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Shift Gear Podcast
Registrace 14. 11. 2023
Welcome to our channel! Our names are Ciaran Farah and Aneil Saini and we're both competitive Pokèmon players with a combined 14 World Championships invites between us. We created our channel as a creative outlet to provide insight for competitive players as well as to share our knowledge of the game, both past and present. Our goal is to provide light hearted content in the form of a podcast that's both informative AND entertaining. We're both huge sports junkies, you'll catch us making a ton of references or speaking in different languages to start off the show, it's all part of the fun. Whether you're a new player or a seasoned competitive player, we aim to make content that's engaging for everyone through periodic guests and occasional blasts to the past. New episodes every Wednesday!
For any business inquiries or if you would like to get involved with our show, please contact either of us through our twitter pages.
For any business inquiries or if you would like to get involved with our show, please contact either of us through our twitter pages.
The Best Decks Right Now! Tier List of the Best Picks For Baltimore
This week the boys go through the best decks in standard right now and provide a bit of a different take to the current tierlist of the format. Is there an S-tier deck? Let us know if Drago fits the bill below!
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How to Play and Build Regidrago VSTAR With Jack Moore (Day 2 World Championships)
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Aneil is still on the Big Island so Ciaran is joined by one of Canada's young stars, Jack Moore. Jack is most famous for his Top 8 at Baltimore Regionals 2022 with Morepeko Control, but has been a consistent player in the Post Covid era. Most recently he made day 2 at the World Championships with Regidrago VSTAR. Jack goes into detail about his growth as a player, how he practices for events, h...
Worlds 2024 Was WILD
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If you would like to support us by getting your own Shift Gear bucket hat, they're now available through our web store! theshiftgearstore.myshopify.com/ Ciaran and Aneil breakdown the 2024 Pokémon World Championships, filmed live from Hilo, Hawaii! 🏝️ This week, we dive deep into: Our Tournament Runs: Hear the inside scoop as we recount our personal experiences and key highlights from our match...
Shrouded Fable Tourney Results Are In - Here's What You Should be Playing
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Shrouded Fable is finally here and we have had a plethora of online tournaments to analyze. We also go through the results from the Worlds testing tournament held in Japan. We do our best to give our thoughts on every single deck that we think will be relevant at Worlds! Find us : Find Ciaran: linktr.ee/ciarantcg Find Aneil: linktr.ee/TCG_Aneil Discord Server: discord.gg/QYy3rXeG
We've Been to 10 World Championships - Here's What We've Learned
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We've been to a combined 10 Pokèmon TCG World Championships, and we have learned A LOT. We take you through those experiences as we prepare for Honolulu 2024, we share some of the decks we played and our rationales, as well as share the most important lessons we've learned over the years. These tips can be taken to Worlds 2024, or any other big tournament throughout the circuit. Thanks for bein...
Our Stellar Crown Card Reviews!
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Ciaran's apartment no longer looks like Atlantis so he can help review our impact set after Worlds 2024! Reviewing cards like Terapagos ex, Hydrapple ex, Cinderace ex, and more - which of the cards we reviewed today do you think will have the biggest impact on the meta? Were there any cards we over or under valued? Find us : Find Ciaran: linktr.ee/ciarantcg Find Aneil: linktr.ee/TCG_Aneil Disco...
How to Win Worlds Featuring a World Champion! With Rowan Stavenow
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This week Ciaran takes some well earned PTO and instead Aneil is joined by a former World Champion - Rowan Stavenow! Rowan takes us through his Worlds winning run in 2015, his mentality that allowed him to win the event, and some deck tips going into the biggest tournament of the year. Let us know below what you think the most impactful card of Shrouded Fable will be! Find us : Find Rowan : x.c...
The Top 10 Worst Designed Pokemon Cards of ALL TIME
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This week we brought back the OG, Curtis Lyon to help us break down the top 10 WORST designed cards of all time. Let us know your thoughts in the comments down below and if we missed any cards you thought were particularly toxic! Find us : Shiftgear Discord: discord.gg/jNWqp24H Find Ciaran: linktr.ee/ciarantcg Find Aneil: linktr.ee/TCG_Aneil Timestamps: 00:00 Intro & Methodology 03:52 Honorable...
League Cup Guide! What You Should Be Playing to Locals
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In this video, we go through the top meta decks and share our thoughts on which ones are the best decks to bring to locals as they start up again for the 24/25 season! At the end, we also field all your twitter questions. FREE Masterclass Signup : docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMMbC5ExKwhv6D5wLjF5srIo4BYE8KzNwSKfLpsh8XkfgdBg/viewform Editor note : Audio/Video unsynced towards the end for so...
Pokemon Changed EVERYTHING! 2024-25 Season Structure Revealed
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We are bringing you the first ever emergency Shiftgear Episode. Pokemon dropped the bombshell the community has been waiting for, the 2024-25 season structure. There are tons of big changes, new invite system, new BFLs, and changes to Championship Points. We break it all down and give our thoughts! Find us : Find Ciaran: linktr.ee/ciarantcg Find Aneil: linktr.ee/TCG_Aneil
Our Shrouded Fable Tier List
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Time to review our impact set before Worlds 2024! Reviewing cards like Dusknoir, Fezandipiti ex, Pecharunt ex, and more - which of the cards we reviewed today do you think will have the biggest impact at worlds? Were there any cards we over or under valued? Ciaran's Shawarma Hut coming soon Find us : Find Ciaran: linktr.ee/ciarantcg Find Aneil: linktr.ee/TCG_Aneil
The 1st Annual Shift Gear Pokèmon TCG Player Awards Show
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Welcome to the Inaugural Shiftgear Pokemon TCG Players Award Show. We wanted to recognize the excellence and achievements of the players in the community during the 2023-24 season. You’ll find a fun mix of fun and serious awards, let us know your favourite and if we missed anything! A big thank you to everyone who sent us in an award speech! Find Us: Ciaran: x.com/ciaran_tcg Aneil: x.com/TCG_An...
NAIC 2024 - DQs, Clock & Interview With Top 32 Raging Bolt Player Shashi Naraine!
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This week we are joined by Shashi Naraine, who finished in the Top 32 with a unique build of Raging Bolt Ogerpon ex. We also break down all the drama from NAIC, if the time rules need to be changed, our thoughts on the amount of players at Worlds, and discuss our takeaways from the event. Wah Gwan Delilah Link : czcams.com/video/hAtO_bxyb0c/video.htmlsi=GXJFEWjpU5l3oRfh&t=66 Find Us: Ciaran: x....
What's THE PLAY For NAIC? Our Top Picks & Decklists
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In this episode, Aneil and Ciaran go over their top picks and personal decklists for the North American International Championships taking place in New Orleans. Let us know your thoughts below! Link to champions league results : pokecabook.com/archives/131563?fbclid=IwAR0ifXI64atpsdnbU7Oq1kefh3nxzKfykLUzzHoEvi4uKqede3kQ4VWGUGk Find Ciaran: linktr.ee/ciarantcg Find Aneil: linktr.ee/TCG_Aneil
Our NAIC Twilight Masquarade Decks Tier List!
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Our NAIC Twilight Masquarade Decks Tier List!
The Top 5 Greatest Pokèmon TCG Formats of ALL TIME - A Guide to Retro
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The Top 5 Greatest Pokèmon TCG Formats of ALL TIME - A Guide to Retro
Meet the Godfather of Canadian Pokemon
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Meet the Godfather of Canadian Pokemon
What the Pokèmon TCG Worlds Invite Structure Should Be
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What the Pokèmon TCG Worlds Invite Structure Should Be
How to Master Charizard ex - Interview With Orlando Regional Champion Liam Halliburton
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How to Master Charizard ex - Interview With Orlando Regional Champion Liam Halliburton
A Master Guide To Arceus/ARMAROUGE - An Interview With Top 32 EUIC Performer Julian Gort-Barry
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A Master Guide To Arceus/ARMAROUGE - An Interview With Top 32 EUIC Performer Julian Gort-Barry
Our Top Choices For EUIC (With Our Personal LIsts!)
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Our Top Choices For EUIC (With Our Personal LIsts!)
What Are The Best Decks of Temporal Forces? An Episode From the Mountains
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What Are The Best Decks of Temporal Forces? An Episode From the Mountains
The Top 10 Pokémon Cards of ALL TIME - A Walk Through Pokémon History
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The Top 10 Pokémon Cards of ALL TIME - A Walk Through Pokémon History
The Top 10 Decks of ALL TIME - A Walk Through Pokèmon History
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The Top 10 Decks of ALL TIME - A Walk Through Pokèmon History
Top 10 Pokemon TCG Players of All Time!
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Top 10 Pokemon TCG Players of All Time!
Crazy Japanese City League Decks, Relating Decks to Casino Games, and Important AUX Etiquette!
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Crazy Japanese City League Decks, Relating Decks to Casino Games, and Important AUX Etiquette!
They Printed Another Broken Ace Spec, Fukuoka Champion's League, and A Look Into Post Rotation!
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They Printed Another Broken Ace Spec, Fukuoka Champion's League, and A Look Into Post Rotation!
CHIEN PAO FINALLY WON A REGIONALS! Charizard is Patrick Mahomes?
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CHIEN PAO FINALLY WON A REGIONALS! Charizard is Patrick Mahomes?
If I never see another zoroark gx it would be too soon.
Aaniin Aneil, think I watched you play in Cobourg at a cup final a few months back. I'm Anishinaabe from the area, I'd love to help you pronounce that introduction correctly next time lol. Great podcast!
For me, Aneil has too much personality. Personally, I can't wait until he is replaced with an AI version of himself that purely spits out statistical matchup data. Good pod as always Ciaran ✌️
To have opinionated rankings from people who didnt play or experience the older decks is totally redundant ❌️
Great video as always boys. Needs more turbo lost box though. People be sleeping.
Lmk if you'd like me to dm my lost box greninja lists.
That was a solid B/B+ intro @Aneil
@@codmicgra I tried dude I really did
“B” is the new “A” in America, man lol
Arceus Armarouge!
@@Paradoxtheonly Scream it louder for those in the back - Aneil
@@ShiftGearPodcast ARCEUS ARMAROUGE
I just want next set already. Currently nothing feels GREAT to play :/
@@raandomuser710 I think we’re all kinda over this format 🥲
@@ShiftGearPodcast oh definitely. more ppl dislike this format than enjoy it from what I’ve heard and spoken with others.
Isn't an s tier deck the deck the format develops around? Or does the deck have to be able to also overcome the hate? I think drago qualifies either way because like you guys kinda said the deck beats it's bad matchups when played well
The tier list is too small to read which defeats the purpose of the video. I'd estimate that the screen is composed of 50% selfie cameras, 25% white space and 25% the tier list itself making all the decks within the tier list too small to easily distinguish. The tier list is presented TOO small to be any kind of useful visual reference. I checked for a link to a full (ie legible) image of the final tier list in the description and there was only a link to something unrelated to the list. I dragged the slider around to see if there was a marked full screen close up of the tier list at the beginning and/or end of the video or if there were at least chapters added to indicate which decks were being discussed verbally and there is nothing to help. I'm very annoyed and very disappointed.
@@jakeelwell2132 We’re a podcast man, our priority is for listening. I understand your concern and can appreciate that we could make it a bit larger and we will try to in the future. Whilst we appreciate your support, if this is really that annoying to you there is plenty of content out there that is more visually appealing. We try our best to supplement our audio, but personally we haven’t had any trouble reading it, even on mobile. In the future we’ll zoom and put in chapters, thanks for your comment
Raging bolt is the second best deck in my opinion
RIP to the bucket
@@ZBurkhardt Me sad bro
No lost Tina cope 😢
“Raging Bolt is gonna be 98% of the meta for Bolt-imore. And that number is conservative.” - Stephen A. Smith, probably
@@bolognagiri6443 Absolutely based comment - Aneil
Dragapult gets better next set because of the crystal ace spec not tree. Makes your arven stronger and the deck more consistent in general.
@@dakotadavey496 Yeah, I’ve seen lists with tree as well but I think the decks got a bright future! - Aneil
CAPE ZARD YES
@@Nghtly124 You’re cultured
banette/dudknoir S tier JOE FLACCO IS THE GOAT
You know (foot)ball - Ciaran
I don’t know if I can keep supporting the Shift Gear Pod… Ciaran outing himself as a certified prerelease HATER really did a number on me…
I don't really think I'm a hater, I just haven't been to one in forever lol. Maybe I need to give them another chance! - Ciaran
@@ShiftGearPodcast I was just meming but that's what I like to hear regardless! prerelease is so fun fr
raw dogged a 56 second ad. no AdBlock, no skips, no alt tab. just locked in on fucking candles
You're him 😤😤😤
Jack Moore is my GOAT
Yeah yamato was the final boss for the players cup invitational and he absolutely manhandled i think it was Alex Schemanske he had to play. Both TCG and VGC secret bosses completely obliterated the winners of the players cup invitationals
I remember seeing that. I think that was really cool they brought out some legends of the game for that event. Super cool Yamato still has that dawg in him! - Ciaran
@@ShiftGearPodcast yeah he does and he did an interview after he won that and his kids play the game now so he's playing the game again with them so it's not out of the realm of possibility of him competing at worlds again
best episode yet, GOATMOORE2025
aneil looks different today - no bucket hat?
He lost it in Hawaii 😔 - Ciaran
Amazing French from Jack
Took me right back to grade 9 French - Ciaran
Bare shifted gears this week fellas, this one’s gonna slap on Delta airlines wifi - Aneil
Adp plus zacian
I think sableye donk is definitely deserving of the #1 spot. Because your 60 card list was solved. Even if you’re trying to hard tech against it with 4 spiritomb in your deck your matchup is still ~40/60 in sableye’s favor so you’d always be better off just running, sableye donk and taking the 50-50 coin flip. Truely a teir 0 deck, maybe even a teir -1. And unlike Lugia, whose best counter is Lugia, games were decided turn one so there was no counter play or skill expression
That is honestly a fair point, I think I docked Sabledonk some points because it never got to be played for a sustained amount of time. If we are talking pure degenerecy/power then I think Sableye is #1 for sure! - Ciaran
With the new invite structure any master player who manages to qualify for worlds would have to spend so much money that being able to afford traveling to worlds is a given regardless of where it is.
I don't know if that is 100% true. We see a decent chunk of people qualify for Worlds every year who don't attend, but I agree 90% plus will probably go regardless of where it is. Worlds has also turned into a huge event for spectating. I think that group is the one hurt the most by not getting to experience Worlds in their home regions. - Ciaran
NAIC had 6 gardevoirs in top 8, how is worlds meta worse?
The NAIC meta while having a clear tier 1 deck was less aggressive. I guess you can chalk it up to my personal preference for slower formats or ones where more intricate decks are tier 1. I also think Gardevoir overperformed at NAIC since most top players were on the deck and people weren't ready to tech for Gardy. - Ciaran
shiftin gears
Bare gear shifting is commencing
How does regi beat bolt I feel it is almost an auto loss.
Survive turn 1 without losing a 2 prizer or loop in Rad Zard early by manually attaching to it - Aneil
Banishing them to Yugioh is nuts lol. That is real torture, getting FTK every round.
I was gonna say Lorcana but that game is too new to take on the griefers - Aneil
9 dollar skittles is diabolical
Legit almost left the venue and caller er a day, unreal - Aneil
congrats to crushing hammer for its debut in a world championship deck, whenever they inevitably print and sell the 2024 worlds decks
They're not even gonna use the optimal BW era art 🙃 - Aneil
shift gear bucket hat looks pretty sick, gonna need to get one!
Wear it to the club - Aneil
I love the scuffed setup tbh, reminds me of the yugioh deck profiles me and my friends did back in the day. very based of you to still record an episode, even if you’re on the road!
We, back in the day also had some terrible scuffed CZcams channels hat have thankfully now been deleted. Thanks for being here and the support as always! (and if you want to buy a bucket hat at any point, message me on twitter because for you we'll make a european shipping exception) - Aneil
@@ShiftGearPodcastoh man, you’re the goat! for sure!!
Shoutout to my right AirPod dying 10 minutes before I put the pod on. You’re the real MVP
Sometimes the universe stays looking out for us brodie - Aneil
as a regular single airpod listener, this episode banged. thanks for gettin it out early. ggs on a dope run Aneil
I'm also a single airpod boy, who needs surround sound when we have the convenience of a single bud. Appreciate you 😎- Aneil
Watching this on my lunch break. Hope you boys are enjoying the islands ❤️
Can't complain, it's gorgeous. Thanks for tuning in! - Aneil
29:00 the timing on this podcast with the conflicting prizing info from today
Maybe corrected, maybe not corrected, maybe reduced, maybe not reduced, maybe not not reduced...
Lmaooo we should've procrastinated another 24 hours, weak decision from the boys - Aneil
Mono audio 😢
The worst, banish the shift gear podcasts these guys suck - Aneil
I can appreciate the Hawaiian introduction, given you’re still in Hawaii. I was excited to hear you destroy Ojibwe lol Nice to meet you, again, Aneil! Congrats on the run!
Oh buddy just you wait until next week. I was rehearsing your note prior but this one felt too fitting to pass up. Thanks for the awesome set brother it was such a pleasure to meet you - Aneil
Likewise! I was glad to see you make Day 2 after eliminating me!
My left ear really enjoyed this one
@@JoshGreiff sorry guys, we had to make do with what we had, not optimal recording conditions and neither of us had our desktops or mics we usually use, just gonna have to play it on speaker for everyone around you to hear 😘
Live on location! Very cool, excited for this one.
The boys are international now!
Was following the progress for you boys during the weekend! Great run Aneil, congrats on the day 2!
@@DillonsDex Thanks for keeping up! Much appreciated 🥰 - Aneil
Thank you for at least mentioning Broken Time Space when talking about Forest of Giant Plants. I think it should be required to talk about that card whenever FoGPs is brought up. However, I think that aspect alone showing that the card was functionally printed in the past shows why it wasn't a worst designed card of all time following the logic of having a similar card printed in the past. It would either be Broken time space is badly designed or neither or them are.
That's the hard thing about making lists like these. Cards are only as broken as the cards that exist with them. VS Seeker was a niche card in the ex/dp era, but in my opinion one of the biggest issues during the XY block. BTS enabled some strong combos, but nothing truly game breaking/unhealthy. I decided to rank cards relative to their era instead of just in a vacuum. - Ciaran
Mewtwo EX not even cracking a top 10 through honorable mention is criminal! Can't believe I am having to argue about why it is failing to make a top ten decks of all time. The only reason it was stopped in its track is because of Darkrai EX being printed in which it was still paired with it because it had no other partners to be paired to begin with! As for Darkrai EX, when every deck had to have either Darkrai EX or Terrakion or both then yeah it certainly a deck of all time.
My problem with Mewtwo EX was that it wasn't really a deck, the card was just broken and in every deck lol. If you watch our Top 10 cards of all time it got a spot in that list. I agree that Darkrai should have been on the list! - Ciaran
I gotta ask, why does that grown ass soith asian man talk like a fuckin valley girl?
Pokemon did fantasy for naic and worlds, if they do it in the future it would be cool to go over fantasy picks on the podcast
It would be really cool to do Pokemon fantasy for the whole year, but it would be tough since not every player goes to a similar amount of events. Maybe Pokemon could make fantasy with the cards for the whole season! - Ciaran
Great podcast as always! I put Ciaran in my friends worlds draft. Please do well so i can mock my friends and buy 4 Big Mac Combos. You can do it Ciaran i believe in you! 💪
I appreciate the faith you put into me. I will do my best to improve next year! Sorry I didn't win you your draft :( - Ciaran