Aaron and John are back at it kicking 2025 off with a list of personal goals for the rest of the season. Blaine's Quiz Show and Time Capsule both return to start the year off right along with a brief look at some of the results of the Osaka Champions League and how the cards from our upcoming Prismatic Evolutions set impacted those results.

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Aaron and John go over Toronto regionals results and count down their top 10 cards from the newly revealed and released Mythical Island mini-set in TCG Pocket. The show will be taking a short hiatus for the holidays with new episodes resuming on January 9th 2025.

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Aaron and John go over the results of the Perth regional championship, review Michael Pramawat's Gardevoir deck from worlds 2010, discuss the topic of prize mapping, and the expected metagame for this weekend's Toronto Regional Championship.

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This week Aaron and John review the latest major tournament results from Stuttgart, provide their perspectives on addressing the wide variety of decks available in the Surging Sparks metagame, and discuss some upcoming online Limitless tournaments for Pokemon Pocket and changes to the TCGLive ladder system. Series regulars Time Capsule and Blaine's Quiz Show also make an appearance.

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Aaron and John discuss the results of the Sacramento Regional Championship, John recounts his Professor Cup experience from LAIC, and our hosts give their takes on what they think will do well this upcoming weekend in Stuttgart. Blaine's Quiz Show and Time Capsule return.

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Aaron and John discuss the exciting results of the Latin American International Championship, discover how their predictions of the event faired, and share their opinions of the budding Surging Sparks metagame heading into this week's Sacramento Regional Championship.

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This week Aaron and John discuss their initial thoughts on the release of Pokemon Pocket, bring back the Trainer Tips segment to talk about the importance of bench management, and close out the show with some predictions for LAIC this week. John tries to close the point gap on this week's Blaine's Quiz Show segment, and introduces us to a fun retro deck featuring Decidueye GX and Vileplume AOR.

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Aaron and John welcome their first guests to the show! Long time players Grafton Roll and Michael Pramawat join our hosts as they discuss the overarching results of various archetypes throughout the Stellar Crown format, and how they seem to be shaping up as we rapidly approach the Latin American International Championship.

This week our special guests take part in Blaine's quiz show with questions themed around their experiences within the game's history!

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Aaron and John discuss some of the more interesting and potentially impactful cards from the upcoming Surging Sparks expansion highlighted by cards like Pikachu ex, Hydreigon ex, and Ceruledge ex.

Time Capsule is on a hiatus this week due to the massive amount of information coming from that set discussion, but Blaine's Quiz Show continues to be a staple of the show. Will John be able to stump Aaron and keep the point gap to a minimum? Stay tuned to find out!

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Aaron and John check out the results of the Lille regional championship and highlight a up and coming, nationwide program started by Tabletop Village, a game store based in Seattle. Blaine's quiz show and the Time Capsule round out the episode!

More information on Tabletop Village's program can be found here:

https://tabletopvillage.com/pages/in-school-enrichmentThis week's time capsule deck list:

https://www.ptcglegends.com/tournaments/2012_WORLDS/masters/Clifton%20Goh-SG

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