WILMINGTON, DE - Thirteen year-old Ishaan Jagiasi has been was crowned the US national champion at the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) Senior division, in Indianapolis. Jagiasi, who will be going to the eighth grade this Fall, won a trophy, a scholarship award worth $5,000 for college, 500 championship points, Travel Award to the 2014 World Championship – to be held in Washington, DC, from Aug 15-17;
and a combination of 72 booster packs from the current Pokémon TCG expansion. Jagiasi, who was ranked 16th in the world before the national championships, is now considered one of the top contenders for the world championships. He won four national championships last year, and is considered a prodigy in the sport. The Pokémon Trading Card, abbreviated as PCG or Pokémon TCG is a collectible card game, based on the Pokémon video game series, first published in October 1996 by Media Factory in Japan. Jagiasi, who is an avid basketball and soccer play, and loves math, writing of his accomplishment winning the national championship, told the media, “It was an extremely tough tournament to make it through that took a lot of skill and effort, as well as luck.” He added: “After winning, I was so happy! I don’t know how else to describe the feeling. This was my 3rd Nationals, and I was finally able to get my big break. After coming down, I was greeted from all my friends which was the best feeling in the world, and I got to sign so many autographs. Also, after my interview for the rest of the day everyone said congrats, and it was honestly just awesome. I spent the rest of the day hanging out with my friends and played in Jason Klaczynski’s Base Set draft. This brought an end to one of the most fun Nationals ever! If anyone wants to watch my finals game, here is the link.”
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