After one of the, if not the, biggest VGC Event Ever, Dozer's head is spinning with the results we have. While Aaron Traylor took home the big win, everyone was enthused about the Durant team that took 2nd. On the TCG Side of things we get to look at what the new Expanded format is looking like and get a peek at some pretty neat decks. 

SPECIAL SHOUT OUT!

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Intro & Outro Theme: Mt. Lanakila Remix (Summit) by AlmightyArceus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HfoXRBLol0

After scrounging vods and twitter to actually bring some results to you, Dozer and Zac managed to get at least SOME of the deck-lists and teams for your enjoyment. In the TCG side of things we talk about a really neat fossil deck on on the VGC side of things we finally get to take a look at what cores people are running in the top levels of SWSH. 

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Intro & Outro Theme: Mt. Lanakila Remix (Summit) by AlmightyArceus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HfoXRBLol0

Happy New Year everyone! And here we've got a special episode from our rainy day vault: The Mega Review Part 2: ORAS. Where we got to take a look at how the Megas/Primals added in the 2nd half of Generation 6 broke the entire fucking game. 

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Intro & Outro Theme: Mt. Lanakila Remix (Summit) by AlmightyArceus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HfoXRBLol0

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Enjoy the holidays by saying GOODBYE to VGC Ultra Series as we go over the results from the final tournament using the Ruleset. And while there's less shifting over on the TCG Side, we do take a look at the latest results and take a peek into one special deck packed to the brim with legendary Trios. 

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Intro & Outro Theme: Mt. Lanakila Remix (Summit) by AlmightyArceus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HfoXRBLol0

This week we were caught scrambling to try and scrounge up the Chile Special Event results, and only come away with Most of the Top 8 in TCG. But on the VGC side we get to take a small peek into the SWSH Metagame with the event from Korea and the latest Galar weekly. 

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Intro & Outro Theme: Mt. Lanakila Remix (Summit) by AlmightyArceus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HfoXRBLol0

It's a triple-header weekend with San Diego and Brisbane each having Regionals and the Singapore Open all happening over the last weekend. A spicy new Checkmate deck makes a splash in the Trading Card Game, and Lunala sees a resurgence when we get over to the Video Game side. 

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Intro & Outro Theme: Mt. Lanakila Remix (Summit) by AlmightyArceus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HfoXRBLol0

We've got Daytona Beach Regionals for TCG and VGC bringing you some really cool new decks that have shaken up the format. Things are less inventive on the VGC side as people turn their creativity from Ultra Series to the potential format we have coming in SWSH. Thanks to r/VGC's Weekly Tournament, we have a potential sneak peek at what the SWSH meta could look like. And to wrap everything up we've got some news about the latest Pokemon TCG Mechanic! Oh, also we launched a Patreon. 

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Intro & Outro Theme: Mt. Lanakila Remix (Summit) by AlmightyArceus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HfoXRBLol0

No Pokemon game has been marred in as much controversy before the launch as Sword and Shield. Zac and Dozer sit down and cut through the fog to give their opinions about what is GOOD and what is NOT. Spoiler: The online is not good. 

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Intro & Outro Theme: Mt. Lanakila Remix (Summit) by AlmightyArceus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HfoXRBLol0

The release of SWSH hasn't slowed down the competitive scene as we saw some slight meta adaptations in a speedy buggy boi and a giant dark birb. Over in the TCG world we saw the rise of a new format as we look at how the latest set has impacted the LAIC Top 8. 

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Intro & Outro Theme: Mt. Lanakila Remix (Summit) by AlmightyArceus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HfoXRBLol0

We've got LEAKS for Sword and Shield in the building. Dozer and Zac took a look and each picked out 5 Pokemon they're looking forward to trying out in the competitive scene. This episode DOES go into deep detail about data-mined information about Pokemon including abilities, evolutions, movesets, and more. So Spoilers abound. 

 

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Intro & Outro Theme: Mt. Lanakila Remix (Summit) by AlmightyArceus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HfoXRBLol0