Pallet Town Tales: A Pokémon TCG Podcast

Following a top 8 run in Louisville, Gabe sat down with Maia Melban. The two discussed Maia’s pre-tournament expectations, unexpected performance, and future of the mew box deck.

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Maia: @flowerselecting Gabe: @Gabe_Shumway Eddie: @PizzanoEddie The Show: @PalletTownTales

Marco Cifuentes returns to the podcast this week to talk about his recent results with N’s Zoroark ex, including a top four finish at the Recife Regional Championships and a top 32 finish at the World Championships. Marco and Gabe discuss the deck’s lack of respect, why top players are abandoning it, and why he feels that the deck is still being built incorrectly.

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Marco: @MCifuentesTCG

Gabe: @Gabe_Shumway

Eddie: @PizzanoEddie

The Show: @PalletTownTales

This week, Gabe sits down with Ethan's Typhlosion aficionado Yasmin Kiss. The two discuss Yasmin’s journey back to Pokemon after a 14-year hiatus, why she sticks to Typhlosion despite its lack of public respect, and how she managed to make another top 32 appearance with it.

Check out Yasmin’s Metafy guide: https://metafy.gg/guides/view/bonded-by-the-journey-a-comprehensive-guid-006adkomOfu

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Yasmin: @YasminKissTCG

Gabe: @Gabe_Shumway

Eddie: @PizzanoEddie

The Show: @PalletTownTales

This week, Gabe brings Matt and Graham back to discuss three regionals' worth of results, both from their respective runs in Baltimore and the coin flips and sudden deaths that decided our recent champions. They go over how to maintain a strong mental when things go awry at your own events and have an insightful conversation on the pros and cons of switching decks before Baltimore... and why all three of them would do it again.

Follow us on Twitter: Graham: @Capn_206Matt: @MattBannaGabe: @Gabe_ShumwayEddie: @PizzanoEddieThe Show: @PalletTownTales

Less than 24 hours after one of the most nail-biting finals in recent memory, Gabe sits down with his good friend (and fan of the pod) Ben Dobberstein. The discussion ranges from his unique philosophy behind his preperation and deck choice, to a round by round breakdown of his heroic run with Hydrapple ex.

Follow Ben on Twitter @benDstraw_ptcg

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Gabe: @Gabe_Shumway

Eddie: @PizzanoEddie

The Pod: @PalletTownTales

This week, Gabe sits down with Josh Frink, one of the top-ranked North American players and a connoisseur of unexpected meta calls. The two discuss the worlds results, Baltimore regionals metagame, and break down some of Josh’s craziest deck choices.

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Josh: @JoshFrinkTCG

Gabe: @Gabe_Shumway

Eddie: @PizzanoEddie

The Show: @PalletTownTales

This week, Gabe sits down with Gan Pee Wei Jun (who also goes by Brendan) to talk about his world championships finish. The two discuss toxtricity’s similarities with Gardevoir, Brendan’s worlds matchups, and power rank each dark type attacker in the deck.

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Brendan: @BrendanPTCG

Gabe: @Gabe_Shumway

Eddie: @PizzanoEddie

The Show: @PalletTownTales

Gabe sits down with Matt Banna and Graham Kovach to discuss the results of the Pokémon World Championships. They analyze Alakazam's drastic rise to the top and the most creative decks to succeed at the season's ultimate event. The three also share their initial predictions on how the results will influence early events in the upcoming season.

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Matt: @MattBanna

Graham: @Capn_206

Gabe: @Gabe_Shumway

Eddie: @PizzanoEddie

The Show: @PalletTownTales

Gabe sits down with Ethan Wilde for some last-minute meta analysis before this year's World Championships. The two discuss why it might be alright to take a negative matchup into one dragapult variant and how festival lead can succeed at this year's worlds. They also discuss the growth of the European Pokémon TCG player base and their willingness to be more experimental with deck choice.

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Ethan: @emothann

Gabe: @Gabe_Shumway

Eddie: @PizzanoEddie

The Podcast: @PalletTownTales

Gabe sits down with James Kowalski aka Alloutblitzle to discuss the worlds metagame. James shares his unique perspective on finding success with rogue decks, having most recently won the North America International Championship with Clefairy Box.

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James @Alloutblitzle

Gabe: @Gabe_Shumway

Eddie: @PizzanoEddie

The Show: @PalletTownTales

Gabe sits down with Jordan Palmer to discuss the historical trends surrounding the Pokémon TCG World Championships. Jordan gives advice to new worlds competitors, shares when to play a rogue deck, and talks about the significant cuts to Oceania’s worlds invitations over the last few seasons.

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Jordan: @ultraarceus

Gabe: @Gabe_Shumway

Eddie: @PizzanoEddie

The Show: @PalletTownTales

Gabe sits down with Marco Cifuentes to discuss his recent worlds success. Marco shares his thoughts on the differences between North American and Latin American events, gives an insight into his deckbuilding process, and shares why his tournament preparation looks different from most.

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Marco: @marcoci37924707

Gabe: @Gabe_Shumway

Eddie: @PizzanoEddie

The Show: @PalletTownTales

Gabe sits down with Jonah Alter, one of the greats of the South African Pokémon scene. The two discuss how competitive organized play has developed in South Africa over the past 10 years, and analyze the results of local events. Jonah also dives deeper into Team South Africa’s run at the Pokémon TCG World Cup and shares some more thoughts on the upcoming World Championships meta.

This week, Gabe sits down with regional champion and worlds qualifier Kashvinder Singh Mann. The two discuss the upcoming Pitch Black format and what to expect out of Southeast Asian players at the Pokémon World Championships. This includes analyzing the results from National Championships in Singapore, Malaysia, Indondesia, and the Philippines. They also take a closer look at the tournament structure in Southeast Asia, including tournament lotteries, best of one events, and how players earn an invite. Along the way, Kash reminisces on the all-time great World Championships’ performances from Southeast Asian players and his involvement in them.

Follow Kash on Twitter @KashMann27

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Host Gabe Shumway gives a brief overview into the goals of Pallet Town Tales. He discusses the hopes for a solo, interview podcast in the Pokémon TCG space and outlines the podcast’s first episodic series, previewing different regions ahead of the Pokémon World Championships in August. Finally, he gives a background on himself and the team that creates this podcast and explains why they’ve decided to begin this adventure.