How each store's drops work
Every store runs its Pokémon TCG drops differently, and the advice that works at one can be useless at another. Each guide covers how to actually get in, and the times we have seen that store's drops go live.
Walmart Pokémon Drops & Queue
Walmart's Pokémon TCG drops go through a virtual waiting room, and in our data they land on Wednesday evenings. Here is how to get in line, what the queue does, and when we have actually seen Walmart drops fire.
Read the guideQueue storePokémon Center Drops & Queue
How to get into the Pokémon Center virtual queue, what the estimated wait really means, why joining early decides preorder drops, and when we have seen Pokémon Center drops go live.
Read the guideNo queueTarget Pokémon Drops
Target has no virtual queue for Pokémon TCG drops. Stock simply goes live and sells out in minutes, and in our data it goes live in the middle of the night. Here is what that means for you.
Read the guideKnowing how the drop works is half of it.
The other half is finding out it is live. Autoqueue watches these stores and opens the page in your browser the instant a drop fires.