Finished 21st place at the 2023 Pokémon TCG World Championships with Miraidon!!! LET’S GOOO!!!! 🥳🥳🥳 So thankful for this whole experience and to have another Worlds finish! All the love to my friends and family, I couldn’t have done it without them ❤️
Natalie and I became parents today with the birth of our beautiful baby boy. We are so excited to welcome him into the world! Finally, my dad vibes are justified.
I’m beyond stoked! Thank you so much
@PokemonTCG
@Pokemon
for embracing Gym Leader Challenge!! I’m thrilled that players are finding fun new ways to enjoy Pokémon cards, and honored to be a part of this. Can’t wait to see where we can go from here!🎉
Congratulations to the 2024 Masters TCG World Champion, Fernando Cifuentes! 🇨🇱 🎉 VIVA CHILE 🎉🇨🇱 The production was wonderful to watch this weekend. Great work to everyone involved. It really felt like I was watching the Pokémon Olympics 🏆
Finished Top-8 at the Indianapolis Regional Championships with Chien Pao! Dang. This weekend kinda rocked. GGs to all my opponents! Time to start testing for NAIC.
If you’re too afraid to travel to an average US city to play pokemon cards, just stay home! Maybe find a new hobby, one that lets you stay inside and never experience anything different from what you’re accustomed to 👍
Pokémon is a community where all people should be loved and respected. To celebrate our LGBTQ+ friends, I'll be raising money for the
@TrevorProject
through Twitch and by selling these Pride sleeves provided by
@DragonShield_
from now through June, 25th!
some of yall need to get back to square one and play for the love of the game. there are tons of prizes on the line throughout the year for non-Worlds attendees. set your own goals and achieve them. make friends & travel within reason for what makes sense for you. you'll be aight
Pokémon TCG Pocket is amazing. It's everything I want a digital card game to be. Gameplay feels similar to limited or cube draft and there is plenty of skill expression. Here's my favorite two decks from Genetic Apex so far. Starmie / Greninja and Mewtwo / Gardy!
Usually if I don’t do well at an event, I force myself to get up Sunday and go for a run so that I can take away something positive from the weekend and explore more of whatever city I’m visiting. (Referred to as a punishment run). I haven’t run this far in over a decade 😤
WOW. what an incredible gift from
@Pokemon
! It absolutely blows my mind that I collected these cards as a child and now they are in a display with my name on it. What a wonderful way to celebrate 25 years. Here’s to 25 more!
8 Regionals, 0 Internationals, 6 finishes, 390CP! With my Top 32 finish in Vancouver I am qualified for the World Championships!! See you in Yokohama! 🎉🎉 Happy Mew Year baby 🪩
IT'S HERE! I was blessed to be cast as the co-host of Trainer Tour, an unscripted show about Pokémon Cards on Amazon Prime Video!!! My co-host
@Strawburry17
and I poured our hearts into each episode and I am so proud of what the team behind this project was able to accomplish.
I have been thinking this for a long time but it feels like a relevant time to say it. It is OKAY to play Pokémon competitively and not chase an invite to the World Championships. Not everyone is at a point in their life where competing for a World qualification is reasonable.
My experience in Yokohama for Worlds has been absolutely magical so far. Watching the whole city turn up for Pokémon is something I’ll never forget! No matter how the competition goes, I’m so blessed to be a part of this ❤️
After grinding out hours of Dragapult I think the best way to play it is, unsurprisingly, the same way you would play Charizard ex. As cool as the other Ace Spec cards are, ensuring a quick attack usually matters more than some utility later on in the game.
5-3-1 Beach at LAIC. Played Gardy and it was a tough day, good enough for top 256 and +80 Championship Points though. Somehow… I think I’m gonna be okay. 😎
The best way to play Terapagos ex: Turtle Checkmate! Make sure to tune in Friday night at Midnight for the Stellar Crown prerelease happening at
@FullGripTCG
!
If they can fix the Sonic movie,
@Pokemon
can fix the Pokémon TCG LIVE. Please put this thing back in the oven until it holds up to other games in the genre. As it is right now LIVE is a potentially brand damaging experience, and every content creator is feeling the hurt from it.
6-0 start ended with a 6-2-1 finish day one at Peoria. Played sloppy on stream and had some tough games in the back half of the day, but THRILLED to be playing in day two again tomorrow! Big thank you to
@FullGripTCG
and
@DragonShield_
for the support. See you in day two!! ❤️🙏🏻
Unfortunately I won’t be playing in Vancouver this weekend. I live with a chronic pain condition that is flared up really bad right now and I couldn’t sleep last night because of it. Just gonna take care of myself and head home early. Good luck to everyone competing!
It’s been incredible to watch Taylor Heald’s work progress over the last 10 years! When I first visited him he had just graduated college, now he owns his own shop and gallery in Buffalo! So thankful to have this work of art on my back!
Had a great time playing Charizard ex today!! Deck beat Gardevoir ex and Arceus Umbreon but took an L to Lost Zone Giratina VSTAR. Looking forward to refining the list more but confident that Arceus / Pidgeot ex is the sauce! 🔥🔥🔥
Pokémon is hitting the road in a yellow Pikachu bus with "Trainer Tour," a new series that interviews and showcases mega fans across the country.
The series will be available to stream worldwide on Prime Video and the Roku Channel on July 31.
Cheating and unsportsmanlike conduct have no place in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Be diligent, and never be afraid to call a judge. There should be zero tolerance for this type of behavior.
Attention Gym Leader Challenge players! Effective September 1, 2024, Let Loose Marshadow, Amazing Raikou and Spiritborne Evolution Duskull will be banned from Gym Leader Challenge. Read about it here:
One of these is from a decade old client developed from a browser game, the other is from the new client replacing it. Guess which is which. Both captured on maximum resolution.
@MimosoTcg
Hey bud, if you wanna be held accountable, don't brush off what you've done here as locker room talk. There is no such thing. You are an adult with a fully formed frontal lobe and you should be banned for sexual harassment.
Finished 27th/1000+ at the Toronto Regional Championships with Judgement Mew! Had some tough games after my round 13 win on stream, but happy to have back to back top 32 finishes. 4-0 vs Lugia VSTAR, 2-0 vs Lost Box and 2-1 vs the mirror on the weekend. See you in Arlington, TX!
Finished 64th at EUIC with Goodra! Had a great time with friends and met a lot of cool people. Can’t wait to explore London more this weekend! GGs to all my opponents!
HAPPY PRIDE!!! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️WE DID IT!! I am so proud to be a part of the amazing Pokemon TCG community. $10,455 raised for
@TrevorProject
!! So much love was shown today. Huge thank you to all my guests and everyone who tuned in, donated and participated during the finale ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Jimmy Pendarvis was the best kind of friend. Im crushed. He was trustworthy, considerate, hilarious and an absolute legend at any game he touched. Nearly all of my fondest memories in Pokémon involve Jimmy. I love you Ginge, I hope you’re wearing this Nike hoodie in Heaven. ❤️
6-2-1 and into day 2 at the European International Championships with Goodra! Never played a lost zone deck before and definitely cooked 👨🍳 myself out of my last round but it was fun and I’m looking forward to competing again tomorrow!
Lost a tough win and in to day two at NAIC with Gholdengo ex! Finished 5-2-2. Deck was sick honestly and I’m glad I gave it a try. It’ll be my last major event for a while but I’m excited to cheer on
@JessePrker
and maybe
@RealJohnWalter
in day two with the same 60!
Effective November 1, 2023, Pokémon Research Lab UNM 205/236 will be banned from Gym Leader Challenge format. You can read more about the decision here: . Please spread the word!
Excited to announce that I will be joining the TCG casting team alongside
@JeremyJallen
@TrainerChip
and
@hegstertcg
for Players Cup 4!! Make sure to tune in to the Region Finals this weekend!
6-1-2 and into day two at Knoxville with Flying Pika-Mew! Congrats to
@JessePrker
on day two with the same list! One step closer to worlds baby. Happy Mew Year!
My faith in Christ guides me every day! I’m a Lutheran and the ELCA was nice enough to interview me for their website! If you’d like to learn more about my faith and how it drives my Pokémon career, you can read about it here:
Somehow I didn’t have standing in 90 degree heat for HOURS to check in for the World Championships on my list of things I thought I’d be doing today, the day before the biggest competition of the year. What is this
@playpokemon
?
Finished 36th out of 1078 at the Peoria Regional Championships with Mew VMAX! Ended with a record of 10-4-1. +50 CP. Feels great starting the season off with a day two appearance, but I know I got better finishes ahead. See you in Salt Lake! ❤️🙏🏻
The most hilarious progression in recent days is that I am a “shill” for not overtly criticizing the Pokémon TCG Live. What I think y’all fail to realize is that I loathe PTCGO and the fact that TPCi has been working on a modern replacement for years makes me 100% ecstatic.
Got to watch the sunrise at the summit of Mount Fuji this morning with
@smileswithriles
! 🌄 Woke up at 2am and joined the procession of climbers with headlamps to reach the peak. Exhausted, sweaty and low on sleep, but beyond thankful for this amazing journey.
Tonight I got inducted into the Allegheny College Athletic Hall of Fame for my 1st place National Championship performance in the Distance Medley Relay. Very blessed and thankful to have been a part of such a legendary track program. Go Gators!!
I had planned to head to Hawaii to participate in a panel to talk about Trainer Tour during Worlds! Unfortunately, I tested positive for Covid today 🤒, so I won’t be there. I’m probably taking a couple days off of streaming too. Oh well! Hoping to bounce back quick. 🤞🏻
I’m ashamed, embarrassed, angry and beyond depressed. The continued lack of responsibility we take as a nation for these atrocious acts of gun violence is despicable. This isn’t a partisan issue. This is an evil that needs to be addressed and rooted out with our fullest effort.