{"id":9422,"date":"2016-02-25T20:36:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T01:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=9422"},"modified":"2016-02-25T20:38:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T01:38:00","slug":"toysrus-giving-away-free-pokemon-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2016\/02\/toysrus-giving-away-free-pokemon-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Toys&#8221;R&#8221;Us Giving Away Free Pok\u00e9mon Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toys&#8221;R&#8221;Us in Canada is celebrating 20 years of Pok\u00e9mon with FREE TCG card giveaways, starting with this Saturday. People who show up at their local <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toysrus.ca\/shop\/index.jsp?categoryId=3373022\" target=\"_blank\">Toys&#8221;R&#8221;Us<\/a> store can get a free Pikachu foil card from the Pok\u00e9mon TCG: Generations expansion! There are a maximum of 250 per store, but this is just the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>About once a month through September you can add another Pok\u00e9mon card to your collection from Toys&#8217;R&#8217;Us. Check out the full list of cards and dates below!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>February 27th (Pokemon Day) \u2013 Pikachu Character Card <\/li>\n<li>March 19th \u2013 Tangela Character Card <\/li>\n<li>April 23rd \u2013 Magikarp Character Card <\/li>\n<li>May 21st \u2013 Geodude Character Card <\/li>\n<li>June 18th \u2013 Clefairy Character Card <\/li>\n<li>July 16th \u2013 Pontya Character Card <\/li>\n<li>August 20th \u2013 Meowth Character Card <\/li>\n<li>September 17th \u2013 Slowpoke Character Card <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/pokemon_20.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9120\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/pokemon_20-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"pokemon_20\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/pokemon_20-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/pokemon_20.jpg 642w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toys&#8221;R&#8221;Us in Canada is celebrating 20 years of Pok\u00e9mon with FREE TCG card giveaways, starting with this Saturday. People who show up at their local Toys&#8221;R&#8221;Us store can get a free Pikachu foil card from the Pok\u00e9mon TCG: Generations expansion! There are a maximum of 250 per store, but this is just the beginning. About [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[21,1530,75],"tags":[125],"class_list":["post-9422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-3ds","category-nintendo-switch","category-nintendo-wii-u","tag-pokemon"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pokemon_toysrus.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-2rY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6938,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2015\/02\/do-you-want-to-become-a-pokemon-trading-card-game-illustrator\/","url_meta":{"origin":9422,"position":0},"title":"Do you want to Become a Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game Illustrator?","date":"February 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Pok\u00e9mon Company International and Nintendo have announced a new contest for Pok\u00e9mon fans. The companies are inviting Pok\u00e9mon fans and budding illustrators to enter an international Pok\u00e9mon Art Academy Competition using the Pok\u00e9mon Art Academy game. The game is of course available exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS. The competition\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/art_academy_pokemon_wide.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11276,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2016\/12\/meloetta-the-final-pokemon-for-pokemon20\/","url_meta":{"origin":9422,"position":1},"title":"Meloetta the final Pok\u00e9mon for #Pokemon20","date":"December 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Pok\u00e9mon 20th celebration is heading toward its big finish in December. This month, the Melody Pok\u00e9mon Meloetta takes the stage with digital distribution, a special promo card box, and more. Meloetta is being distributed digitally via Nintendo Network thru December 24th for Pok\u00e9mon Omega Ruby, Pok\u00e9mon Alpha Sapphire, Pok\u00e9mon\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Nintendo 3DS&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/pokemon_meloetta.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9545,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2016\/03\/pokken-tournament-launches-this-friday\/","url_meta":{"origin":9422,"position":2},"title":"Pokk\u00e9n Tournament Launches this Friday","date":"March 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The release of Pokk\u00e9n Tournament is nearly here, with the game hitting store shelves in North America this Friday. This finally brings the high-definition game play and over-the-top action to never-before-seen battles between some of the most recognizable Pok\u00e9mon characters. Pokk\u00e9n Tournament is of course a collaboration between The Pok\u00e9mon\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Nintendo Wii U&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/pokken_tournament.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4210,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2013\/12\/exclusive-nintendo-2ds-pokemon-x-and-y-bundles-coming\/","url_meta":{"origin":9422,"position":3},"title":"Exclusive Nintendo 2DS Pok\u00e9mon X and Y Bundles Coming","date":"December 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Starting December 6th there will be two special editions of the Nintendo 2DS hardware which will come packaged with Pok\u00e9mon X or Y pre-installed. The two bundle options will be exclusive to specific retailers and only for a limited time. Target will offer an exclusive bundle that includes the Pok\u00e9mon\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Nintendo 3DS&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/2ds_pokemon_bundles.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1932,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2013\/03\/new-pikachu-3ds-xl-launches-march-24th\/","url_meta":{"origin":9422,"position":4},"title":"New Pikachu 3DS XL Launches March 24th","date":"March 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Nintendo officially announced today that there will be another member to the 3DS XL family in two weeks. Pok\u00e9mon fans will get a jolt of excitement when Nintendo releases the Pikachu Edition Nintendo 3DS XL on March 24th. The bold yellow Nintendo 3DS XL hardware features the familiar outline of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Nintendo 3DS&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/3ds_pikachu.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13333,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2018\/04\/impressions-detective-pikachu\/","url_meta":{"origin":9422,"position":5},"title":"IMPRESSIONS: Detective Pikachu","date":"April 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Detective Pikachu is a nice change of pace from the mainline Pok\u00e9mon games, and more in line with what I want in a Pok\u00e9mon side game. In the game you take control of a kid named Tim Goodman who has come to Ryme City in search of a detective. But\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Nintendo 3DS&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/detective_pikachu.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9422"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9426,"href":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9422\/revisions\/9426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}