Trainers of Teyvat

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Title: Trainers of Teyvat
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Date(s): 2022
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Medium: Print, PDF
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Fandom: Genshin Impact
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Language: English
External Links: Twitter, Carrd
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Trainers of Teyvat is a charity crossover fanzine featuring Genshin Impact characters with Pokémon.

About

A total of $4,162 USD in proceeds from the zine sales were donated to the charity Rainforest Trust[1].

Zine Schedule
Start End
Interest Check May 12, 2021 June 12, 2021
Contributor Applications July 1, 2021 July 31, 2021
Preorders January 7, 2022 February 26, 2021
Shipping July 24, 2022 July 31, 2022 (est.)
Leftover Sales October 21, 2022 November 18, 2022

Statistics from the physical zine's interest check were posted on the zine Twitter account, as well as interest check results for the free digital gacha-style side zine. The zine received 134 total contributor applications[2].

Zine Pricing[3]

Tier Name Price Contents
Poké Ball $15 USD PDF, 3 wallpapers
Great Ball $28 USD Physical zine
Ultra Ball $48 USD Physical zine, 3 random stickers, 1 random sticker sheet, charm
Master Ball $78 USD Physical zine, 5 stickers, 2 sticker sheets, charm, 4 badges, washi tape, digital bundle
Premier Ball $25 USD TCG card deck

Digital bundle and card deck add-ons (where applicable) to the Great Ball, Ultra Ball, and Master Ball tier were available.

Zine Promotions

  • Stretch Goals: This project included the four stretch goals below, all of which were unlocked by February 26, 2022[4].
Milestone Unlocked Goal
25% Cover print with all physical zines
50% Sticker upgraded to charm with Ultra/Master Ball tiers, +2 TCG cards in decks[5]
75% Enamel pin with Ultra/Master Ball tiers
100% Shaker charm with Ultra/Master Ball tiers
  • Giveaways: Two giveaways happened during preorders: a giveaway of 1 chosen card plus 5 random cards to two entrants during preorders[6] and a full deck giveaway[7].
  • Collab: Free Xiangling + Pokémon coloring book page with physical zine orders from both Trainers of Teyvat and Storyteller zines[8].
  • Choose Your Own Adventure Game: This game implemented on Carrd was released in the lead-up to preorders[9]. It was designed and coded by Starrie Wolf, with writing and art also contributed by various others. The first two to send in a pass phrase at the end of the secret route received a digital bundle for free[10].
  • Sales: During preorders, there were two sales - 15% off full bundles on January 30, 2022 with code POKEGENSHIN15[11] and 10% off all orders on February 26, 2022 with code POKEGENSHIN10[12]. During leftovers, there were also two sales - a Halloween sale from October 29-31, 2022 that offered 10% off card decks, plus free shipping on orders of 2+ decks with code DECKSGALORE[13], and a final leftovers sale November 11-18, 2022 of 20% off everything with code POKEGENSHIN20[14].

Other

  • The zine Twitter account did a series of interactive polls creating a Pokémon team for Venti during the interest check period[15]. They continued to make polls for various characters and Pokémon as the project continued, such as this poll which resulted in this graphic of Raiden Shogun with a Raikou.
  • The zine was affected by pandemic-related manufacturing delays[16], and had to change their book printer[17].
  • The free digital zine Gotta Gacha 'Em All was released July 15, 2022[18].
  • The character Kamisato Ayato's appearance was officially revealed during zine preorders after much hype and speculation from the fandom, and a card featuring his design was added to this zine's TCG deck very soon afterwards[19].

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