Aaron and John are joined by special guest, Hunter Butler, to discuss the results from EUIC how they impact upcoming coaching sessions Hunter has with his students. Hunter also provides an overview of his coaching process and the guys discuss coaching in the Pokemon TCG in general.

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Aaron and John review the results from the Puerto Rico SPE and Aaron's tournament run before they tackle their expectations and some predictions for EUIC this coming weekend!

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This week John and Aaron go through some Frontier Fundamentals, review the results of the Merida regional championship including the dominance of Miraidon, and close things out with some brief thoughts on expectations for the Puerto Rico special event this weekend where Aaron will be in attendance. Stay tuned next week for a full EUIC meta breakdown episode.

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This week John and Aaron highlight a recently retro-ified deck, highlight a few cards from the newly released Space-Time Smackdown set in TCG Pocket, and give their early takes on the Prismatic Evolutions format ahead of Merida Regionals.

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The guys discuss John's adventures as an Assistant Head Judge at the San Antonio Regional Championship, the beta-test of a new way to report match results and give their final thoughts on Surging Sparks as a set! Blaine's Quiz Show makes a return as John attempts to close the gap on Aaron. If you have any questions on judging, running events, or event prep, let us know and we'll try to answer during the show.

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Aaron and John discuss some of the behaviors they experienced surrounding the release of Prismatic Evolutions before they review the surprising results of Birmingham and Rio de Janeiro Regional Championships and give their opinions on what to expect this weekend in the final Surging Sparks Regional event in San Antonio. Blaine's Quiz Show makes a triumphant return!

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The guys discuss scalping issues surrounding the release of Prismatic Evolutions as well as an announcement from the Pokemon company of how they plan to counteract it. Then they dive into a quick review of the new cards coming in Prismatic evolutions and some tips and resources for new players looking to attend a tournament before closing things out with some thoughts on plays for this weekend in the upcoming Birmingham and Rio de Janeiro Regional Championships.

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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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