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An exploration of the competitive Pokemon TCG. Hosts Aaron and John discuss current tournament results and aim to help you understand why decks and specific cards within those decks are chosen. Also featuring segments on competitive Pokemon TCG trivia, discussion of decks from old formats, and updates on the current status of the championship point leaderboard so you can stay up to date with where your favorite players stand as they compete for an inviation to the Pokemon TCG World Championship.
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Follow us on X @_Aaron_Curry and @JohnPaulOrgel
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Aaron and John revisit the ideas of special set composition, release cadence, and product variety. Then John tests Aaron's knowledge of Pokemon Day during Blaine's Quiz Show and the guys close things out with a discussion of the relative positioning of the most powerful and popular decks going into this week's Europe International Championship tournament. Stay tuned to the end of the episode for an announcement on near-term show progression and availability.Follow us on socials:@BFPTCGPod@_Aaron_Curry@JohnOrgel.bsky.social
Aaron and John discuss the delay of some Ascended Heroes products and the release cadence of special sets as well as a new policy from TPCi regarding the legality of special sets. After John attempts to increase his lead in Blaine's Quiz Show, the guys discuss the impact of some key cards in the Ascended Heroes expansion. We'll return with an EUIC discussion next week so we hope to have you back!Follow us on socials:@BFPTCGPod@_Aaron_Curry@JohnOrgel.bsky.social
In this episode Aaron and John review some major rules changes in the TCG Tournament Handbook and the impact they think they will have on players and tournaments. Then they recap tournament predictions from the action packed weekend across the world with some exciting infusions of non-"Big 4" decks in the mix. Note that this was recorded prior to the announcement that Ascended Heroes was being delayed in terms of tournament legality so there won't be any discussion on that until next week.Follow us on socials:@BFPTCGPod@_Aaron_Curry@JohnOrgel.bsky.social
Aaron and John discuss the results of the Toronto Regional Championship and John gives his perspective on players' pace of play as a long time floor and stream judge.Follow us on socials:@BFPTCGPod@_Aaron_Curry@johnorgel.bsky.social
Aaron and John go over the updates (and lack thereof) to the TCG Rules Handbook that TPCi implemented for the new quarter and discuss how different decks are positioned heading into Toronto this weekend. Along the way, Aaron attempts to gain some points in John's Team Rocket themed Blaine's Quiz Show segmentFollow us on socials:@BFPTCGPod@_Aaron_Curry@JohnOrgel.bsky.social
Back from a holiday break, Aaron and John sat down to review the history of decks involving Gardevoir ex since its introduction in the Scarlet & Violet base set. The card has a long history of adaptability and has taken many forms in its time in the tcg so hopefully you learn something. If you feel like there's something we missed, let us know!If you aren't already, please consider following the show (Spotify) or subscribing (Youtube).Follow us on socials:@BFPTCGpod@_Aaron_Curry@JohnOrgel.bsky.social
**Friendly reminder that the show is on YouTube as well! We'd appreciate a sub over there to help the channel grow so it's easier for other people to find.**Aaron and John discuss a change in the tournament handbook outlining the implementation of open decklists in tournament play. Aaron quizzes John on some Kanto starter trivia in Blaine's Quiz Show before the guys make some predictions ahead of this weekend's Las Vegas Regional Championship.Follow us on socials:@BFPTCGPod@_Aaron_Curry@JohnOrgel.bsky.social
Aaron and John go over the results of the Regionals from this past weekend before jumping into take a look at the contents of the soon to be released Phantasmal Flames set.Follow us on socials:@BFPTCGPod@_Aaron_Curry@JohnOrgel.bsky.social
Aaron proposes a new card legality schedule for products like the Mega Gengar and Mega Diancie battle decks, Frontier Fundamentals makes its triumphant return, and the guys discuss the impact of the results of the Lille Regional Championship as we head into Halloween weekend with Brisbane and Gdansk directly ahead.Note: On spotify we had an issue with our episode from last week. We're currently trying to get it reestablished but if you want to go back and listen to it, it is still live on both Apple Podcast and over on the show's Youtube channel.Socials:X@BFPTCGPod@_Aaron_CurryBlueSky@JohnOrgel.bsky.socialYoutube@BattleFrontierPodcast
This week we look at the results of our predictions, the impact of Tord Reklev's new introduction to the Mega Evolution metagame, and the other results from the Milwaukee Regional Championship including the success of a deck we didn't even remember to mention on last week's episode. We also take a trip to the Southern hemisphere to check out the results of the Belo Horizonte Regional that took place last weekend.Follow us on socials:@BFPTCGPod@_Aaron_Curry@JohnOrgel.bsky.social
Aaron and John go through a series of questions to outline their thoughts on the opening regional weekend for the Mega Evolution format in Milwaukee.Follow the show on socials:@BFPTCGPod@_Aaron_Curry@JohnOrgel.bsky.social
Aaron and John review some results and deck lists from the Yokohama Champions League and the Full Grip Games 3k event and discuss why the Mega EX cards may not be creating as large of an impact as players may have hoped.Apologies for audio only this week. Had some technical difficulties (that you may have heard mentioned in the episode)! Video will be back next week hopefully.Follow us on socials:@BFPTCGPod@_Aaron_Curry@JohnOrgel.bsky.social
Aaron and John go over the results of the Pittsburgh Regional Championship including one of the strangest resolutions to an event final ever. We're closing the books on the final event in the full Scarlet and Violet block and looking forward to the release of Mega Evolution this week. Let us know what cards you're looking forward to in the comments below!Follow us on socials:@BFPTCHPod@_Aaron_Curry@JohnOrgel.bsky.social
Aaron and John discuss the results of the Frankfurt and Monterrey Regional Championships including how the same deck list managed to win events on nearly opposite sides of the world.Remember your Shaymins this weekend!Follow us on socials:@BFPTCGPod@_Aaron_Curry@JohnOrgel.bsky.social
Aaron and John discuss some of the newly revealed Mega Pokemon as well as do a brief run through of the Mega Evolution set. John gives players a friendly reminder to stay up to date with the players handbook to understand the current state of rulings and acceptable tournament practices, and tries to stump Aaron on this week's edition of Blaine's Quiz Show.As always, we want to hear from you! Let us know in the comments what you think about the newly revealed megas and what questions you would want answered ahead of the first major North American event in Pittsburgh.Follow us on socials:@BFPTCGPod@_Aaron_Curry@johnorgel.bsky.social
To open the second season of the show, Aaron and John discuss the introduction of Pokemon XP which promises to be a further evolution of the Worlds spectator experience. Blaine's Quiz Show returns for the new season with point totals reset, and John provides an overview on the newly announced changes to the Professor Program heading into the 2026 season.Follow us on socials:@BFPTCGPod@_Aaron_Curry@JohnOrgel.bsky.social
Aaron and John review results from the final major event in the Journey Together format and some very preliminary results from the Destined Rivals format. Aaron reviews another 2010 deck and John takes his shot at holding Aaron at a point total that he can surpass on his next attempt to gain points in Blaine's Quiz Show. Finally, the guys close the show out with a review of some new decks that have hit the scene in TCG Pocket.If you have any requests for the final time capsule deck ahead of NAIC, let us know in the comments!Follow us on socials:@BFPTCGPOD@_Aaron_Curry@johnorgel.bsky.social
Aaron goes over Sablelock ahead of the officail 2010 retro side event announced for play at NAIC. Then the guys review the results of a tournament packed weekend from around the world. John quizzes Aaron on card values in Blaine's Quiz Show and we close the episode out with an updated tier list heading into Portland Regionals this weekend. Follow us on socials:@BFPTCGPod@_Aaron_Curry@JohnPaulOrgel@Currytcg.bsky.social@JohnOrgel.bsky.social
This week we go over the Destined Rivals set list and give our opinion on the stand-out cards from the set, John talks about a retro deck with a similar strategy to Rocket's Mewtwo/Spidops, and Aaron attempts to stump John with some miscellaneous trivia during Blaine's Quiz Show.Follow us on socials:@BFPTCGPod@_Aaron_Curry@JohnPaulOrgel@JohnOrgel.bsky.social@CurryTCG.bsky.social
Aaron provides a short discussion on the evolving Pokemon Pocket metagame with the release of the new Celestial Guardians expansion before John attempts to thwart his attempts at widening the point gap during Blaine's Quiz Show. Then the guys check out the action that took place in Milwaukee over the weekend including a recap and the results of their predictions heading into the event.Follow us on socials:@BFPTCPod@_Aaron_Curry@JohnPaulOrgel@johnorgel.bsky.social@CurryTCG.bsky.social
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