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  • #24 Lucas Xing

    #24 Lucas Xing
    Jun 30 2024
    Today’s guest is Lucas Xing. Lucas most recently won the Los Angeles Regional Championship, the final NA regional of the season. But Lucas has also been tearing up the Pokemon scene across the world over the past three seasons, having some of the most consistent regional placements we have ever seen. With a regional win, 2 regional top 4s, 3 top 16s, and 6 top 32s in three years, Lucas is a force to be reckoned with. While he might be best known for his immense success with Chien-Pao, Lucas has seen success at the highest level with several archetypes, winning LA with Pidgeot Control. Lucas' Twitter - ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/XingGod ----------------- Follow the Podcast!
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    50 min
  • #23 - Toine Lay

    #23 - Toine Lay
    Jun 23 2024

    Today’s guest is Toine Lay. While Toine may be best known in the Pokemon TCG community as the first Twitter that players go to check for translations of cards coming out in Japan, they are also a very talented player with incredible achievements. Toine splits their time between France and Japan, and placed top 4 in two Champions Leagues, as well as top 16 in the 2021 Japan National Championship. They have also achieved top 32 and 64 finishes at major events in Europe over the past year.


    Toine's Twitter - ⁠https://twitter.com/ToineLay ----------------- Follow the Podcast!
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    1 h et 12 min
  • #22 - Aneil Saini

    #22 - Aneil Saini
    Jun 16 2024

    Today’s guest is Aneil Saini. Aneil has played the game on and off for over a decade, returning in the past few years without missing a step. Placing top 16 at two regionals with Mew Vmax as well as top 16 at LAIC 2023 with an innovating Turbo Miraidon list, Aneil has shown that he is among the best players from the competitive Toronto area. Aneil is also one of the hosts of the Shift Gear Podcast. Aneil's Twitter - https://twitter.com/TCG_Aneil Shift Gear Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@ShiftGearPodcast ----------------- Follow the Podcast!
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    56 min
  • #21 - Alex Schemanske

    #21 - Alex Schemanske
    Jun 10 2024
    Today’s guest is Alex Schemanske. While he is perhaps best known for winning EUIC 2023, Alex has a litany of achievements dating back over a decade. He is a consistent day 2 competitor, with over a dozen Regional top 8s. Alex is known for innovating in the Pokemon TCG, having success with unexpected decks and pushing the metagame to its creative limits. Alex is now also the owner of his very own Pokemon TCG store in Michigan. Alex's Twitter - twitter.com/aschemanske Key Card Collectibles - twitter.com/KeyCardCollect ----------------- Follow the Podcast!
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    58 min
  • #20 - Kevin Clemente

    #20 - Kevin Clemente
    Aug 26 2023

    Today’s guest is Kevin Clemente, also known in the Pokemon community as Mellow_Magikarp. Kevin is an incredibly talented player, achieving a Worlds invite in 2019 - just his first season playing competitively - as well as 2022. He has had multiple strong finishes at major events, including 2 Regional top 16s. He is also the host of the Lake of Rage podcast, where he’s interviewed Regional, International, and World champions as well as content creators and other important individuals in the Pokemon TCG community. His Youtube channel is a valuable online resource, providing players with decklists, meta predictions, and lessons on how to improve as a player. In this episode we discuss his rapid growth as a player, how he feels about achieving a Worlds invite this season, the development of his online content, and more. ----------------- Kevins's Twitter - https://twitter.com/Mellow_Magikarp Youtube and Lake of Rage - https://www.youtube.com/@MellowMagikarp Memory Capsule Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/MemCapPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Host's Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/RZGladysz⁠⁠⁠⁠
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    1 h et 20 min
  • #19 - Mike Fouchet

    #19 - Mike Fouchet
    Aug 19 2023
    Today’s guest is Mike Fouchet. Mike has two decades of experience in the Pokemon TCG, having seen consistent success over the years on a variety of decks. Some of his biggest finishes include 2nd place at Philadelpha Regionals, Top 4 at US nationals in 2008, multiple top 32 Worlds finishes, as well as countless other Regional top cuts and top finishes. He is also one of the hosts of the Trashalanche podcast, which he has been doing for over 3 years. This episode was recorded before NAIC, after which Mike went on a tear, getting his Worlds invite and making it into day 2 of the 2023 World Championship. ----------------- Mike's Twitter - https://twitter.com/mikefouchet Trashalanche Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/0AaRgOBvDVqvTsz7lzipqP Memory Capsule Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/MemCapPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Host's Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/RZGladysz⁠⁠⁠⁠
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    1 h et 9 min
  • #18 - Steffen Eriksen (Part 2)

    #18 - Steffen Eriksen (Part 2)
    Aug 5 2023

    Today’s guest is Steffen Eriksen. Steffen is a player from Denmark with almost 2 decades of Pokemon TCG experience, and he will be joining us for the next two episodes. He has multiple Regionals finishes, Nationals finishes, and has 11 Worlds invites. He is also the host of the Youtube channel Steffen's Classroom, where he makes videos diving into the statistics and math behind the Pokemon TCG. Steffen is also an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, and will also be judging at Worlds in Japan this year. In this episode we focus on Pokemath, the odds of starting the Basics you want, do some fancy calculations, and more! ----------------- Pokemath Videos Referenced Pokemath Episode 1 Pokemath Episode 2⁠ Pokemath Episode 5 Pokemath Episode 57

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    Steffen's Twitter - ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/steff5001⁠ Steffen's Classroom Youtube - ⁠www.youtube.com/@SteffensClassroom⁠ Memory Capsule Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/MemCapPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Host's Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/RZGladysz⁠⁠⁠
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    59 min
  • #17 - Steffen Eriksen (Part 1)

    #17 - Steffen Eriksen (Part 1)
    Jul 28 2023

    Today’s guest is Steffen Eriksen. Steffen is a player from Denmark with almost 2 decades of Pokemon TCG experience, and he will be joining us for the next two episodes. He has multiple Regionals finishes, Nationals finishes, and has 11 Worlds invites. He is also the host of the Youtube channel Steffen's Classroom, where he makes videos diving into the statistics and math behind the Pokemon TCG. Steffen is also an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, and will also be judging at Worlds in Japan this year. In this episode we go over his history as a player and how involved his family has been to his passion for the TCG, what it's like to transition from playing to judging, and begin our discussion about Pokemath, which will be the focus of part 2. -----------------

    Steffen's Twitter - ⁠https://twitter.com/steff5001 Steffen's Classroom Youtube - www.youtube.com/@SteffensClassroom Memory Capsule Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/MemCapPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Host's Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/RZGladysz⁠⁠⁠

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    51 min