The Shift Gear Podcast

Ciaran and Aneil are joined by fellow Canadian and Banana Games teammate, Jackson Ford. He breaks down his run to top 8 with Giratina Vstar, and discusses how to play the deck going forward. Ciaran breaks down his run with Chien-Pao, and we discuss our newfound passion for Buc-ees!

This week Ciaran and Aneil are tasked with legacy questions, lots of questions about VIP in Gardevoir, and explain why Patrick Mahomes is NOT our goat. Knoxville prep continues on and we're here to answer all your questions this week on the pod.

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This week Ciaran and Aneil are joined by Rafal Gladysz following his top 64 at the Charlotte Regional championships with a unique build of Roaring Moon that included Pokemon Catcher. He also breaks down the journey to making his first day 2 and the rest of Charlotte. We end by discussing the drama around misreporting your deck on Pokestats and debate closed/open decklists!

Ciaran and Aneil are joined by one of Canada's brightest young stars, Christian Labella. He breaks down how he has been able to transition from seniors to masters successfully and helps us preview Charlotte Regionals and the new cards revealed from Temporal Forces!

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Ciaran and Aneil discuss the results from the Portland Regional Championships. They run through all the interesting decks and discuss where the format currently stands. We are graciously sponsored this week by Manta Trading, who are helping us give away 2 Giratina VSTAR.

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In this episode, Aneil & Ciaran recap their top 10 Pokemon and Trainer cards in competitive play during the 2023 cycle. They also get a new (questionable) sponsor, and the apparent new ability to agree on everything in their lists.

This week Ciaran and Aneil take a look at the newly revealed cards from "Wild Force" and "Cyber Judge!". They spend time giving their gripes with Prime Catcher and a general commentary on game design.

The Kyoto Champions League just concluded and had some interesting decks in the top 8 such as Roaring Moon, Gholdengo/Palkia, and Arceus/Zerora. The duo spends some time analyzing if these are one hit wonders or if they are here to stay!

We are joined this week by San Antonio Regionals Top 8 Competitor Dan Hugar. He breaks down how he had success with his Lost Zone Giratina deck, some tips on how to play it, how he translated his Player Cup success to in person tournaments, and spends some time on the mental aspect of competing in the Pokemon TCG!

With San Antonio on the horizon and some interesting results from last week, Aneil & Ciaran dive into some San Antonio top picks as well as discuss implications from the successes last week. Additionally, in response to an "ask me anything" tweet put out earlier this week, they answer several listener questions in what ended up being the longest but most fun episode to date!

In this episode, Aneil and Ciaran have the GOAT debate. With Jason Klaczynski and Tord Reklev both having such dominant careers, who is the true GOAT? They also dive into some interesting decks that have emerged with the last week of results to try and figure out how they may shake up the meta along with how having the same format for multiple months on end may effect the game.