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The Upper Deck Company, LLC

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legal form LLC
founding 1988
Seat Carlsbad , California ,United StatesUnited States
Branch Trading cards
Website www.upperdeck.com

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Upper Deck , founded in 1988, is a US trading card manufacturer and the world's largest manufacturer of sports trading cards.

Trading card games (TCG) and some series of non-playable trading cards are sold under the name Upper Deck Entertainment ( UDE for short ) . The most famous trading card games from Upper Deck Entertainment were Konami's Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG , until Konami ended their collaboration in December 2008 because of counterfeit cards by Upper Deck, the World of Warcraft TCG , which has been published by Cryptozoic Entertainment since mid-2010, and the VS. System , a TCG based on the superhero comics from Marvel and DC Comics. In December 2008

Other trading card games are e.g. B. "Avatar - The Last Airbender" (for the cartoon series of the same name ), the Shaman King TCG, Pirates of the Caribbean TCG, Gridiron, WinX Club TCG and the Bratz TCG.

Organized play

Upper Deck Entertainment hosts many trading card game tournaments around the world. In addition, there are hobby leagues that are held in the form of small tournaments in various toy stores or in shops specializing in TCGs (trading card games, trading card games) and role-playing games (so-called hobby shops).

For the Yu-Gi-Oh! Collectible card game these were:

  • The Road to Nationals consists of Shop Championships, City Championships, Regional Championships, Open Qualifiers, National Championships.
  • European Championships.
  • World Championships (together with Konami).
  • Summer Cup.
  • Winter cup.
  • Pharaoh Tour, consisting of Pharaoh Challenges, Pharaoh Cups, Pharaoh Arenas, Pharaoh Tour and a transnational Pharaoh Tour Final in December.
  • Fortune Tour, which did not take place as planned due to the legal dispute with Konami.

For the World of Warcraft TCG these are:

  • The dark moon fair.

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