As we approach the final month of the PTM season, Taylor and Dan take a stab at ranking every major deck in the Phantom Monarchs metagame!

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0:00 Intro and Dan's GAMA Adventures

7:00 Mordred Re:Collection Thoughts

10:32 Event Sellouts and Pantheon News

25:04 RDO Is Going to Sell Out. (And How to Support Maindeck)

28:56 Tier List Explanation WATCH THIS FIRST

35:17 Tier List Begins

38:19 Tier List Derailed, Multiple Shenju Reported

40:19 Tier List Resumes

1:14:19 The Tier List Image Without Critical Context

1:19:24 A Really Bad Slimes Idea/RDO Hype and Outro

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It's our 50th Episode of Recollection Step! Thank you all for supporting us through 50 years of content (or thereabouts)!

Slurp up our thoughts on the metagame and how Radiant Origins looks poised to add more of what the players love as we talk about Pantheon Boons and the big reveals of Alice level 3, Diamond-suited allies, and our first Archangel!

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0:00 Glimpse 3

0:24 Intro, Locals, and Call of Duty

6:15 Meta Overview & Thoughts

8:40 Edward3's Byakko List

10:30 Taylor's Ponytail Merlin Fantasies

13:50 Boons of Dux(hats)

26:04 Alice, Trifle's Royalty

33:42 Bleu, Ace of Diamonds

39:03 Crazy Suited Speculation

44:40 Haniel, Archangel of Spectra

56:58 Elevated Design of RDO & Types of Players

1:03:48 Ascent Las Vegas Sold Out in a Day

1:10:25 Archangel Guesses and Outro

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The World Champ is back on the podcast again, so it's time to dig back in to the latest news and our takes on the shifts we've seen since Ascent London!

With Mortal Ambition Alter, a new Proxia's Vault card, and new playstyles of old decks shown off in London, let's explore what this means for Grand Archive's metagame and talk about a key point - does anything actually beat Drawing Cards!?

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0:00 Intro and Taylor's Return from London

3:34 The Toxic Wind Alice List & London Meta

6:47 Maindeck's Seiryuu Build From London

10:32 AMB Alter and Jin Support

19:01 New Proxia's Card - Sablemere

23:45 New Watchlist Philosophy

32:00 How to Support Maindeck (And Golden Checkmate!)

36:02 New Influence Generating Playstyles from London

53:40 What Beats Drawing Cards? Old Deck Shifts

55:55 Mirrorbound Covenant

59:18 Mandate of Honor & Tithe Proclamation

1:01:20 Pressure and Forking the Opponent

1:06:08 Blinding Lapse

1:08:50 Or Just Draw Cards! And Outro. And Hawaii 5-0.

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It's time for our second guest-co-hosted episode - and this time @PerfyGaming joins us for a chat about his TWO favorite TCGs - Grand Archive, and Riftbound! What can these two games learn from each other and how are they both navigating today's TCG market?

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0:00 Intro and Who is Coach Perfy

11:38 Introduction to Riftbound

18:56 Comparing Riftbound and Grand Archive

24:35 Prizing and Experiences

33:32 Lore and IPs

42:08 Tournament Softwares

46:46 Proving Grounds & Product

52:39 Event Production

59:54 Community

1:07:53 Outro

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Taylor is getting those reps in for Ascent London, so welcome to our first guest-hosted episode of Recollection Step featuring Maindeck David from @CarefulStudyPod!

In addition to being a vicious Fire Aggro player, David works hard to build and grow the PA Grand Archive community - and he makes content with other Maindeck teammates Stevo and Corbin (leoblade)! Through being denied twice, David brings to the table a discussion of the Creator's Guild and Content Creation in general - his lessons learned, and his mentality I think are extremely healthy in the face of a tantalizing prize pool that has proven more difficult for many to reach than expected.

I hope you enjoy this guest discussion about a bit of a different topic between Guild Member and Guild Hopeful - and make sure to subscribe to Careful Study if you enjoy hearing David's thoughts!

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0:00 Intro and Who is ~~Taylor~~ David

8:18 Ascent Manila Recap & Topsy Decree

19:52 How To Defeat Your Dragon

29:18 Ascent London Predictions

33:56 Regional Shoutouts

37:02 David and the Content Creator Journey

1:18:35 Calls and Outro

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It's that time of year - and this year, Taylor and Dan are writing letters to Sylidar Claus for some Grand Archive gifts in the new year! Were they nice enough to get their wish, or will their next Ascent package be full of coal?

Let us know your wishes for GA in 2026 in the comments below!

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0:00 Intro, Fayble Regional Results, and the SECRET of PTM

8:30 Taylor's B&R Vent

14:52 Dan's Electric Meatbag Soapbox

20:45 Back to Fayble Results and Early Format Speculation

25:40 Taylor's Wish: Ascent...Fargo?

30:25 Dan's Wish: Exia Arisanna

32:22 Taylor's Wish: Ponytail Results

36:51 Dan's Wish: Pantheon Preconstructed Decks

44:10 Taylor's Wish: Lorraine's Return

45:58 Dan's Wish: Pack Configuration Iteration

52:21 Taylor's Wish: Draft Format In Packs

56:38 Dan's Wish: New Blank Box Toppers

1:00:03 Taylor's Wish: Winning Worlds Again

1:01:42 Dan's Wish: More Creator's Guild Members

1:06:27 Taylor's Wish: Omnidex number 100000

1:08:48 Electric Meatbags pt 2 and Outro

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Get ready for our most unhinged podcast yet - you might even think you were listening to the Team True Pod! (Just kidding, it's not THAT unhinged!)

Taylor and Dan create a definitive, objective, and completely correct ranking of the classes of Grand Archive, where they agree on everything the whole way! Learn why each class has earned its spot in the pantheon from bottom to top - and make sure you comment with how correct we absolutely are!

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0:00 Intro and PTM Release

5:39 The New OP Season and Scripting the Results

13:12 The Start of the List and The First Surprise

18:10 Number 7

21:27 Number 6

25:36 Number 5

31:05 Number 4

36:48 Number 3

40:10 Number 2

43:10 Number 1

51:35 The Second Surprise

53:22 How to Support Maindeck and Outro

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We're back at last! Time to debrief Japan and Ascent Akihabara, and as it's the release day of Phantom Monarchs - we've picked out what we think are some of the BEST cards in the set that you need to watch out for!

Decks we looked at:

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fome's Fire Umbra Diana: https://fractalofin.site/DTR/38740.html#deck_225

Henkie's Fire Oblation Ciel: https://fractalofin.site/DTR/38740.html#deck_810

Zer's Water Aetherwing Diana: https://fractalofin.site/DTR/38740.html#deck_1617

Killydis's Water Aetherwing Diana: https://fractalofin.site/DTR/38740.html#deck_705

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0:00 Intro and Genshin Dweebs

7:50 Japan, Magic Potions, and Suspicious Hot Dogs

12:46 Casting Aki: Freed0m, Hiro, and Dak Prescott

22:58 Very Cool Decks from Akihabara

51:07 How to Support Maindeck

52:52 Insane Phantom Monarchs Cards

1:33:19 Outro

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Let's recap Ascent Auckland, then dive into the discussion we were all waiting for - we played the new Assassin Merlin Re:collection deck - what do we think!?

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0:00 Intro & Dark and Blurry Dan (This gets kind of fixed)

5:00 Niagara to Auckland - the Recap

23:31 How to Support Maindeck

25:37 Merlin: Brilliant Vestage Deck Overview and Thoughts

1:13:09 Mercenary's Blade, Ghosting is passé, and Outro

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The Maindeck Team has returned from Ascent Niagara, so it's time to recap the event before we lose the chance with Ascent Auckland finishing up this weekend! Let's talk about the team's excellent run with 2 Top 8 slots - Maindeck Alex at 2nd, and Perfy at 8th!

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0:00 We Told You So (About Alex)

7:26 The Niagara Meta & Dan's Day 2 Recap

30:03 Alex's 2nd Place Run

56:27 Takeaways from Niagara & Meta Speculation

1:16:00 Outro & Merlin Excitement

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