The Beach Court Podcast crew gives you what their favorite decks are in the Black Bolt & White Flare format. And for the first time ever, we are testing Eric's knowledge of the Unova region in our Unodat segment. Listen now to find out if Eric can pass the Unova Who's That Pokemon test. Thanks to FCBC Armor for being the official Card Sleeves of the Beach Court Podcast! These are the sleeves we trust to practice with at home, play with at locals and to compete with on the largest stage at Po...
Jul 17, 2025•51 min•Season 2Ep. 44
This week the normal Beach Court Podcast crew is back to talk about 2026 season goals and preview the best cards of the newest Pokémon expansions, Black Bolt & White Flare set to release on 7/18/25. Thanks to FCBC Armor for being the official Card Sleeves of the Beach Court Podcast! These are the sleeves we trust to practice with at home, play with at locals and to compete with on the largest stage at Pokémon Championship Series events. “Shuffle Easy” like the Beach Court Podcast and pick up...
Jul 10, 2025•56 min•Season 2Ep. 43
This week the Beach Court Podcast talks is guest hosted by new Pokémon Community Ambassador Matthew Wood, aka LDF. This is LDF's 5th time on the podcast and we talk all about his role as a Pokémon community ambassador and incorporate your feedback. Thank you to everyone who participated in our recent posts. As the Scarlet & Violet area comes to a close, LDF & I were curious what the best Secret illustration Rare's of the format were. So we built a tier list, let us know your thoughts on ...
Jul 02, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 42
This week the Beach Court Podcast talks with Piper Lepine about preparation! Piper finished back to back top 8's in Portland and NAIC, so we wanted to learn what made her so successful. We also discuss how Marnie's can thrive in the B&W format for Worlds. The crew also review the Japan Championship results and deck lists while also taking a look forward and showing off the new cards revealed from our November set. Thanks to FCBC Armor for being the official Card Sleeves of the Beach Court Po...
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr 45 min•Season 2Ep. 41
This week the Beach Court Podcast is taking you through an in depth recap of the North American Championships. We also review the impact of NAIC on the Top 125 race and recap the overall standings and highlight awesome performances at NAIC. Crispin's Corner returns! Can we find any spicy decks from NAIC to play against each other? Thanks to FCBC Armor for being the official Card Sleeves of the Beach Court Podcast! These are the sleeves we trust to practice with at home, play with at locals and t...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 40
use code:"BeachCourtPod" for 30% off all sleeves now through the end of NAIC This week the Beach Court Podcast is preparing you for the North American International Championships with their FREE STUDY GUIDE. We walk you through all of the top decks heading into the North American International Championships and discuss the key cards in each deck to prepare you to face anything. We have added this guide to Metafy for free for all to reference during preparation for and during the tournament (betw...
Jun 10, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Season 2Ep. 39
This week on the Beach Court Podcast, Eric is back! We review the Bologna SPE results and talk all about how Roaring Moon won the last event of Journey Together format. "Bricking in Bourbon Street" returns as we review the online meta so far in the Destined Rivals format and provide some early insights on what the meta may look like at our upcoming Pokémon International Championships in New Orleans. Lastly, but certainly not least, we fill out our fantasy draft for players attending the North Am...
Jun 05, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Jackson Ford joins as a special guest on this episode of the podcast, talking about all things Dragapult Charizard, how Charizard looks heading into NAIC, and how to succeed as a player all levels of the game Maddox and Parker recap the key decks and meta shifts from the Portland Regional Championship, stop by "Crispin's Corner" to view some of the spicy plays from randomized players on Day 1, and debut “Bricking in Bourbon Street” as a preview leading up to NAIC in New Orleans Thanks to FCBC Ar...
May 29, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Brent Tonisson joins this episode of the Beach Court Podcast for a special interview, diving into 2 time regional winning Gardevoir list and his gameplay mentality, testing process, and world travel as a top Pokemon TCG player Maddox and Parker also review the latest tournament results from the major events this last week, stop by "Crispin's Corner" to view some of the spicy plays from randomized players on Day 1, and provide a tier list ahead of the Portland Regional Championships. Thanks to FC...
May 22, 2025•1 hr 41 min•Season 2Ep. 36
This week on the Beach Court Podcast, Eric has been busy compiling World Championship data for North America and the results are in! Tune in to find out how many points we believe are needed to qualify for the World Championships in Anaheim. You would be surprised how few people have maxed out their local CP. The team also reminisces on the best Scarlet & Violet cards as we look forward to Mega Evolutions being our next era coming soon. Lastly, the team provides you with some insight on how ...
May 15, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 35
This week on the Beach Court Podcast, LDF joins as a guest host to recap the Milwaukee Regionals. Both LDF & Maddox made day 2 with Gholdengo - Dragapult, they break down their deck list decisions and why they believe it was the best play for Milwaukee. Special guest and Milwaukee Regional Champion Christian Labella joins the podcast for a special interview to discuss Raging Bolt ex in detail. Christian breaks down specific list choices, techs and how to use them in this meta. Thanks to Naka...
May 08, 2025•1 hr 39 min•Season 2Ep. 34
This week on the Beach Court Podcast, we are prepping our listeners for the Milwaukee Regional Championships. Stay tuned until the end to hear us build our Milwaukee Tier List live! Special guest Juancho Saldana joins to discuss competing in and winning the Master Ball League tournament this weekend in the Philippines with Tera Box. Thanks to Nakama Anime Cafe for being an official sponsor of the Beach Court Podcast! They offer a traditional Japanese dining experience right here in our backyard ...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 45 min•Season 2Ep. 33
This week on the Beach Court Podcast, the Beach Court Podcast crew recaps the results from the Monterrey Regional Championships and provides our opinions on where the meta goes from here. Also, stay tuned until the end to find out who comes out on top during this weeks That's Too Much segment; where we attempt to guess the prices of playable standard cards. Thanks to Nakama Anime Cafe for being an official sponsor of the Beach Court Podcast! They offer a traditional Japanese dining experience ri...
Apr 24, 2025•59 min•Season 2Ep. 32
This week on the Beach Court Podcast, the gang is home from the Atlanta regional championships. This weekend was an awesome opportunity to interact with you, the listeners and fans. Thank you to everyone who came up to any of us and told us your awesome story. Stay tuned to listen to Tanner Hurley about why Dragapult without Dusknoir was his deck choice and what he thinks is best for Dragapult going forward. Also, stay tuned until the end to find out who was cooking in this week's edition of Cri...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 58 min•Season 2Ep. 31
This week on the Beach Court Podcast, the gang is back together and bring your their full in depth meta analysis for the Atlanta Regional Championships in the Journey Together format. Tune in to find out what we think the best decks for Atlanta are and learn about a few new card interactions while you listen. Thanks to Nakama Anime Cafe for being an official sponsor of the Beach Court Podcast! They offer a traditional Japanese dining experience right here in our backyard of Orange Park, FL. Naka...
Apr 08, 2025•1 hr 37 min•Season 2Ep. 30
This week on the Beach Court Podcast, we say goodbye to our F block friends in a touching tribute of Banish or Reprint. The team also reviews the results of this past weekends post rotation tournaments and gives a little insight on what we think the best decks are. Reminder that that Beach Court Podcast double cash tournament weekend is this coming weekend at Nakama Anime Cafe on Saturday and The Woke Poke on Sunday, 4/5 & 4/6 respectively. To pre-register and confirm a spot, call the store ...
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 29
This week on the Beach Court Podcast, we're joined by Alessandro Cremascoli, who’s just finished in 2nd place in the Stockholm Regional Championships. He shares his thoughts on why he loves playing control archetypes so much, what his thoughts were going into Stockholm and how to play control in the future Atlanta post rotation format. Tune in for an exciting conversation! The Beach Court Podcast crew also brings back Crispin's Corner, tune in to find out who this weeks head chef is! Thanks to N...
Mar 28, 2025•2 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 28
This week on the Beach Court Podcast, we're joined by Rahul Reddy, who’s back to talk all about Journey Together for Atlanta. He shares an inside look into balancing full-time work with competing on the Pokémon circuit, plus his recent trip to the Champions League in Japan, where he finished 40th place. Tune in for an exciting conversation! Thanks to Nakama Anime Cafe for being an official sponsor of the Beach Court Podcast! They offer a traditional Japanese dining experience right here in our b...
Mar 20, 2025•1 hr 34 min•Season 2Ep. 27
This week on the Beach Court Podcast, Eric is tired from his travels to Vancouver but joins as a guest host while Maddox takes over the hosting role for this episode. They review what went well (and didn't) for Eric in Vancouver while also recapping all of the results from the tournament in Vancouver. Crispn's Corner returns! We highlight some random decks from Vancouver, but who will take this week's title of Crispin's cooker! Thanks to Nakama Anime Cafe for being an official sponsor of the Bea...
Mar 13, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 26
This week on the Beach Court Podcast, the gang provides updates on what happened during Pokémon Presents 2025 and our reactions on all of the announcements during the show. James Cox also joins the podcast for an interview to discuss all things Dragapult to answer the question everyone has, is Dragapult the best deck in format? We bring back a quick segment of Crispin's Corner to see who was cooking the most and provide our insight on what the best decks are for the upcoming Vancouver Regional C...
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr 33 min•Season 2Ep. 25
The 2nd International Championships of the 2025 season was last weekend in London! Join the Beach Court Podcast crew as they discuss what decks we chose to play and what decks performed the best. Top 4 finisher Xander Pero joins for an interview to discuss how he and his team decided on Gholdengo Ex , what made the deck so good and where the deck might be positioned going further in the meta. We bring back a quick segment of Crispin's Corner to see who was cooking the most and finish up with a d...
Feb 27, 2025•1 hr 43 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Can you believe it is already time for the European International Championships? We definitely cannot, but we bring you all things EUIC on this weeks episode of the Beach Court Podcast. Join Parker & Eric as they discuss what the best decks for EUIC are, their meta predictions for day 1 Swiss as well as answer some bonus questions to get you prepared for the European International Championships! Also, if you didn't hear about it yet; our own Maddox Corcoran made top 8 at the Puerto Rico spec...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 40 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Merida Regional Championships were last weekend and Azul GG showed up to dominate top cut and win the tournament. Little Dark Fury aka Matthew Wood joins the podcast crew to bring you the spiciest day 2 decks around and provide our insights on the meta as we move towards Puerto Rico SPE & EUIC in two weeks. Thanks to Nakama Anime Cafe for being an official sponsor of the Beach Court Podcast! They offer a traditional Japanese dining experience right here in our backyard of Orange Park, FL. Na...
Feb 13, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Ready for Mexico? Budew has been surprisingly absent from recent tournament results leading up to the Merida Regional Championships—where has this little troublemaker gone? 🤔 In this episode of the Beach Court Podcast, we dive into the top meta decks and give our verdict on whether they're HOT or NOT. Stick around until the end for our Merida Regional Championship preview! 🔥 Thanks to Nakama Anime Cafe for being an official sponsor of the Beach Court Podcast! They offer a traditional Japanese ...
Feb 06, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 21
The San Antonio Pokémon Regional Championships were last weekend and to almost no ones surprise, Henry Chao won again with Gardevoir ex. On this weeks episode of the Beach Court Podcast, Maddox, Parker & Eric review the results of the San Antonio Regional Championships and dive deep into the day 2 decks to find the spiciest decks of day 2. Crispin's corner returns! The Beach Court Podcast crew finds some random lists that didn't make day 2 at the regionals this weekend and puts them against ...
Jan 30, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Pokémon Regional Championships returned last weekend in Birmingham & Rio and the usual gang reviews the results. Crispin's corner returns! The Beach Court Podcast crew finds some random lists that didn't make day 2 at the regionals this weekend and puts them against each other in a hypothetical battle to see who cooked more. Lastly, the San Antonio Regional Championships are THIS WEEKEND! To get you ready, we will be talking about the best decks to defend / defeat the Alamo. Tune in for this...
Jan 21, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Join the Beach Court Podcast crew on this episode while we do a deep dive into the data behind the Pokemon Top 125 leaderboard. We provide our data analysis and predict exactly how many points you will want to target to make the World Championships in the masters division of North America for Pokemon TCG. We also dive into the existing Surging Sparks meta to help break down the upcoming regional championships in Birmingham, UK & Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Good luck to everyone competing and tun...
Jan 16, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 18
The normal Beach Court Podcast is back to bring you our set review for Prismatic Evolutions. Should you open packs or buy singles? Find out in this episode as well as get our Competitive buy list for this set. Thanks to Nakama Anime Cafe for being an official sponsor of the Beach Court Podcast! They offer a traditional Japanese dining experience right here in our backyard of Orange Park, FL. Nakama also has a karaoke bar right next door... So you can grab some grub and then head next door to sin...
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Cal Connor joins Eric Ridgeway to discuss Regidrago Vstar in depth. Lately, the meta has been all Regidrago and Cal is fresh of his victory in Toronto. You won't want to miss the insights Cal gives for you to start winning with Regidrago and he also provides an in depth breakdown on how to win the Regidrago mirror. Thanks to Nakama Anime Cafe for being an official sponsor of the Beach Court Podcast! They offer a traditional Japanese dining experience right here in our backyard of Orange Park, FL...
Jan 02, 2025•50 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Regidrago Santa provides his Naughty / Nice list for decks that he would want to play against at a regional and the team discusses the results of recent City League & Champions League in Japan. Join the podcast crew today and every week as they breakdown recent news in the Pokemon TCG community. Thanks to Nakama Anime Cafe for being an official sponsor of the Beach Court Podcast! They offer a traditional Japanese dining experience right here in our backyard of Orange Park, FL. Nakama also ha...
Dec 24, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 15
