Championship Arena (Nintendo Promo 28)

Championship Arena (Japanese: バトルロードスタジアム Battle Road Stadium) is a Stadium card. It is one of the Nintendo Black Star Promos.

Stadium

Championship Arena
バトルロードスタジアム Battle Road Stadium

	Nintendo Black Star Promotional print Illus. Ryo Ueda

English expansion	Nintendo Black Star Promos
English card no.	028
Japanese expansion	PCG-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no.	117/PCG-P

Japanese expansion	Unnumbered Promotional cards

Card text

This card stays in play when you play it. Discard this card if another Stadium card comes into play. If another card with the same name is in play, you can't play this card.

At the end of each player's turn, if that player has 8 or more cards in his or her hand, that player discards a number of cards until the player has 7 cards left in his or her hand.

Release information

This card was first released as one of the English Nintendo Black Star Promos with artwork by Ryo Ueda, and was given to competitors participating in the 2005 Pokémon World Championships. In Japan, this card was released as one of the PCG-P Promotional cards. It was awarded to participants of the Battle Road Stadium event, held at the regional Autumn 2005 Battle Road tournaments, who won a battle at the fourth Stage. The event comprised six stages: a competitor would play against others in Stages 1 through 5, and then against a Pokémon Card Laboratory employee at the Premium Stage. It was reprinted as an Unnumbered Promotional card in Japan with different artwork by the same artist, and was awarded to participants of the Battle Road Stadium DP event who won a battle at the Final Stage. This event comprised three stages: a competitor would play against others in Stages 1 and 2, and then against a Pokémon Card Laboratory employee at the Final Stage. Competitors had to win 2 straight battles to progress to Stage 2, and win a further 3 straight battles to progress to the Final Stage. The Battle Road Stadium DP event was held as part of the Pokémon Diamond & Pearl Battle Festa★2006, which took place at the Kobe International Exhibition Hall, Kobe on November 25 and 26, 2006; at Port Messe Nagoya, Nagoya on December 2 and 3, 2006; at the West Japan General Exhibition Center, Kitakyushu on December 9 and 10, 2006; and at Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama on December 16 and 17, 2006.

Gallery

Nintendo Black Star Promotional print
Illus. Ryo Ueda

Unnumbered Promotional print
Illus. Ryo Ueda

Trivia

Origin

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