The Pod of Greed

First episode of 2026 is finally here! We survived the sickness.

Paul and Alec are joined by Alex for a special Christmas episode of the pod! And we all react to the huge news of the new full-art Overframe Yu-Gi-Oh cards!

Paul and Alec discuss new changes to Yu-Gi-Oh Genesys format, Pokemon's new increased printing plans, the Game Awards winners, and how the internet is consuming us all.

Paul and Alec discuss the strange identity crisis of Yu-Gi-Oh's Genesys format, the introduction of the CyberPunk 2077 TCG, and Magic the Gathering's Marvel Universes Beyond collaboration.

You can read the title.

We answer a myriad of viewer questions from the Pot!

Legendary 5Ds decks has been DELAYED?! Oh, and we talk about the Game Awards nominees, GameStop's weird "Trade Anything" day and the Word of the Year!

We discuss the new Legendary Modern Decks in Yu-Gi-Oh, get an interesting insight into an OCG player's experience, talk about Riftbound's huge issues with its initial launch, share thoughts on the PlayStation State of Play Japan, discuss the game changer Steam hardware announcements from Valve, Grand Theft Auto IV's delay, and an AI marriage!

Master Duel finally banned Apollousa! Also, we discuss GameStop's new "Power Packs" for getting PSA graded cards, a huge new update for the PlayStation Portal, and a creepy new AI robot assistant.

There's a new emergency Yu-Gi-Oh banlist here! Genesys format got a huge points update! We're getting a bunch more World Premiere decks! Magic shows off Avatar the Last Airbender! And so much more!

This week, Paul and Alec discuss a number of small Yu-Gi-Oh updates like the Neuron event, Holiday Charity, and the Fallen and the Virtuous Deck release. MTG also has a new tournament series with a huge $500,000 prize pool, and both Xbox and PlayStation have thoughts on their next gen consoles!

We have to talk about the huge announcement that Yu-Gi-Oh will finally be getting extended art cards, called Overframes! Paul and Alec also recap their experiences at New York Comic Con last weekend, and discuss an interesting survey around gaming demographics. Magic the Gathering also put out a weird consumer survey...

YCS Anaheim was a bit of a mixed bag, but there's plenty of stuff to talk about regardless!

Yu-Gi-Oh Genesys format is off to a good start, Master Duel has a bit of a weak new banlist, and video games are just getting WAY too expensive now...

Paul and Alec dive in deep with the new Yu-Gi-Oh Genesys format, and our review of the Sony State of Play!

We have to talk about the new Yu-Gi-Oh TCG banlist, and give our recap of the latest Nintendo Direct and our review of the Demon Slayer Infinity Castle movie.

Paul and Alec discuss the new Yu-Gi-Oh tournament policies that just went into effect. Oh, and we talk about a big Yu-Gi-Oh AI controversy? And an upcoming Nintendo Direct!

Paul and Alec recap some of the announcements at Yu-Gi-Oh WCS, we talk about the MTG Spider-Man Universes Beyond, and another AI art controversy.

What's the difference between collecting and investing in Yu-Gi-Oh cards? We talk about that and dozens more viewer questions in this week's episode!

Yu-Gi-Oh has a few news bits AND we talk about a lot of gaming stories this week! Pokémon had a bunch of cool announcements at the World Championships, Gamescom was happening this week, and the PS5 is more expensive now...

Paul and Alec talk about a lot of new Yu-Gi-Oh news. Paul went to a regional, we get a new Prize card, there's a new TCG World Premiere card coming in the tins, and so much more!

We're lighter on Yu-Gi-Oh news this week, so we're tackling a bunch of video game and streaming stories! Would you pay $100 for GTA 6? What are the coolest upcoming fighting games? And would you be interested in Showrunner, the AI-generated streaming service?

We discuss the new Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament Policy and the Master Duel's AI commentary feature. Plus Riftbound, Pokemon TCG Pocket, and the internet's wave of age verification and surveillance.

Everything about the latest Pokemon Presents, the Ironmouse VShojo scandal and more!

Paul recaps his experience at the Yu-Gi-Oh NAWCQ and we discuss the unfortunate confirmation that Time Wizard formats as we know them are about to change for good.