Security Checkpoint

EX2 is here and we are.... largely underwhelmed by the new pieces it's introduced. So we'll talk about other card games instead! Specifically what we've learned from other card games that can help or hinder your growth as a Digimon player.  And then Nolan gets really mad about Pokemon's prize system. other notes: a healthy relationship with our audience, Texas Hold'em TCG,...

We gave up on trying to make this podcast a family friendly experience (as evidenced by the new explicit tag) so get ready for a rowdy time. BT8 is basically done, we've been mostly unsuccessful at making anything work, and dillo is meta now. I don't know, YOU try to make sense of this crazy world we live in! other notes: submissive deck decisions, a really sick kick flip, and who really...

Hey! We gotta come clean. We don't really know anything about this game anymore. This episode we re-establish what we do on the podcast, look at some tournament results, and we struggle to grasp the new ways we have to think about the game with regards to deck building and in-game decision making. We're trying! other notes: lunch eating ethos, digimon clothes, and some bold predictions f...

How much memory can you give an opponent these days? Are you allowed to spend 7 memory to remove a level 4 from the board? Can we play blockers again? We try to answer these questions and more as we work out what DNA digivolving does to our memory economy. Then, we welcome our first guest Anticss on for an early look at how we think the BT8 metagame will shape out. other notes: Nolan fumbles the p...

This one's for Europe! Have fun with those new cards, we'll be over here digivolving our tamers still. We talk about the BT8 set and give our first impressions on some fancy new digivolves. other notes: duck builder, cat noises, a Scotland dream editing by JB Brinks logo by Galaxy Senpai email us at seccheckpointpod@gmail.com follow us on twitter subscribe on youtube

minor spoiler warning for sonic the hedgehog 2 in theaters now It's starter deck time! Which means it's time for a new funky way of digivolving your mons. This episode we'll break down how DNA digivolution works, the new cards we get in the Imperialdramon and Mastemon starter decks, then talk some about the dirtiest phrase in TCGs: power creep. Is it bad? Is it ruining the game? Or...

We're back. We've seen some Digifest results. We know that Chung Man Chan is the World Champion of Digimon (sry we blanked on his name, we're dummies). And blue is on top of it all right now. This episode we talk about digifests, the things we have seen in the last month from high level digimon players, and how to play in a metagame seemingly dominated by just one deck. other notes:...

Audio quality isn't great on this one. Sorry folks. BT7 has broken our brains. Level ratios are different, looking for lethal is different, the game is changed. And on top of all that, we're also learning how to play with sideboards and mulligans. It's a lot. We'll do our best to share what we've learned and are thinking about in this whirlwind change of pace in the Digimo...

This is a bit of a long one, but we just have to go over all these cards in BT7! Most of them. Okay, the ones we thought were important. But you don't want us talking forever about how a lvl 4 8k vanilla is good, right? Oh wait, we did that? Huh. After that we talk about cards we're excited to play in the pre-release event, then try out a few of these new cards in our first BT7-legal Pic...

We did it, we played in Nationals. We faced some fierce and talented competition and we came out of it more excited for the game than ever. This episode is a three-parter, first we go over the decklist we took to the event, check in and chat after day 1, and then talk about the event and competition as a whole after the completion of the event. other notes: a cozy cast, the value of tokens, and so...

Let's be real about the recording conditions of this episode. It's SO late. One of us is in another state. Neither of us are positive about what we're playing at Nats. And on top of all that, we lost the last chunk of the episode and re-recorded it. Have we mentioned podcasting is hard? Let's talk about it. Ban lists, Nats predictions, Pick Counterpick all on the menu this even...

This one was hard to name. There's a whole new set out and the Digimon metagame has never been more wide open. We are taking a dive into the new cards and deck archetypes introduced with the EX-01 Classic Collection set and then testing some new deck concepts out in the Pick, Counterpick segment. Other Notes: don't make it weird, don't answer the phone, don't play auto-chess

EX is delayed, so we had to get rid of the whole other episode we already recorded. Dang! So instead, we're taking an in depth look at two yellow decks that topped the most recent Online Regionals event: Dan Vang's 1st Place Lordknightmon list and Nolan's Yellow Toolbox. We also break our own rules a bit and talk about some EX cards early. Oops! other notes: JB's Big Sick Energ...

We've got them. Starter decks 7 & 8, Gallantmon and UlforceVeedramon have entered the meta. JB and Nolan talk about some of the key additions from these 2 decks as well as potential staples for the sets to come. Also, there's some talk about digimon draft strategy. We know this format isn't relevant. We know most people haven't even done it before. We know we're probab...

Gabumon Bond of Friendship is a scary deck, but which version of it should you play? This episode we'll talk about two variants of the same Tier 1 deck and weigh the pros and cons of each. We'll also report on our performance at the BT6 Pre-Release events and see what JB's got planned to take down Nolan's Yellow/Black Security Control list. Other notes: starting a podcast is ha...

This episode we introduce a new staple to the podcast's format: a King of the Hill style exploration of the meta. This week, Nolan has brought Yellow/Black Security Control, and JB brought Black Royal Knights. In future episodes we'll check in on this continuing competition, but this week it IS the episode! Other notes: Purple players, how Digimon is like exercise, JB tries to make a jok...

BT6 is... somewhere on the horizon. Let's work on getting ready for those pre-release events together. JB & Nolan talk about some of their key cards and strategies for pulling down those Pulsemons later this month. Nolan hates Gundramon. JB is disappointed. logo by Galaxy Senpai editing by JB Brinks follow us on twitter or send us an email at seccheckpointpod@gmail.com