Neopets Battledome Trading Card Game: Defenders of Neopia Becomes First Upper Deck Trading Card Game (TCG) To Release on e-Pack®

An exciting announcement for gamers today, as Upper Deck announced that trading card games (TCGs) are now available on the e-Pack® platform. Neopets Battledome Trading Card Game: Defenders of Neopia is the first TCG to release on e-Pack®, making it even easier than ever for fans and gamers to connect with the game. With today’s launch comes the ability to instantly purchase, open, and trade Neopets Battledome Trading Card Game: Defenders of Neopia cards at any time, from anywhere. Gamers will also be able to manage, view, and store collections online, or they may choose to have the physical cards shipped to them or transferred to The Authority. 

Neopets Battledome Trading Card Game: Defenders of Neopia purchased on Upper Deck e-Pack® will feature:  

–     8 cards per pack, 24 packs per box, 12 boxes per case

–     The 189-card (fractional) Common, Rare, and Codestone card set featuring Neopets, Equipment, Legends, Food, and more!

–     A variety of stunning color variants of 20 unique Neopets characters arriving in Red, Blue, Yellow, and Green

–     A plethora of Food, Legends, Potions, and Codestones to aid your Neopet in Battle! Use Paint Brushes to transform Neopets into their Rainbow Pool form.

–     Select Faeries and Legends cards, featured as Ultra Rare and Secret Rare variants, used to enhance your abilities and disrupt your opponent’s gameplan

–     1 Grundo Warehouse card per box (on average), featuring an in-game redeemable prize code for exclusive wearables on Neopets website

–     The opportunity to complete sets to earn exciting Upper Deck e-Pack® exclusive achievement cards

As Neopets Battledome Trading Card Game: Defenders of Neopia becomes the first Upper Deck trading card game to release on e-Pack®, fans and gamers can look forward to other Upper Deck TCGs releasing on the platform in the future, bringing even more flexibility and ways to interact with trading card games.

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COMPETE FOR $100K+ CASH PRIZE POOL IN NEWLY ANNOUNCED UPPER DECK RUSH OF IKORR TCG CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

Carlsbad, CA (Mar. 3, 2026) — Upper Deck, the worldwide leader in games, sports and entertainment collectibles, today announced an exciting new tournament centered around its original trading card game (TCG) Rush of Ikorr. At this year’s Gen Con (July 30–August 2, 2026), North America’s largest and longest-running gaming convention, fans and gamers will have the opportunity to compete for the 0K+ cash prize pool at the Rush of Ikorr TCG Championship Tournament. This tournament does not require participation in pre-qualification tournaments to enter and have a chance at the grand prize. 

“We’re incredibly proud of the innovation that Rush of Ikorr has brought to the TCG space as an exciting and fresh multi-player game, and as a part of our commitment to support players, we are excited to introduce our first Championship Tournament as well as other organized play opportunities,” said Jason Masherah, President of Upper Deck. 

The Rush of Ikorr TCG Championship Tournament will take place at Gen Con in Indianapolis from July 30 to August 2, 2026. To register, players must purchase both a Gen Con badge and a tournament event ticket through Gen Con’s website. Gen Con attendee badges are available for purchase now at gencon.com. Event tickets for the tournament are priced at and will be available for purchase on gencon.com starting at 12 PM EST on May 17. These tickets can only be purchased by those with a Gen Con badge. 

The tournament will feature a 3 vs. 3 format, with players required to register as a complete team of three. The playable card pool will feature Rush of Ikorr Act 1, which includes Shattered Chaos, Merciless Battlegrounds, and the upcoming Luminary Strike. The 0K+ cash prize pool breakdown is as follows: 

• First Place – ,000 (,000 per player) 

• Second Place – ,000 (,000 per player) 

• Third and Fourth Place – ,000 per team in each place (,000 per player) 

• Fifth through Eighth Place – ,300 per team in each place (,100 per player) 

Upper Deck also unveiled additional organized tournaments that will take place throughout the year, starting in March and running through the end of 2026. These events will offer participation prizes such as a Rush of Ikorr promo pack and themed playmat, as well as cash prizes with an average of ,000 per tournament. Currently, 13 events are planned in collaboration with Star City Games (SCG) CON, Pro-Play Games (PPG) Summit, and LVLUP Expo: 

More events will be added to the schedule throughout the year in collaboration with Upper Deck’s Certified Diamond Dealer (“CDD”) game shops. Players can visit their local shop to find more information. 

You can purchase Rush of Ikorr now at your local CDD game shop, GameStop, or UpperDeckStore.com. Learn more about the Rush of Ikorr TCG Championship Tournament, as well as other organized play events throughout 2026. Stay up to date on everything related to Rush of Ikorr in the official Upper Deck Discord server. Participation in the 2026 Rush of Ikorr Trading Card Game Championship Tournament is subject to the official rules located at my.upperdeck.com/100k-tournament (“Rules”). Failure to comply with the Rules will result in disqualification. 

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About Upper Deck: 

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All About Tokens

What is a Token?

At its simplest, a token is merely an item that represents something the game prescribes. In fact, you’ve probably already utilized this concept without even knowing it! For example, when champions in Rush of Ikorr are attacked, their health is reduced by attack stat of the attacking champion. However, since we can’t literally change the number that is printed on the card, players may use dice or cardboard damage counters. These items are tokens which represent damage! In Luminary Strike, we take this idea one step further with the addition of champion tokens!

Anatomy of a Champion Token

Let’s take a look at some examples of champion tokens that you might find in Luminary Strike.

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Let’s say hello to the Pus Demon! He probably looks a lot like the champions you are used to seeing. You can see his card type: token champion, loyalty: Maya, and trait: Demon. His attack: 2, health: 2, and raid: 1 are all listed on the bottom of the card. He even has a keyword: Swift. You can see that different champion tokens have different stats, abilities, and types. But there’s one key difference from normal champions: They have no influence cost listed. This is because champion tokens are not included in your deck.

But if you can’t put them in your deck and pay influence for them directly, then how do they get on the battlefield? You’re probably wondering…

Where do Champion Tokens Come From?

As tokens are merely a representation of what the game prescribes, champion tokens are not included in your 40-card deck. Rather, a player may include cards in their deck that create champion tokens during the course of play. Let’s take a look at an example of one such card.

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Ahalpuh, The Sinswell reads “DEATH — Summon two 2/2/1 aspectless Demon champion tokens with Swift named “Pus Demon”.

So, when your Ahalpuh, The Sinswell dies, you would put it into your graveyard and resolve its effect, putting two “Pus Demon” champion tokens with 2 attack, 2 health, 1 raid, and Swift onto the battlefield. Just as you have dice or damage counters waiting off to the side, ready for when you need them, you now can have a stack of champion tokens also ready to go! Just grab them and put them onto the battlefield whenever a card tells you to do so!

Where Can I Collect These Tokens?

Champion tokens can be found randomly inserted into Luminary Strike booster packs, replacing the influence card you would normally get from the pack. These tokens are great because they have standardized art and all the correct stats printed on the card. This helps to minimize confusion between players and keep track of the board state.

What if I Don’t Have Them?

Didn’t open any of the tokens you need? Not to worry! The good news is, anything can be a token, as long you communicate to all players what your item of choice is representing. You could use coins as tokens. You could use dice as tokens. You could use meatballs as tokens! (Ew.) You could even draw your very own! If you do, tag us at “@upperdeckent”! We would love to see what you came up with!

Rulings on Champion Tokens

Champion tokens do count towards your 6 champion limit total on the battlefield. If you would create one or more token champions when all six champions slots are occupied, no champion tokens will be created.

If an effect would have you create more champion tokens than you have available champion slots on the battlefield, instead create as many champion tokens as you have space for. For example, if an effect would have you create four champion tokens, but you only have 2 champions slots available on your battlefield, instead create 2 champion tokens.

Champion tokens can killed, retreated, or shuffled back into the deck. However, champion tokens cannot exist in a player’s graveyard, hand, or deck. Therefore, as soon as they would be placed in one of these zones, they are removed from the game instead. Effects that trigger on champion death, retreat, or being put into the deck will still trigger as normal, but champion tokens can only exist on the battlefield.

A champion token’s influence cost is always treated as 0 (zero).

In Summary

We hope that you now not only understand exactly how champion tokens will work in Rush of Ikorr but are excited to start creating decks that utilize them! The addition of champion tokens introduces a variety of new strategies to the game. Will you try to flood your board with an expendable army? Out value your opponents? We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

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