The Shift Gear Podcast Ciaran Farah & Aneil Saini

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/


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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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