The Pod of Greed

Let's talk about the new Yu-Gi-Oh Structure Deck, the unfortunate Microsoft layoffs, and the Stop Killing Games movement.

This week, we talk about the newly updated Yu-Gi-Oh tournament policy documents, Disney Lorcana's first World Champion and his golden 1 of 1 Mickey Mouse card, Magic the Gathering's Sonic the Hedgehog collab, and the exciting games shown at the Bandai Namco Summer Showcase!

We talk about the new Yu-Gi-Oh Chronicles Albaz story, the latest Shadow Duelist reveal, MTG's 2 new Commander formats, and we talk

Konami changed back the controversial Yu-Gi-Oh retro rules, Shadowverse World Beyond launches with predatory monetization, and ChatGPT is definitely destroying our brains.

Paul and Alec discuss the highly controversial changes Konami has issued around Yu-Gi-Oh Time Wizard formats, the difficulties in obtaining the new Magic the Gathering x Final Fantasy products, exciting announcements around Riftbound (the League of Legends TCG), the successful launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, the upcoming Xbox ROG Ally, the new Marvel Fighters game, and a huge lawsuit from Disney...

Paul and Alec are answering a bunch of listener questions, both Yu-Gi-Oh and otherwise, in this episode of "Emptying the Pot"

Welcome back for another week! Let's talk Yu-Gi-Oh WCS announcements, the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, the new HBO Harry Potter cast, and more.

We discuss some exciting new Yu-Gi-Oh product announcements like Retro Pack 2, Pokemon TCG chaos at Gamestop, and give our takes on Google I/O, where they showed some interest AI products.

This week is a rapid fire series of stories and headlines for Paul and Alec to discuss. There's also a great viewer question: when people quit games like Yu-Gi-Oh, is it because of the game or themselves?

Paul and Alec discuss Konami's recent announcement of the new Yu-Gi-Oh YCS Prize cards. We also react to the new Grand Theft Auto VI trailer and its unfortunate release delay. And of course, our review of the newest Marvel movie: Thunderbolts! Lots of exciting things to chat about so we're looking forward to hearing what you all think!

We talk Yu-Gi-Oh, Altered TCG, and then Paul and Alec share the start of each of their nerd journeys. From books and video games to bullying... deep stuff!

Air Neos Mystery Solved, New Yu-Gi-Oh Anime Disappointment, Switch 2 Preorders

It's a slower Yu-Gi-Oh news week, but that doesn't mean there isn't a lot more news to cover! Tariffs are hitting TCG accessories! And should you pay for Yu-Gi-Oh coaching?

We discuss the events of YCS Houston and the reveal of Yu-Gi-Oh's latest TCG banlist, share some Magic the Gathering x Final Fantasy card leaks, and respond to our first critical 1-Star review...

We are celebrating our 100th episode with... another week of intense discussion! We talk about the new Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, the details on the Riftbound TCG based on League of Legends, and the Studio Ghibli AI controversy. Strap in!

Let's talk about the bunch of different Yu-Gi-Oh merch announcements, the cool new Digimon developments, a Pokémon product that will definitely get scalped, and Marvel Doomsday announcements.

Today we talk about a bunch of new card game news that's mostly NOT about Yu-Gi-Oh. The One Piece TCG is introducing Rotation, Assassin's Creed Shadows launches to surprising success, and Texas might be introducing a law that could ban anime!

It's Week 97! Let's discuss the controversy around the Magic the Gathering x Spongebob Squarepants Secret Lair, as well as some Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokemon news!

We sat down with Matt Bell to discuss his time working at Konami EU on Yu-Gi-Oh products, banlists, and events. Then we hear about his own tabletop card game Robot Raiders!

Lets talk all about the announcements from Pokemon Day, the new Yu-Gi-Oh Battles of Legend set, Magic the Gathering Scalping and the Shrek teaser!

We discuss the exciting new alternate art Yu-Gi-Oh cards coming in the next Quarter Century product, we share our thoughts on the beautiful new Magic the Gathering x Final Fantasy collab and all its products, and we give our review of Captain America: Brave New World! Plus a bunch of other gaming stories in between!

Lots of new things this week! Yu-Gi-Oh announced the location of the World Championship and announced a tournament between two prominent V-Tubers to celebrate Master Duel's 3rd anniversary. Wizards of the Coast reveals new guidelines for Magic the Gathering's Commander format! And of course, we recap our favorite new games from Sony's State of Play event.

Lots of fun stories this week! The third anniversary of Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel is happening, Pokemon TCG Pocket responds to the trading controversy, Multiversus is shutting down for good, Bytedance has a new AI video technology, and we talk manga and anime! Here goes!

We finally have a lot of Yu-Gi-Oh news to talk about this week! Plus actually interesting new developments in tech.

We invite our first podcast guest of 2025, Pharaohmone, to chat with us about his work behind the scenes in Yu-Gi-Oh judging, commentary, and tournament policy.