The Battle Phase

From celebrations and reanimations of beloved series, to weird crossovers and ads featuring cards that do not exist, it's safe to say it's been an eventful week! Bard and Dare are here to tell you all about it!

There was a lot of card game news this week. The Oni Bros discuss everything from the new universes beyond MTG cards, to the best out of Age of Overlord, and also the right way to do ban/limited lists!

Bard and Dare are joined by the elusive third Oni-Bro, Helix, and they're here to talk controversies of overpriced cosmetics on "free to play" games, as well as the return of 3 Anime classics!

The wrestling world appears to have been invaded by pizza spots, Pokemon is up to it's usual grind of putting out weird and innovative content, and the fire trucks are finally hitting Master Duel!

New Anime is incoming for the Fall season, and we are hype! Especially Bard, since 2 of the new titles include one of his favorite subject, SAMURAI! Also on this episode, we take time to lament how we can't have nice things because of Scalpers.

Ninjas in Master Duel! A new set for everyone's favorite Pirate Anime TCG, and professional wrestlers investigating haunted locations?! It's been a wild week!

The Oni Bros are here for Sunday and Chill. Bard has assembled a number of topics to challenge, and frustrate, Dareinger, but it looks like it backfires a little bit. That plus our favorite bands, and what Yu-Gi-Oh archetype would make a great spinoff game.

The Nintendo Direct dropped earlier this week, and that means that there's a lot of games to discuss. And while on the subject of games, Unity made an awkward choice earlier this week, and it's likely to get real bad before it gets any better.

Bard and Dareinger are fans of multiple Trading Card Games. In this episode they discuss the difficulty of their favorite game, Yu-gi-oh, and which game among the big 3, Magic, Pokemon, and Yugioh, would be most cost effective to get into if you were coming from a secondary game like Digimon or One Piece. That and so much more!

Bard took a week break from One Piece before beginning the next big arc, and along the way he discovered the Idol genre of anime. Dareinger was also on the Idol hype train as Hololive dropped a new MV for their new group ReGLOSS. All of that plus card games, anime and more!

League of Legends has a new champion, Briar! And the fans are upset that she has shoes? Also, it's been a week of goodbyes as a popular Poke-Tuber retires, and we say farewell to 2 legendary television personalities.

Bard has recently jumped on the One Piece bandwagon, and after a month of watching the anime, he's made it all the way to Dressrorsa. Coincidentally, Wailo, a friend of the channel is roughly at the same place in the series, so they decided to sit down and chat about their journey across the Grand Line up to this point

Hobbies and interests can sometimes have trouble attracting new members. Whether that be a card game being too difficult, or an anime or manga having too much lore to learn before you can hop on. Bard and Dare go over some solutions they found online. That plus Manga, V-Tuber, and WWE news on this episode of The Battle Phase

In this episode, five anime fans, ranging from casual to extreme men of culture, share their opinions on Anime Power Systems. From Alchemy to Zanpakuto, Bard, Dare, and special guests Helix, Moredoor, and Wailo share their opinions on what their favorites are, and which ones should be isekai-d to a different realm.

Dare and Bard are fans of a ton of trading card games, and when you're passionate about a subject, you have strong opinions. In todays episode, the Battle Phase Bros discuss what makes a card game worth it, what makes it too difficult, resource systems and more. Also, Pokemon, V-Tuber news and more!

It's a big week for our favorite card game, Yu-Gi-Oh, but the world championship isn't the only thing going on. GenCon saw a $300,000 trading card heist and Bard reminisces of the Exodia riots at the Tokyo Dome. Also, Pokemon!

Bard had been keeping an eye on all the headlines from SDCC 2023 and he's gonna tell us all about it. A blast from the past from Todd McFarlane, new season of Invincible, and news from the best selling Manga of the past 20-odd years are just a few of the highlights!