The Shift Gear Podcast

This week, we're joined by the Milwaukee Regional CHAMPION to talk all things Raging Bolt. What's the play moving forward?

 This week the fellas sit down with Mo Ideis to talk all things under the sun. What’s the meta shaping around next, and is there a secret play for Milwaukee we think is criminally underrated? 

It's gettin' itchy! Is it time to ban Budew amidst all of Dragapult ex's dominance? Members always get shift gear a few hours early, join here if you're wanna support the channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNlgnW_T-iE9DdsUY6UNCtQ/join Scoop some new Red EndGames! Code "SHIFTGEAR" or follow this link to support the mandem and get 10% off : https://endgametcg.ca/discount/SHIFTGEAR Get a Shift...

This week the lads dig into Atlanta regionals and the meta breakdown we expect to see. Aneil still (self-admittedly) knows nothing about Pokemon and may continue to do so as raw reactions are a lot more entertaining than informed ones (jk, I'll be back soon). Are these Rocket's cards nuts? Edit : I was wrong and Alex Ovechkin has missed *75* games over his 20 year career. That means he's played in...

This week the fellas do some scrubbing through limitless results to do some initial post rotation reviews on some of the new (and old) archetypes popping their head out in the TCG. What's your favourite deck right now? Scoop some new Red EndGames! Code "SHIFTGEAR" or follow this link to support the mandem and get 10% off : https://endgametcg.ca/discount/SHIFTGEAR Get a Shift Gear bucket hat here :...

This week the boys go through the highly anticipated rotation memorial. Which cards will we miss the most, which were the most impactful? Find out on this week’s episode ;) 

This week, the boys go over the entire Journey Together set and provide their thoughts on the new cards. What cards are you excited for? Let us know down below your thoughts!

It was a slow content week so this week, the boys painfully and boringly recap Aneil's top 8 regional run at the Vancouver Regional Championship. Nothing to see here! Thanks for being here and for all of the support 🥰 Members always get shift gear a few hours early, join here if you're wanna support the channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNlgnW_T-iE9DdsUY6UNCtQ/join Scoop some new Red EndG...

This week while Aneil is on PTO, Ciaran interviews the current best player out of Vancouver, Cali White. In this episode, they discuss Cali's journey and what decks they expect to do the best at the upcoming Vancouver Regionals! Members always get shift gear a few hours early, join here if you're wanna support the channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNlgnW_T-iE9DdsUY6UNCtQ/join Scoop some ne...

This week the boys recap what was an extremely eventful EUIC with some very unlikely top player picks! Was Klawf underrated this entire time? Members always get shift gear a few hours early, join here if you're wanna support the channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNlgnW_T-iE9DdsUY6UNCtQ/join Scoop some new Red EndGames! Code "SHIFTGEAR" or follow this link to support the mandem and get 10%...

This week the fellas have a dive into where each meta deck ranks going into EUIC, including our top choices and sleeper picks! They also look ahead and analyze the first post rotation tournament that happened in Fukuoka, as well as break down Puerto Rico! Should Pokèmon have it's own unofficial 4 nations tournament? Members always get shift gear a few hours early, join here if you're wanna support...

This week the fellas have a good look at the results of the first big event featuring Prismatic Evolutions. This event didn't exactly pan out as we all thought it would and Azul came back to randomly claim a famous victory? Let us know your thoughts down below : Scoop some new Red EndGames! Code "SHIFTGEAR" or follow this link to support the mandem and get 10% off : https://endgametcg.ca/discount/...

In an extremely special episode, this week the boys had on Henry Chao - The 2x regional champion with Gardevoir to talk Gardevoir and his win at San Antonio, in addition to the Doncic trade, most importantly. Let us know down below what you think of Gardevoir going forward and more importantly, how this trade effects LeBron's legacy. Scoop some new Red EndGames! Code "SHIFTGEAR" or follow this lin...

This week the fellas are joined by James Kowalski fresh off his first Top 4 this past weekend at San Antonio Regionals! James breaks down everything and touches on the age old question - Do online Mickeys actually help? See what he said and more, on this episode of Shift Gear. Let us know down below your thoughts on Pidgeot Control & it's place in the Prismatic format! Scoop some new Red EndGa...

This week Palkia is running absolutely rampant in tournaments around the globe, and we're joined by Rafael, a real pokemon professor to answer all of our questions on what judging is REALLY like! Let us know if you enjoyed this episode down below and if you have any questions for our guest, Raf! Scoop some new Red EndGames! Code "SHIFTGEAR" or follow this link to support the mandem and get 10% off...

.This week, we're joined by Rafal Gladysz who created his own version of Pokemon Jeopardy and it was .... challenging. Aneil provides a boring (but necessary) market analysis and explains why this is not the time to buy singles. Scoop some new Red EndGames! Code "SHIFTGEAR" or follow this link to support the mandem and get 10% off : https://endgametcg.ca/discount/SHIFTGEAR Get a Shift Gear bucket...

This week, the boys dive into their personal top 5 decks of all time. If you're interested in any of the mentioned formats, these are some fantastic resources to learn more about them : https://alexwilsonnc.github.io/tes/decks-by-era/main Filter by era here, limited data : https://play.limitlesstcg.com/tournaments/completed?game=PTCG https://ptcgarchive.com/ Get a Shift Gear bucket hat here : http...

Happy New Years! This week, the boys go through the top performing decks of 2024. To do this, we took “Limitless points” and summed them up for the last 12 months in the calendar year of 2024. What’s at the top might surprise you! Let us know your guesses down below before watching! Wishing everyone the absolute best in 2025, we’ll be with you every week. Get a Shift Gear bucket hat here : https:/...

In this special Holiday episode, Aneil & Ciaran break down the results of the 5000 person Champions League tournament in Osaka. Was Budew a bust...? Get a Shift Gear bucket hat here : https://kcustoms.ca/ Find us: Aneil: linktr.ee/tcg_aneil Ciaran: linktr.ee/ciarantcg Join our discord! https://discord.gg/8PzrbMd5

In this episode, the boys recap their weekends at Toronto regionals including Ciaran's top 16 placement with Lugia! Thank you to everyone who we met this weekend, and everyone who continues to support us :) ENDGAMES are back in stock! Get some here and use code SHIFTGEAR for a discount :) https://endgametcg.ca/discount/SHIFTGEAR Get a Shift Gear bucket hat here : https://kcustoms.ca/ Find us: Anei...

In this episode we're joined by certified Burlington man Rowan Stavenow. The three of us go over our thoughts on what the best choices are to play for Toronto regionals this weekend, as well as some of our favourite things to do in the city. Let us know how we did on our meta shares and if you're excited for the (best) regional on the circuit ;) Get a shift gear bucket hat here : https://kcustoms....

In this episode, Aneil & Ciaran look back at Stuttgart Pokemon Regionals which happened this last weekend. An all Charizard finals may have been overshadowed by the development of .... Klawf? Get a shift gear bucket hat here : https://kcustoms.ca/ Find us: Aneil: linktr.ee/tcg_aneil Ciaran: linktr.ee/ciarantcg Join our discord! https://discord.gg/9etqcC3s

Miraidon dominated the first Regionals of the Surging Sparks format, with fellow Canadian Landen Kaetler taking down his second Regional Championships! We discuss if we think Miraidon is about to take over the meta and what other decks to look out for in the Surging Sparks meta!

In this episode, Ciaran & Aneil are joined once again by Jackson Ford. Jackson this past weekend managed to finish 5th at the Latin American International Championships down in Brazil using his Secret Box Charizard ex deck. Jackson takes us through his deck and matchups on the latest episode of Shift Gear! Get a shift gear bucket hat here : https://kcustoms.ca/ Find us: Aneil: linktr.ee/tcg_an...

Happy Whopper day! Ciaran's in Argentina so today I sit down with Jackson "Ogremon" Ford to talk all things LAIC and present our top picks for the tournament this weekend. Let us know the play down below ;) Get a shift gear bucket hat here : https://kcustoms.ca/ Find us: Aneil: linktr.ee/tcg_aneil Ciaran: linktr.ee/ciarantcg Jackson: https://x.com/Jctfordd Join our discord! https://discord.gg/EbwK...