Memory Capsule - A Pokemon TCG Podcast

Oct 20 2024 29 ep. 62 mins 2
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Welcome to the Memory Capsule Podcast, where we interview members of the Pokemon Trading Card Game community. Our goal is not just to focus on the current meta or the most recent tournament results, but to take a deep dive into the history of the TCG and its players with some laid-back conversation. Every episode we’ll learn how our guest got involved in the Pokemon TCG, and give them an opportunity to share their love of the game with our listeners.

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Fixing the Pokemon TCG's Tournament Structure

Oct 20 2024 75 mins  
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

Jul 28 2024 78 mins  
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 promine

#27 - Cyrus Davis

Jul 21 2024 62 mins  
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,

#26 - Rahul Reddy

Jul 14 2024 70 mins  
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

#25 - Kyle Sabelhaus

Jul 07 2024 87 mins  
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 W

#24 - Lucas Xing

Jun 30 2024 50 mins  
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,

#23 - Toine Lay

Jun 23 2024 72 mins  
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 Nation

#22 - Aneil Saini

Jun 16 2024 55 mins  
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

#21 - Alex Schemanske

Jun 10 2024 57 mins  
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

#20 - Kevin Clemente

Aug 26 2023 79 mins  
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 interview