The Shift Gear Podcast

Happy Toronto weekend to all who celebrate! This week, the fellas break down a bunch of stuff no one will care about as well as the tier list going into Toronto. What's your play? Did we miss anything? Let us know down below :
Scoop some EndGames using the code "SHIFTGEAR" and follow this link to support the mandem : https://endgametcg.ca/discount/SHIFTGEAR

Find us: Aneil: https://www.youtube.com/@AneilTCG
Ciaran: https://www.ciarantcg.com/
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
13:14 Play Rulebook Updates
17:14 New Card Scans
33:55 Tier List

Happy New Year! Thanks for sticking with us through another year :) This week, we break down our 10 best cards of the year. These cards were selected based off their usability and performance through the last year. We tried to stay away from major deck archetype cards (like Gardevoir ex or Dragapult ex) just to make things interesting. What did we miss? Let us know down below!

Scoop some EndGames using the code "SHIFTGEAR" and follow this link to support the mandem : https://endgametcg.ca/discount/SHIFTGEAR

Find us:
Aneil: https://www.youtube.com/@AneilTCG
Ciaran: https://www.ciarantcg.com/

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! We're back with a Christmas episode on our BIGGEST wishes for the Pokèmon TCG for 2026. What did we miss?
Scoop some EndGames using the code "SHIFTGEAR" and follow this link to support the mandem : https://endgametcg.ca/discount/SHIFTGEAR
Find us:
Aneil: https://www.youtube.com/@AneilTCG
Ciaran: https://www.ciarantcg.com/

Timestamps :
00:00 Talking Big Business
11:14 New Cards
20:35 Our Christmas Wishlist

This week, the boys go over one of the best historical formats ever, 2018 SUM-LOT. This format is exceptionally diverse, and surprisingly still very cheap to build. In this video, we touch on some of the key cards, archetypes, mechanics, and must have decks. Let us know your thoughts down below on this format and your thoughts on this style of video 🤠
Some resources on this format to check out :
https://www.justinbasil.com/retro/sum-lot
https://www.pokebeach.com/2024/06/the-ultimate-past-format-guide-2
https://note.com/whimsicast/n/n10102af0d7ea
https://alexwilsonnc.github.io/ptcg-legends-legacy/decks-by-era/2018/sum-lot

Scoop some EndGames using the code "SHIFTGEAR" and follow this link to support the mandem : https://endgametcg.ca/discount/SHIFTGEAR

Find us:
Aneil: https://www.youtube.com/@AneilTCG
Ciaran: https://www.ciarantcg.com/

Timestamps :
00:00 Intro
03:19 SUM-LOT Intro
06:50 Mechanics & Key Cards
19:02 Decks

Welcome back to another history lesson on the channel. This week, we put together our personal lists of the top cards in Pokèmon history that made the game worse. Our criteria for this was to identify cards (or combos of cards) that changed the game in a way that made the overall experience more negative. A lot of the time, these cards were used to create game breaking or broken combos that were way above the power level that existed regularly at that time. What did we miss? Let us know down below which of these cards you hate the most 👽
Scoop some EndGames using the code "SHIFTGEAR" and follow this link to support the mandem : https://endgametcg.ca/discount/SHIFTGEAR

Find us:
Aneil:
https://www.youtube.com/@AneilTCG
Ciaran: https://www.ciarantcg.com/