Battle Frontier - A Pokemon TCG Podcast

This week, Aaron and John look at the newest additions to Pokemon Pocket, the Shining Revelry set and Ranked mode, before diving into the results of the first larger competitive Journey Together tournaments in person and online. Blaine's Quiz Show is also present Follow the show and hosts on socials: @BFPTCGPod @_Aaron_Curry @johnorgel.bsky.social @Currytcg.bsky.social

In this week's episode, Aaron and John briefly cover the results of the Stockholm regional before getting into a time capsule that shows how different some retro formats are from the game today. Then they discuss the recent development letter from TCGLive and wind down with a look back at cards and decks that we'll all miss or are happy to see go this rotation. Follow us on socials: Twitte...

This week, Aaron and John welcome Zander Bennet to the show for a full-blown trivia episode. Zander has organized Pokemon trivia nights at multiple International Championships and World Championships with plans to continue this trend in the future including the upcoming North American International Championship this summer. Regular tournament analysis and breakdowns will continue next week, but if...

This week, Aaron and John go over the results from Vancouver and Fortaleza and give their initial thoughts on the cards from the soon to be released Journey Together set. John also reviews one of his favorite decks from last time Mega Pokemon were in the game during this week's Time Capsule segment, and Aaron attempts to stump John with some owner's Pokemon themed questions during Blaine's Quiz Sh...

John and Aaron sit down to go over the announcements from Pokemon Day 2025 including the reintroduction of Mega Pokemon to the mainline TCG. They review ten highlight cards from the new Triumphant Light expansion in Pokemon Pocket and discuss the potential competitive future of the game before closing things out with a discussion of their expectations of how things are going to go down in Vancouve...

Aaron and John are joined by special guest, Hunter Butler, to discuss the results from EUIC how they impact upcoming coaching sessions Hunter has with his students. Hunter also provides an overview of his coaching process and the guys discuss coaching in the Pokemon TCG in general. Follow the show and our hosts on socials: @BFPTCGPod @_Aaron_Curry @JohnPaulOrgel @johnorgel.bsky.social @CurryTCG.bs...

Aaron and John review the results from the Puerto Rico SPE and Aaron's tournament run before they tackle their expectations and some predictions for EUIC this coming weekend! Follow Aaron and John on socials: @_Aaron_Curry @CurryTCG.bsky.social @johnpaulorgel @johnorgel.bsky.social Stay tuned for the soon to be released show pages on social media channels and Discord!

This week John and Aaron go through some Frontier Fundamentals, review the results of the Merida regional championship including the dominance of Miraidon, and close things out with some brief thoughts on expectations for the Puerto Rico special event this weekend where Aaron will be in attendance. Stay tuned next week for a full EUIC meta breakdown episode. Follow Aaron and John on socials: @_Aar...

This week John and Aaron highlight a recently retro-ified deck, highlight a few cards from the newly released Space-Time Smackdown set in TCG Pocket, and give their early takes on the Prismatic Evolutions format ahead of Merida Regionals. Follow Aaron and John on socials: @_Aaron_Curry @johnorgel.bsky.social

The guys discuss John's adventures as an Assistant Head Judge at the San Antonio Regional Championship, the beta-test of a new way to report match results and give their final thoughts on Surging Sparks as a set! Blaine's Quiz Show makes a return as John attempts to close the gap on Aaron. If you have any questions on judging, running events, or event prep, let us know and we'll try to answer duri...

Aaron and John discuss some of the behaviors they experienced surrounding the release of Prismatic Evolutions before they review the surprising results of Birmingham and Rio de Janeiro Regional Championships and give their opinions on what to expect this weekend in the final Surging Sparks Regional event in San Antonio. Blaine's Quiz Show makes a triumphant return! Follow Aaron and John: @_Aaron_C...

The guys discuss scalping issues surrounding the release of Prismatic Evolutions as well as an announcement from the Pokemon company of how they plan to counteract it. Then they dive into a quick review of the new cards coming in Prismatic evolutions and some tips and resources for new players looking to attend a tournament before closing things out with some thoughts on plays for this weekend in...

Aaron and John are back at it kicking 2025 off with a list of personal goals for the rest of the season. Blaine's Quiz Show and Time Capsule both return to start the year off right along with a brief look at some of the results of the Osaka Champions League and how the cards from our upcoming Prismatic Evolutions set impacted those results. As an added feature, we're uploading video to Spotify for...

Aaron and John go over Toronto regionals results and count down their top 10 cards from the newly revealed and released Mythical Island mini-set in TCG Pocket. The show will be taking a short hiatus for the holidays with new episodes resuming on January 9th 2025. Follow Aaron and John on X! @_Aaron_Curry @JohnPaulOrgel

Aaron and John go over the results of the Perth regional championship, review Michael Pramawat's Gardevoir deck from worlds 2010, discuss the topic of prize mapping, and the expected metagame for this weekend's Toronto Regional Championship. Follow Aaron and John on X: @_Aaron_Curry @JohnPaulOrgel

This week Aaron and John review the latest major tournament results from Stuttgart, provide their perspectives on addressing the wide variety of decks available in the Surging Sparks metagame, and discuss some upcoming online Limitless tournaments for Pokemon Pocket and changes to the TCGLive ladder system. Series regulars Time Capsule and Blaine's Quiz Show also make an appearance. Follow Aaron a...

Aaron and John discuss the results of the Sacramento Regional Championship, John recounts his Professor Cup experience from LAIC, and our hosts give their takes on what they think will do well this upcoming weekend in Stuttgart. Blaine's Quiz Show and Time Capsule return. Follow Aaron and John on X: @_Aaron_Curry @JohnPaulOrgel

Aaron and John discuss the exciting results of the Latin American International Championship, discover how their predictions of the event faired, and share their opinions of the budding Surging Sparks metagame heading into this week's Sacramento Regional Championship. Follow Aaron and John on X: @_Aaron_Curry @JohnPaulOrgel

This week Aaron and John discuss their initial thoughts on the release of Pokemon Pocket, bring back the Trainer Tips segment to talk about the importance of bench management, and close out the show with some predictions for LAIC this week. John tries to close the point gap on this week's Blaine's Quiz Show segment, and introduces us to a fun retro deck featuring Decidueye GX and Vileplume AOR. Fo...

Aaron and John welcome their first guests to the show! Long time players Grafton Roll and Michael Pramawat join our hosts as they discuss the overarching results of various archetypes throughout the Stellar Crown format, and how they seem to be shaping up as we rapidly approach the Latin American International Championship. This week our special guests take part in Blaine's quiz show with question...

Aaron and John discuss some of the more interesting and potentially impactful cards from the upcoming Surging Sparks expansion highlighted by cards like Pikachu ex, Hydreigon ex, and Ceruledge ex. Time Capsule is on a hiatus this week due to the massive amount of information coming from that set discussion, but Blaine's Quiz Show continues to be a staple of the show. Will John be able to stump Aar...

Aaron and John check out the results of the Lille regional championship and highlight a up and coming, nationwide program started by Tabletop Village, a game store based in Seattle. Blaine's quiz show and the Time Capsule round out the episode! More information on Tabletop Village's program can be found here: https://tabletopvillage.com/pages/in-school-enrichment This week's time capsule deck list...

Aaron and John dive into the results of the Louisville regional championship including a discussion of one of the potential shortcomings in the new tournament structure. Blaine's quiz show and the Time Capsule return along with a new segment, Frontier Fundamentals! Aaron and John can be found on X: @_Aaron_Curry @JohnPaulOrgel

Aaron and John look back at how the Lima Special event unfolded and how they expect the Louisville metagame to develop. John takes us through our first look at the current Championship Point leaderboard in a segment called the Ranking Hall. Also featuring the weekly Blaine's Quiz Show trivia segment and a look into the past in our Time Capsule segment! To hear more from Aaron and John, be sure to...

Hosts Aaron and John dive into the results of the Dortmund and Joinville Regional Championships and evaluate how the new Stellar Crown expansion will impact the metagame of future tournaments. Also featuring segments of trivia and exploration of retro decks! Follow us on X @_Aaron_Curry and @JohnPaulOrgel.