showdown Night, a new monthly challenge series held on select Fridays and Saturdays! Admission is $10 per player and includes free pizza, prize packs, and special gameplay challenges built around friendly competition. UPCOMING SHOWDOWN NIGHTS Saturday, September 19 | 4–8 PM Saturday, September 26 | 4–8 PM Friday, October 9 | 4–8 PM Saturday, October 10 | 4–8 PM This is an experimental season for our Pokémon community—and you can help shape what happens next. Players have asked for more events, more weekend options, and bigger prize opportunities. Strong attendance and regular use of your Pokémon Player ID can help demonstrate that our local League is active and ready to grow, potentially opening the door to greater support and product opportunities. If you want more Pokémon at Purple Dragon Games, this is the moment to show it. Attend, use your Player ID, invite your friends, and spread the word. Let’s build the Pokémon community we’ve all been asking for! More dates and details:https://www.purpledragonhq.com/pokemon

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