The Shift Gear Podcast

.Time to review our impact set before Worlds 2024! Reviewing cards like Dusknoir, Fezandipiti ex, Pecharunt ex, and more - which of the cards we reviewed today do you think will have the biggest impact at worlds? Were there any cards we over or under valued?

Ciaran's Shawarma Hut coming soon

Welcome to the Inaugural Shiftgear Pokemon TCG Players Award Show. We wanted to recognize the excellence and achievements of the players in the community during the 2023-24 season. We wanted to have a healthy mix of fun and serious awards, so hopefully you have as much fun watching as we did giving out these awards!

Also a big thank you to everyone who sent in an acceptance speech, it definitely helps us establish legitimacy!

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

03:20 Twitter Yapper of the Year

10:27 Breakout Player of the Year

15:43 Dedicated Player of the Year

20:10 Rookie of the Year

25:00 Most Innovative Deck of the Year

29:00 Griefer of the Year

34:20 Shop Owner of the Year

36:15 Shiftgear Fan of the Year

39:50 Card of the Year

42:52 Most Valuable Player

This week we are joined by Shashi Naraine, who finished in the Top 32 with a unique build of Raging Bolt + Ogerpon ex. We also break down all the drama from NAIC, if the time rules need to be changed, our thoughts on the amount of players at Worlds, and discuss our takeaways from the event.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

04:20 Thoughts on New Orleans

09:16 DQ 1

12:55 Lost Box Performance

15:40 DQ 2

18:37 Keito DPL

23:56 Lugia Flops

30:58 Raging Bolt Interview

47:20 Does Bo3 Need to Go?

55:20 Worlds Tournament Structure

59:44 Is Worlds Too Big?

1:06:40 Closing Thoughts

In this episode, Aneil and Ciaran go over their top picks and personal decklists for the North American International Championships taking place in New Orleans. Let us know your thoughts below!

Link to champions league results :

https://pokecabook.com/archives/131563?fbclid=IwAR0ifXI64atpsdnbU7Oq1kefh3nxzKfykLUzzHoEvi4uKqede3kQ4VWGUGk

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This week on The Shiftgear we give our personal tier list for NAIC. Come here our thoughts on where every deck currently stands in the format! As always, these are just our opinions, so let us know in the comments if you agree/disagree with anything we said!

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In this episode, we are joined once again by Little Dark Fury to discuss the 5 greatest formats ever. We take you through a guide to retro Pokemon, the best formats to build and the most enjoyable to play! Let us know your favourite format ever, if you have one! Here are some links to get you started :

Info & Lists -

https://jklaczpokemon.com/

https://limitlesstcg.com/tournaments (Majors since 2012, better for newer formats)

https://ptcglegends.com/home

Where to play -

https://tcgone.net/

Find us:

Aneil: linktr.ee/tcg_aneil

Ciaran: linktr.ee/ciarantcg

LDF: @LittleDarkFury

On this weeks episode we are joined by a legend of the game, Curtis Lyon. He is a National Champion, Regional Champion, State Champion, and has some deep finishes at Worlds as well. For the first time Curtis talks about his side of one of if not the most famous cheating scandal in the history of the Pokemon TCG. He also breaks down how he was able to innovate so much during his time as a player, why the Canadian Pokemon scene is so strong, differences between the game now and then, who is his GOAT, and so much more!

Dialga Vstar is king! Aneil thought he was cool and unique for playing Dialga to day 2 at the Indianapolis regionals but Andrew Hedrick had the same idea and now Dialga is king. With Chien-Pao on the rise and declining Zard populations, we investigate how the meta could evolve going into LA regionals. We also look at expanded for the first time in years. Let us know your thoughts on expanded and if you think it could ever make a return to the circuit!

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The worlds invitation system needs some changes. In this episode, we go over the NAIC registration debacle and share our opinions on how the Worlds invitation system should be revised for 2025.

Let us know below how you would handle the NAIC debate and how the invite system should be structured!

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There hasn't been much meta development so we decided to look ahead to Twilight Masquerade this week. Find out what we think of cards like Unfair Stamp, Greninja ex, Dragapult ex, Tatsugiri, and more!

We are also giving away 18 packs! To enter follow Aneil and Ciaran on Twitter and BananaGames on IG. Then comment which bucket hat Aneil should get next!