The Shift Gear Podcast
Here you'll find two long term Pokemon TCG players who want to share our thoughts on the meta, decks, and all things Pokemon TCG with our listeners. With a specific focus on providing high level content, we also like to take the time to bring on Canadian guests who are under-represented on the global stage and give them an opportunity to share their thoughts and shine! New episodes release weekly on Wednesdays at 12:00 :)
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 98
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
The 1st Annual Shift Gear Pokèmon Players Awards
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. We wanted to have …
NAIC Recap - DQs, Prize Penalties, Clock, Gardevoir Dominance, and an Interview With an Aggro King!
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…
What's THE PLAY For NAIC? Our Top Picks & Decklists
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!
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Our NAIC Twilight Masquarade Decks Tier List!
This week on The Shiftgear we give our personal tier list for NAIC. Come here our thoughts on where every deck currently stands in the format! As always, these are just our opinions, so let us know i…
The Top 5 Greatest Pokèmon TCG Formats of ALL TIME - A Guide to Retro
In this episode, we are joined once again by Little Dark Fury to discuss the 5 greatest formats ever. We take you through a guide to retro Pokemon, the best formats to build and the most enjoyable to…
Meet the Godfather of Canadian Pokemon
On this weeks episode we are joined by a legend of the game, Curtis Lyon. He is a National Champion, Regional Champion, State Champion, and has some deep finishes at Worlds as well. For the first tim…
Theres a New King ... Dialga Vstar?
Dialga Vstar is king! Aneil thought he was cool and unique for playing Dialga to day 2 at the Indianapolis regionals but Andrew Hedrick had the same idea and now Dialga is king. With Chien-Pao on the…
What the Pokèmon TCG Worlds Invite Structure Should Be - Elitism?
The worlds invitation system needs some changes. In this episode, we go over the NAIC registration debacle and share our opinions on how the Worlds invitation system should be revised for 2025.
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Our Twilight Masquerade Tier List
There hasn't been much meta development so we decided to look ahead to Twilight Masquerade this week. Find out what we think of cards like Unfair Stamp, Greninja ex, Dragapult ex, Tatsugiri, and more…
Orlando Regional Champion Breaks Down How to Master Charizard ex, Winning Worlds, and his Tord Plus Lebron Fandom
We are joined by the winner of the largest TPCI Regional Championship of all time, Liam Haliburton. He breaks down his winning run and his Charizard list. We ask him to break down some of the matchup…
A Master Guide To Arceus/ARMAROUGE - An Interview With Top 32 EUIC Performer Julian Gort-Barry
In this episode, we're joined by Julian Gort-Barry fresh of his 17th place finish at the European International Championships. Julian walks us through his deck and matchups, and also provides some in…
Our Top Choices For EUIC (With Our Personal LIsts!)
In this episode, we both go over our top 3 choices (and our personal lists) for the European International Championship this coming weekend (April 5-7). What should you play for the weekend? We provi…
What Are The Best Decks of Temporal Forces? An Episode From the Mountains
Join us this week as we recap Vancouver regionals and give our insights on what to expect at EUIC post rotation. We also get a new intro and a "customer review"! We go through Charizard ex, Chien-Pao…
The Top 10 Pokémon Cards of ALL TIME - A Walk Through Pokémon History
LDF joins us once again to go through the top 10 Pokémon cards of all time (excluding Trainers & Energy cards). These were selected on criteria consisting mainly of the strength of a card relative to…
The Top 10 Decks of ALL TIME - A Walk Through Pokemon History
On this week's episode, we're joined again by LDF for part 2 of our mini-series. This week we go through the top 10 decks of ALL TIME. These were selected on a criteria consisting of mainly overall d…
Top 10 Pokemon TCG Players of All Time!
This week we are joined by fellow Canadian, LittleDarkFury (Matthew Wood) to break down the Top 10 Pokemon TCG Players of all time. The three of us all had very different lists, but we combined them …
Who Gets Aux On Drives? Relating Decks to Casino Games (NOT SPONSORED BY ONLINE BETTING, for once)
This week for episode 21, Aneil & Ciaran review some more post rotation tournaments, tell stories, and relate top decks to casino games.
They Printed Another Broken Ace Spec, Fukuoka Champion's League, and A Look Into Post Rotation!
This week we take a look at the results from the most recent Japanese Champion's League that took place in Fukuoka. There were a lot of new cards revealed, including a pretty powerful ace spec!
CHIEN PAO FINALLY WON A REGIONALS! Charizard is Patrick Mahomes?
CHIEN-PAO DID IT! This week Ciaran & Aneil recap Dortmund regionals, compare QBs to meta decks, and explain why we will never be letting our girls go to an Usher concert. All that and more on this we…
How to Play Giratina Vstar to Top 8, Chien-Pao Gaming, and Canadian's Honest Review of Buc-ees!
Ciaran and Aneil are joined by fellow Canadian and Banana Games teammate, Jackson Ford. He breaks down his run to top 8 with Giratina Vstar, and discusses how to play the deck going forward. Ciaran b…