On November 15, 2025, Cutoff Crafts is taking over the whole Rathdrum Lions Club building with a Pokemon Winter Celebration! With exclusive games, vendors, trading, contests, and giveaways, this event will be the Pokemon Celebration of the year! Get ready to Catch em All as we transverse the different regions with trivia, battles, and more!
How does a Cutoff Crafts Pokemon Celebration work?
This is an all day event with a ton of fun, games, and prizes!
Starting at 9am, we open the Rathdrum Lions Club doors, and our celebration will begin! Trainers can trade cards, enjoy tons of Pokemon activities, play games, buy merch from the vendors, enjoy the pokemon music, and more! Throughout the day, Cutoff Crafts will be giving away over $500 worth of Pokemon Cards, prizes, and more! So be sure to stick around and enjoy the festivities!
Trainers will be able to conduct Pokemon card trades with fellow fans; all you have to do is bring your trade binder and see who else wants to trade! Please be sure to be fair with your trades as we are not responsible for trades made.
We will also have tables filled with Pokemon activities including coloring pages! All of our activities are free to make and take home!
For the shoppers who seek some special pokemon items and cards, we will have a couple vendors. These vendors will be selling some cool Pokemon items including sealed merch, singles, Loungefly bags, and more!
Our celebration will be hosting games throughout the day where Pokemon fans can play to try and win awesome cards and promo cards (see games below)! These games are often Cutoff Crafts exclusive games, meaning they were invented by the Geeky owners of Cutoff Crafts. Most of the games are free to play! There is no schedule or time when the games will be played. Simply be there when we announce the game and register to play! The only game that has a time and charge is the Pokemon Pack Battle Tournament, which tarts at 2pm.
GAMES
Game 1: Find the Pikachu
We place over 500 cards face down on a table. There is one Pikachu card in the lot. Players will circle the table with one hand behind their back. When Ahsoka yells, "Find that Pikachu!", the players will begin turning cards around trying to find the Pikachu. If the card is not a Pikachu it is placed face down back in the pile. The person who finds the Pikachu yells, "Pikachu!" That person wins an amazing Pikachu card! All other players get to pick one card from the pile to keep as a prize for playing.
Game 2: Find the Energy
Cutoff Crafts will place several energy cards face down on a table. Players will circle the table with one hand behind their back. When Ahsoka yells, "Gotta Catch Them All!", players will start turning over cards. Their goal is to be the first to collect 9 different Energy cards. When they collect all 9 energy cards, the raise their hand and shout, "Caught them all!" The winner walks away with a promo card!
Game 3: Who's in the Pokeball? (Sponsored by Curated Gems)
At the beginning of the day, we will show everyone a pokeball. Inside is a Pokémon card donated by Curated Gems. Players will be given a chance throughout the day to guess the Pokémon inside the ball. Occasionally, we will give hints about the Pokemon in the pokeball and allow players to make another guess. This game will continue until someone guesses the Pokémon inside. The person who guesses correctly wins the card inside!
Game 4: Name That Pokemon
Name That Pokemon is a game where players have a chance to win a fun reverse holo, holo, or cool art card! Michelle will provide a word scramble, first and last letter, or other word puzzles players have to solve. The person with the most correct answers at the end of the game wins the first place prize card! We will also have a second and third place prize card! Must be present to win!
Game 5: Don't Say Pokeball
This game is simple, Ahsoka and Michelle cannot say "Pokeball". If we say it, the first person to raise their hand and call us out gets a random Pokeball sticker. Players must collect different Pokeball stickers to win a prize! The more you collect the better the prize!
In order to play: Make a purchase at our booth and receive the Pokeball Card. Then start listening and collecting.
Game 6: Investigation (Sponsored by The Bat and Hatchet)
Investigation is a fun game to discover some cool merchandise at The Bat and Hatchet booth. We will give each player a sheet of paper. On this piece of paper write your name and three pokemon that you see at The Bat and Hatchet booth. Once filled out, hand the sheet to a Cutoff Crafts Geek. We will place it in a drawing Pokeball. At the end of the day, we will draw one sheet of paper. The name we draw wins a Loungefly Pokemon Wallet (SRP: $25.00) provided by The Bat and Hatchet!
Game 7: Trivia
Michelle, Cutoff Crafts resident Pokemon geek, will have 100+ trivia cards. Throughout the day she will ask these trivia questions. If you get the answer right, you win a Pokemon card! This is fun for all and could include "Who's that Pokemon" as seen in the animated series!
Game 8: Team Rocket Battles
Each Pokemon fan will receive three energy cards when they arrive: 1 fire, 1 water, and 1 grass. Every now and then, Team Rocket will show their evil hand and battle a random player.
How to battle
- Each player will secretly select an energy.
- On the count of 3, each player shows their energy card
- If the Team Rocket energy card beats the players energy card, Team Rocket will keep the players energy card played
- If the player wins the battle, the player gets to take a random pokemon card from Team Rocket!
- If a player runs out of energy cards, they can visit the Pokemon Center to get another set of energy cards for $5.
- We will also have the option for players to buy a Fairy Energy card. The Fairy Energy is spent fighting off Team Rocket's wicked ways. (The player hands over the Fairy Energy Card). Victorious, the player gets to choose a Pokemon card they wish to rescue from the villainous Team Rocket! This means, it isn't random!
What energy will win in battle:
- Fire beats Grass
- Grass beats Water
- Water beats Fire
- Fairy fights off Team Rocket for an Instant Win
Game 9: Coloring Page Contest
We will also be hosting a coloring page contest! There will be one winner per category. Each winner will receive a Japanese Booster Pack!
The categories are by age:
- 4-12,
- 13-17,
- and 18+
The winner will be announced at the end of the day and you must be present to win.
Game 10: Pokemon Pack Battle Tournament
Our Pokemon Pack Battle Tournament is a special game for all the Pokemon fans. This game requires a ticket to play. Tickets can be purchased here!
How this works:
- Purchase a Cutoff Crafts' Pack Battle Tournament Entry Ticket. Every Battler needs a ticket.
- Come to our Pokémon Winter Celebration.
- At 2pm we will start checking tickets and preparing for the Pack Battle Tournament! All players must be checked in and ready to battle by 2:29pm. The Battle will start at 2:30pm!
Cutoff Crafts will supply the packs for each battle.
How to play Cutoff Crafts' Pack Battle Tournament:
- Players will sit across or next to each other.
- A member of Cutoff Crafts will give each player a pack. Packs will start with Trick or Trades and could increase in value with each round. The final battle will feature a Prismatic Evolutions pack. (Packs are subject to change)
- Once a member of Cutoff Crafts says "Battle", players will rip open their packs and display their cards. A member of Cutoff Crafts will decide who is the winner using a ranking sheet we will have available. The player with the top card wins the battle and moves onto the next round. The player who did not win, steps away. All players keep the cards they open. Yes, that means if you pull a crazy $1000 card, it is yours.
- The next round will be the same. Players will face off with a sealed pack of Pokémon cards. This will continue until one player remains. The last remaining player will be declared the Winning Battler and receive The Grand Prize!
The Grand prize is a Near Mint 2016 M Charizard EX card and a Charizard Card Holder Statue!
To make this pack battle even more epic, the Prize Pool will increase as more people join! Each level reached adds a new item to the prize pool! So share and buy your tickets ASAP to see how many levels we hit! You can also watch the tracker below to see what prizes will be added!
Possible Prizes added to the Pokemon Pack Battle Tournament are:
Level 1: Promo Card - Cutoff Crafts will add a Cosmic Promo Card to the prize pool!
Level 2: Japanese Pack - Cutoff Crafts will add one random Japanese Booster Pack to the prize pool!
Level 3: Charizard Tin - Cutoff Crafts will add a Charizard Pencil tin to the prize pool. The tin comes sealed with two booster packs!
Level 4: MewTwo EX Box - Cutoff Crafts will add a Destined Rivals MewTwo EX sealed Box to the prize pool. This contains two promo cards, a large promo card, and 4 booster packs inside!
Level 5: Surprise! - Cutoff Crafts will be adding a HUGE SURPRISE to the prize pool! If we reach 200 players, Cutoff Crafts will add a Sealed Pokemon Center Mega ETB!
This means if we reach Level 5, one winner will take home:
- One 2016 M Charizard Card
- One Charizard Statue
- One cosmic promo card
- One Japanese pack
- One Charizard Tin
- One MewTwo EX Box
- One Pokemon Center Mega ETB!
That is over $500 in prizes to one lucky winner!!!
NOTE: due to the Pokemon Market, the cost per item is subject to change according to the market. Cutoff Crafts will not be responsible for the decrease or increase in price. We are simply stating an estimate. No cash or other items will be given for a loss or gain in market value.
From games to activities, our Pokemon Winter Celebration will be the talk of the region! It will be a must hit event for many chances to win epic prizes! We can't wait to see you there on Nov 15, 2025 from 9am-3:30pm!
Gotta Catch em All!
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