Recollection Step: A Grand Archive TCG Podcast

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Recollection Step: A Grand Archive TCG Podcast episodes

October 02 The BEST Alter Set Yet...and MERLIN SUPPORT!? || Grand Archive TCG Recollection Step 65
Today we are diving into ALL the best cards in Distorted Reflections Alter! Our biggest Alter set yet is also easily the strongest - let's talk about which cards are most likely to impact the metagame!
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0:00 Intro and Maindeck Regional 3K Top 16!!!
8:38 Silence the Soul
15:14 Auric Persecution
22:21 Suited Clubs
33:20 Misty the Joker
39:49 Valet, Jack of Hearts
42:46 Poitier, Afterlife's Conductor
49:35 Ghastfire Tormentor
55:53 Render Turbid
1:05:07 Silent Trade
1:10:01 Coruscation
1:20:20 Dan's Favorite Card & Outro
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1 hr 24 min
September 18 Is Fractals BAD? Is the Meta GOOD? || Grand Archive TCG Recollection Step 64
With Ascent Melbourne complete, we have our first real read into the new Grand Archive metagame with Asphodel Paradise AND the Seasonal Banlist - so today, we are wasting no time and diving DEEP into the top performing decks to analyze strengths, weaknesses, and areas for development. It's a full analysis of the new meta - is it good?
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0:00 Intro and Straight Into It
4:20 Analyzing the Top Performing Melbourne Decks
31:00 The Fractals Takes
45:38 Suzaku-Byakko
51:06 Ad Read and Likescribing
53:10 Analyzing the New Meta
1:13:53 Dan's Osaka Deck & Outro
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1 hr 23 min
September 04 If You Can't Win Worlds...DRAFT! || Grand Archive TCG Recollection Step 63
Sorry for missing last week! We are BACK to briefly recap what happened at Worlds, then dive into some tips and tricks for DRAFTING Asphodel Paradise with 2-time (and probably would have been 3-time) Worlds DRAFT winner Taylor "BoeBoe" Boe!
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0:00 Intro and Kaya Toast
3:30 The Seasonal Banlist
10:26 Worlds 2026 Recap
35:13 Side Events and Taylor's Drafting Tips
1:07:13 Announcements and Seaside Splash!
1:16:00 Collecting Dudes and Outro
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1 hr 20 min
August 07 These new cards are META SHAPING || Grand Archive TCG Recollection Step 62
We're about to head out to Singapore for Grand Archive's third World Championship - and the premiere of .asphodel/paradise!
On the eve of our leave, let's chat about which spoiler cards look like they will make a big splash in Grand Archive's set 10 meta, shaped of course by the introduction of the seasonal banlist!
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0:00 Intro and Gen Con Success
3:30 The Seasonal Banlist
18:25 Best PRD Spoilers - Blood Surge
24:25 Best PRD Spoilers - Camil, Basked Abundance
30:22 Best PRD Spoilers - Virgil, Altered Future
38:21 Best PRD Spoilers - Devil's Lifeline
44:26 Best PRD Spoilers - Capacitance X Psycho
1:01:43 PRD Honorable Mentions
1:05:05 See you in Singapore! And Outro
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1 hr 7 min
August 07 These new cards are META SHAPING || Grand Archive TCG Recollection Step 62
We're about to head out to Singapore for Grand Archive's third World Championship - and the premiere of .asphodel/paradise!
On the eve of our leave, let's chat about which spoiler cards look like they will make a big splash in Grand Archive's set 10 meta, shaped of course by the introduction of the seasonal banlist!
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0:00 Intro and Gen Con Success
3:30 The Seasonal Banlist
18:25 Best PRD Spoilers - Blood Surge
24:25 Best PRD Spoilers - Camil, Basked Abundance
30:22 Best PRD Spoilers - Virgil, Altered Future
38:21 Best PRD Spoilers - Devil's Lifeline
44:26 Best PRD Spoilers - Capacitance X Psycho
1:01:43 PRD Honorable Mentions
1:05:05 See you in Singapore! And Outro
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1 hr 7 min
July 24 What AUTOMATONS Need to be STRONG || Grand Archive TCG Recollection Step 61
Hey oops! This went live a little early! Traveling issues!
Welcome to another exciting Recollection Step, folks, apparently releasing at night!
Today Taylor and I discuss ROBOTS, and what we are hoping to see out of Asphodel Paradise to make the Automaton Decks keep up in the upcoming meta (if your name isn't JC Calonge). Let's dive in!
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0:00 Intro and Dante lv4
6:45 The Meta going into Worlds
15:00 Aggro Decks and Suited Variants
24:43 JWW and PixiePopShop Sponsors!
28:16 Revenge of Robots?
1:02:40 Reciprocity Strikes Back
1:07:00 Spoiler Season, Omni Codes, and Outro
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1 hr 14 min
July 10 The Meta WITHOUT Diana - and WITH Tonoris? || Grand Archive TCG Recollection Step 60
The meta has certainly been distorted with the loss of the premier pressure deck after the banning of Ranger Strides!
Let's dig into what exactly this means, and what you need to consider when choosing a new deck to play - including whether or not the new Proxia's Vault adjustments will shake things up!
Will reimagining Clarent Reimagined change how Lorraine plays? Will Endura Reimagined bring the enduring Hyouka to a Worlds victory? Will Reciprocity help Tonoris strike back?
All of this is discussed today - in the 60th episode of Recollection Step: A Grand Archive TCG Podcast!
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0:00 Intro, Birthdays, and the Intervention
6:45 JWW Regional LIVESTREAM is coming!
11:55 Bye, Diana! The Meta After Strides Ban
44:39 Clarent Reimagined, Reimagined
49:18 Endura Reimagined: Hyouka's Hope
1:02:40 Reciprocity Strikes Back
1:16:00 The Rules Around Prevention Effects (Hear us out!)
1:25:43 A Clean 45m and Outro
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1 hr 30 min
June 27 The OVER- and UNDER-performing Radiant Origins Cards! || Grand Archive TCG Recollection Step 59
Today we are going to look back on the performance of some of the most hyped-up cards of Radiant Origins! Which ones had an explosive impact on the meta, and which ones came and went with more of a whimper?
Let us know what your personal RDO Uppies or Downies are in the comments below, Grand Archive fans!
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0:00 Intro and Arisanna in Pantheon
3:27 JWW Regional on July 11
7:45 RDO Booms and Busts (Uppies and Downies)
1:03:00 Potential Sleepers in RDO
1:16:14 Desperate Dan and Outro
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1 hr 21 min
June 12 BUILD or BEAT the HOT new Lorraine deck!! || Grand Archive TCG Recollection Step 58
Join us today as we dive into Wind Crux - a deck that Taylor is "Undefeated" at Regionals on! Lots of emphasis on the quotes!
Let's give our props for the players at OCE nats and discuss the results - plus our insanely caffeinated Store Champs - then dive into a comparison of three incredible players' different takes on Wind Crux - what we can we learn about how to build and play the HOTTEST rising deck in the current Grand Archive metagame?
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GlenyBoi's Wind Crux List (OCE Nats 18th): https://tcgarchitect.com/grand-archive/tournaments/decklists/33670
Lifdrasyl's Wind Crux List (OCE Nats 20th): https://tcgarchitect.com/grand-archive/tournaments/decklists/33682
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0:00 Intro, Trolling Mitch with Wakeup, and Strides
9:10: OCE Nats Results and Props
17:21 Why YOU should come to our Regional
20:00 Let's Talk Wind Crux
55:55 Matchup Talk and Outro
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1 hr 8 min
May 29 Was The Meta SOLVED in Prague!? What's Next for Nationals || Grand Archive TCG Recollection Step 57
Caban took down EU Nationals with Water Allies Ciel, so what can we take away from EU Nationals and where does the meta shift as we look towards OCE Nationals and SEA Nationals? Half of the slots in Grand Archive's Worlds Gauntlet have already been locked down, so there's a lot to consider for players looking to try to earn them on the other side of the world!
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0:00 Birthday Intro, Jetlagged Prague experiences, Tony English, and Beavers
19:52 How to Support Maindeck
20:45 Taylor's Assassin Merlin list!??!?!?!??
23:17 Lessons from Prague
50:16 Where to go for OCE and SEA Nats
1:02:45 Outro
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1 hr 5 min