The Challenge
Juan Guy's Gym Challenge is a traveling card show series on Maui, hosted by @juanguyscollection. Every show is branded after a Pokémon gym city — Pewter, then Cerulean, and next Vermillion — so the series plays out exactly like a trainer's journey across the region, one gym at a time.
What makes it different from any other trade show: at each stop you can earn a serialized, limited gym badge — a real, numbered collectible you can only get by showing up and taking on that city's Gym Leaders. It's a hobby event built like a game, and the badges are the reason collectors keep coming back for the next city. The destination? The same one every trainer chases — the Indigo League.
New to card shows? Read our beginner's guide. Coming from another island for it? See the Hawaii card-show trip planner.
How the Gym Badges Work
Serialized & limited
Each city's badge is numbered and produced in a limited run — once they're claimed, they're gone.
Earn them from Gym Leaders
Badges come from participating vendors — the "Gym Leaders." Each Leader sets their own challenge to earn theirs.
Validate your run
Once you've earned a badge, get it validated at the show to lock in your entry.
Collect & compete
The more badges you earn, the more entries you stack toward the grand prize.
The Journey So Far
Eight gyms stand between the first badge and the Indigo League. Here's where the challenge is on the map:
Next Gym: Vermillion City Trade Show
Sept 25–26, 2026 · Friday 4–10 PM & Saturday 12–8 PM · 1552 Mill Street, Wailuku · $5 cover (12 & under free). Buy, sell, and trade Pokémon, Premium One Piece, and sports. Presented by Juanguys Collection with Nakamura Wrestling. Earn serialized Vermillion Gym badges from participating vendors for a shot at the $1,000 grand-prize shopping spree.
Upcoming Gyms
Past Gyms & Recaps
Trainers You Meet Along the Way
Between gym stops, Juanguys Collection runs and pops up at other Maui events too — trade nights and one-offs like the Underground Path Trade Show and TCG trade nights. They're not gym badges, but they're part of the same Maui scene Juan is building. Keep an eye on the full calendar for every Maui date.
Venue & Organizer
Wailuku, Maui
Wailuku