The Pokémon Dome (Japanese: ポケモンドーム Pokémon Dome) is an arena found exclusively in the Pokémon Trading Card Game and Pokémon Card GB 2. It is home to the Grand Masters, who must be defeated before the player can become champion.

Pokémon Trading Card Game

Lobby

The entrance of the Dome is accessible to all players whether or not they have acquired all eight of the Master Medals. It is a small wide room with red carpet, a PC, and six bookcases. Four of the bookcases contain information regarding the Legendary Cards, while the other two contain information about the Grand Masters, and the eight Master Medals.

Main Hall

After the player receives eight Master Medals from the Club Masters, they are granted access to this room. The main room of the Dome is the arena, which consists of the same red carpet as the previous room, but more notably, a large blue stage with a table in the middle. This is where the player battles all four of the Grand Masters, one after the other. After they have all been defeated, Ronald appears to challenge the player.

Hall of Honor

After the player defeats all of the Grand Masters and Ronald, the player is given access to the Hall of Honor, containing the Legendary Cards. The room is moderately sized and contains a floor with a golden finish. In the middle of the room is a device which protects the Legendary Cards. The player gets one of each card the first time they arrive here, but only one chosen at random the next time they defeat the Grand Masters. After receiving the Legendary Cards, the player's deck gets entered into a computer and saved, similar to the Pokémon core series and their Hall of Fame. The player also gets access to the Legendary Auto Deck Machine.

Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!

Pokémon Dome Lobby and Main Hall are accessible from the beginning of the game, but none of the Grand Masters are present. In the Lobby, four of the bookcases contain information regarding the Legendary Cards, while the other two contain information about the Grand Masters, and the twenty four Coins. GR5 appears in the Main Hall to prevent the player from entering the final door on the other side of the room.

After the player has earned the access to the GR Island, GR5 leaves the Pokémon Dome, but the Grand Masters' Arena is still inaccessible.

After freed from Team Great Rocket by the player, each Grand Master sits in the Main Hall and challenges the player in a duel. Once all four Grand Masters are reunited, they open the Final Cup (Japanese: ファイナルカップ Final Cup): the player battles them all in the Grand Masters' Arena, one after the other. After they have all been defeated, Rod gives the player a copy of Legendary Cards. The Final Cup can be played repeatedly until the player defeats Biruritchi; for each victory, Rod rewards the player with a copy of the Legendary Cards.

After Biruritchi has been defeated, the Final Cup is no longer available as described above. Instead, the Grand Masters hold the Grand Master Cup (Japanese: グランドマスター杯 Grand Master Cup) only if the player wins ten Link duels; after a Grand Master Cup has been completed, a new one unlocks only after another ten Link duel wins. The Grand Master Cup consists of two stages: an eight-duelist single-elimination bracket where Club Masters and Ronald may appear randomly, with the latter guaranteed to advance to the finals from the opposite side of the bracket from the player; and the grand finals against one of the Grand Masters chosen at random. During the tournament, the player is prohibited from accessing the pause menu, which disables saving or deck adjustments. At each Grand Master Cup, reception clerks reveal four random Promotion Card rewards from which the champion may select two to acquire; the reward pool excludes Bill's PC and the five Pokémon from the Bill's Machine in the Game Center, Imakuni?, Team GR's Mewtwo, and Phantom Cards.

Layout

Game Lobby Main Hall Hall of Honor Arena
TCG GB1
TCG GB2
 

In other languages

Language Title
Japanese ポケモン ドーム Pokémon Dome
French Dome Pokémon
German Pokémon-Dome
Italian Mole Pokémon
Spanish Panteón Pokémon

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Grass Medal Science Medal Fire Medal Water Medal Lightning Medal Psychic Medal Rock Medal Fighting Medal
TCG Island
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Psychic ClubRock ClubScience ClubWater Club
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GR Island
GR Bases
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