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Pokemon TCG League Challenge — TCS Rockets

Name: Pokemon TCG League Challenge — TCS Rockets
Start: 2026-08-01T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-08-01T17:00:00-07:00
Location: 7626 Miramar Rd Suite 3900, San Diego, CA 92126

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In 7 days · Saturday, August 1, 2026

10:00 AM PDT – 5:00 PM PDT

7626 Miramar Rd Suite 3900, San Diego, CA 92126

$5 entry

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The deck you bring in August is a diary. Every card in it is a decision you made because of something that happened in April — a set release, a regional result, a matchup that beat you for months until you finally found the answer. By late summer the San Diego scene has adapted and re-adapted so many times that a League Challenge stops being a casual afternoon and becomes an honest accounting of the work.

That is what this is. The August meta has settled and unsettled itself enough that the players who kept grinding all summer have something real to show, and this is where they show it. Come with the list you have been building toward since spring and find out where it puts you in the standings. The San Diego competitive Pokemon community gathers for these, and the room reads the same every time — trades between rounds, quiet workshopping, someone explaining why a tech choice is correct.

$5 entry. August 1st at TCS Rockets, 7626 Miramar Rd, San Diego. See tcsrockets.com for the format and registration.

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