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
Gardevoirisms. VIP or no VIP? Does This Effect Kevin Durants Legacy?
This week Ciaran and Aneil are tasked with legacy questions, lots of questions about VIP in Gardevoir, and explain why Patrick Mahomes is NOT our goat. Knoxville prep continues on and we're here to a…
How to Play Roaring Moon With Catchers, Making Your First Day 2, Pokestats, and Closed Decklists?
This week Ciaran and Aneil are joined by Rafal Gladysz following his top 64 at the Charlotte Regional championships with a unique build of Roaring Moon that included Pokemon Catcher. He also breaks d…
Aging up to Masters, Arceus, Pokemon Boxing, Charlotte, and New Cards With Christian Labella!
Ciaran and Aneil are joined by one of Canada's brightest young stars, Christian Labella. He breaks down how he has been able to transition from seniors to masters successfully and helps us preview Ch…
Giratina's Domination, Roaring Moon Enters The Format, and Other Portland Surprises + Giveaway!
Ciaran and Aneil discuss the results from the Portland Regional Championships. They run through all the interesting decks and discuss where the format currently stands. We are graciously sponsored th…
Our Top 10 Cards of 2023! + Shawarmas?
In this episode, Aneil & Ciaran recap their top 10 Pokemon and Trainer cards in competitive play during the 2023 cycle. They also get a new (questionable) sponsor, and the apparent new ability to agr…
Is Prime Catcher Too Good?? Gholdengo ex and Zeraora Top Cut Japan?? New Cards Revealed From Japan!
This week Ciaran and Aneil take a look at the newly revealed cards from "Wild Force" and "Cyber Judge!". They spend time giving their gripes with Prime Catcher and a general commentary on game design…
Dan Hugar Breaks Down Lost Zone Giratina, Translating Online Success to IRL, and More!
We are joined this week by San Antonio Regionals Top 8 Competitor Dan Hugar. He breaks down how he had success with his Lost Zone Giratina deck, some tips on how to play it, how he translated his Pla…
The Ask Us Anything Episode (& San Antonio Prep, I guess)
With San Antonio on the horizon and some interesting results from last week, Aneil & Ciaran dive into some San Antonio top picks as well as discuss implications from the successes last week. Addition…
Who's the GOAT of Pokemon? A Discussion on GOATS & The Evolution of the Paradox Rift Metagame
In this episode, Aneil and Ciaran have the GOAT debate. With Jason Klaczynski and Tord Reklev both having such dominant careers, who is the true GOAT? They also dive into some interesting decks that …
Mindsets, weekly updates, and PALKIA
In this episode, Aneil and Ciaran dive into what happened last weekend at the regionals around the globe. Amongst these results were some really cool decks that are certainly worth taking a look at. …
We Cleaned Up an Internats With Spicy Lists! Our Top 4 & Top 16 LAIC Reports
In this episode, Aneil & Ciaran recap their deep runs at the Latin American International Championships featuring some spicy lists. They go over their preparation for big events, how to set a mindset…
Rift is Here! Our Early Contenders & Analyzing Early Results
In this episode Aneil & Ciaran recap their testing experience so far with the new Paradox Rift set. Aneil cheats on all of his morals by playing Miraidon, Ciaran remains a Pao-boy. In analyzing limit…
We're Free From 151! A Recap of Toronto & A Look Ahead - Our Paradox Rift Top Picks
In this episode Aneil & Ciaran recap what was a rather unsuccessful homecoming for a lot of our Canadian players, despite a pretty interesting Toronto regionals experience. Additionally, they look ah…
Last Tourney Before Paradox Rift!!! Our Top Picks for Toronto & A Special Guest
In this more laid back discussion episode, Aneil & Ciaran bring on the local legend Simon Luong to help them forecast Toronto regionals and share some ideas going into the weekend. Additionally, pre-…
Gyarados Vmax, Lugia's Domination, a Lost Mine of Lost Box! What Went Down in Sacramento & a Look Ahead to Toronto
In this episode we are joined by our first guest, Lucas Xing! He helps us break down what went down at the Sacramento Regional Championships that took place between Oct 13-15. We talk about the surpr…
What Exactly Happened in Peoria? A Story of Metagaming, and Overmetagaming - Our Thoughts Going into Sacramento
In this episode we go over the unexpected results of the regional in Peoria, IL that took place between Oct 6-8. Specifically, we look into how Japanese results sometimes skew our expectations of the…
What Deck Should you be Playing for Peoria? | Our 151 Meta Discussion, is Mew ex THAT Good?
What should we expect going into Peoria? For our first episode, we dive into the metagame currently along with the impact of the new cards coming out in 151. How is mew ex going to fare? Lots of thin…