Fixing the Pokemon TCG's Tournament Structure

Fixing the Pokemon TCG's Tournament Structure

We have a special episode for our listeners! Kyle Sabelhaus, Ciaran Farah, and Mo Ideis joined Rafal to help diagnose the issues with the Pokemon TCG's tournament structure, how it could be improved, and why we all want the best for the game we love.

#28 - JW Kriewall

Today’s guest is JW Kriewall. While many of you may know him as a member of the Pokemon Trading Card Game's premier podcasting trio, JW is also a three-time Regional Champion, having taken the gold at Fort Wayne 2013, Richmond 2019, and most recently Toronto 2023, where he achieved an automatic worlds invite with Miraidon. JW is also a Youtuber, Twitch streamer, and a prominent figure in the Pokemon TCG community on Twitter. JW's Twitter - ⁠https://x.com/RealJohnWalter [https://x.com/RealJohnWalter] Tag Team Podcast - https://x.com/tagteampokemon [https://x.com/tagteampokemon] ----------------- Follow the Podcast!

#27 - Cyrus Davis

Today’s guest is Cyrus Davis. Cyrus is an incredibly talented player, who is perhaps best known for winning NAIC 2023 with Urshifu Inteleon. They also have several other incredible achievements, including a Regional top 16 and top 4, as well as a 9th place finish at the 2023 World Championships. Cyrus is also known for playing several unorthodox deck archetypes to great success, and has also written several high quality guides and articles for the Shuffle Squad, Metafy, and Schemanske’s Corner. Cyrus' Twitter - https://twitter.com/CyrusDavisTCG [https://twitter.com/CyrusDavisTCG] ----------------- Follow the Podcast!

#26 - Rahul Reddy

Today’s guest is Rahul Reddy. Rahul is a player and content creator who has been playing the Pokemon TCG for over 10 years. Rahul has several incredible achievements as a player, including multiple International top cuts, almost a dozen Regional top cuts, and many strong finishes at Worlds, including a top 16 finish in 2018 and top 32 in 2019. Rahul has had success with multiple deck archetypes, perhaps most famously with Bee Revenge Vespiquen in both the Standard and Expanded formats, as well as innovating the Regis deck during Lugia Vstar’s dominance. Rahul's Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/thefleeee [https://twitter.com/thefleeee] ----------------- Follow the Podcast!

#25 - Kyle Sabelhaus

Today’s guest is Kyle Sabelhaus. Kyle is a veteran player who has seen success in the Pokemon TCG for two decades. Today he is best known as one of the incredibly talented members of the Pokemon TCG commentary team. Over the years Kyle has had great success across all levels of the Pokemon TCG, winning regionals, placing high at Nationals, and finishing as high as Top 16 at the World Championship. In between stints on the commentary desk, Kyle has continued to attend events to this day, making it to day 2 at several regionals in the past few years. Kyle's Twitter - ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/KSabelhaus [https://twitter.com/KSabelhaus] ----------------- Follow the Podcast!