Dead Draw Gaming – A Pokémon Podcast

Join Toronto Seniors Champion Justin Templer, Toronto Masters Top 8 Christian LaBella, and Top 16 Michael Davidson as they’re hosted by Etchy for the 24th episode of the Dead Draw Gaming podcast. We recap their fantastic Toronto runs and go over the decks they played (Gardevoir, Charizard, and Regidrago).

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Join Hunter Butler, Benny Billinger, and Michael Davidson as they’re hosted by Etchy for the 23rd episode of the Dead Draw Gaming podcast. We recap Stuttgart and other events, and go over all the top meta decks for Toronto regionals this weekend!

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0:00 Intro
2:29 Gardevoir
10:28 Klawf Terapagos
17:48 Dragapult Iron Thorns
22:15 Gholdengo
27:10 Ancient Box
30:45 Turbo Roaring Moon
34:15 BlockLax / Pidgeot Control
40:00 Lugia
43:43 Charizard ex
47:43 Why no Terapagos
52:18 Regidrago
55:51 Meta Predictions

Join Justin Templer, Gabriel Smart, and Caleb Rogerson as they’re hosted by Etchy for the 22nd episode of the Dead Draw Gaming podcast. We recap LAIC and Sacramento, and talk decks/meta predictions for Stuttgart!

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Join Hunter Butler, Gabriel Smart, and Neo Erlandsson as they’re hosted by Etchy for the 21st episode of the Dead Draw Gaming podcast. We discussed the new tournament structure changes, lots of decks for LAIC, and why Ceruledge ex is the Surging Sparks BDIF.

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0:00 Intro
2:13 Tournament Structure Change
11:55 Lugia and Bolt flopped
17:07 Iron Thorns
22:12 Banette Gardevoir
28:50 Terapagos
39:15 Regidrago
45:37 Lost Box
50:45 Gardevoir
56:55 Surging Sparks [Ceruledge BDIF]
1:05:38 Outro

Join Nick Moffitt, Michael Davidson, and Caleb Rogerson as they’re hosted by Etchy for the 20th episode of the Dead Draw Gaming podcast. We discussed the current Stellar Crown meta as we approach both Gdansk Regionals and LAIC!

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Join Andrew Hedrick, Michael Davidson, and Gabriel Smart as they’re hosted by Etchy for the 19th episode of the Dead Draw Gaming podcast. They go in-depth on Michael and Gabe's Top 8 runs, Terapagos ex, Lost Zone Box, and also predict the meta for the upcoming Lille Regional Championships

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0:00 Intro
2:08 Raging Bolt Apology
3:48 Louisville Recap!
17:28 Lost Box
29:47 Terapagos
43:00 Lille Meta Predictions

Join Gabriel Smart, Jake Gearhart, and Benny Billinger as they’re hosted by Etchy for the 18th episode of the Dead Draw Gaming podcast. They talk decks that are overrated/underrated, recent results, and meta predictions for the upcoming Louisville regionals.

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0:00 Intro
1:41 Charizard
9:30 Most Overrated Deck
20:16 Terapagos
25:42 Underrated decks
32:29 Lugia
38:51 Miraidon
41:10 Snorlax Stall
48:00 Meta Predictions + Outro

Join Hunter Butler, Nick Moffitt, and Andy Gantner as they’re hosted by Etchy for the 17th episode of the Dead Draw Gaming podcast. They say farewell to Shrouded Fable and talk about the new and exciting Stellar Crown meta heading into these rapidly approaching regionals!

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0:00 Intro
2:30 Final thoughts on Shrouded Fable / Recap from Hunter
8:30 Stellar Crown Talk
12:50 Specific Decks Start (Raging Bolt)
19:46 Terapagos
26:21 Lost Box
31:10 Miraidon
35:26 Gardevoir
38:55 Dusknoir decks
41:20 Regidrago and some other stuff
50:00 Dragapult + Outro

Join Jake Gearhart, Benny Billinger, and Caleb Rogerson as they’re hosted by Etchy for the 16th episode of the Dead Draw Gaming podcast. They talk about their processes for preparing for tournaments, the recently surging decks in the Shrouded Fable meta like Dragapult ex, other key decks to expect at Baltimore Regionals, and some meta predictions!

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0:00 Intro
2:15 How do we prep for tournaments?
14:01 Recently surging decks (Dusknoir decks, Dragapult, BlockLax)
34:23 Lugia, Ancient Box, Charizard, Regidrago
51:44 Meta Predictions

Join Michael Davidson, Nick Moffitt, and Andrew Hedrick as they’re hosted by Etchy for the 15th episode of the Dead Draw Gaming podcast. They talk about their amazing Top 32 and Top 8 runs, decks in the Shrouded Fable format, and whats the play for Baltimore Regionals! Apologies for the typing noises at one point, had a messed up audio setting so I couldn't edit it out.

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0:00 Intro and Worlds Recap
18:30 Tournament Structure
24:08 Shrouded Fable Meta

Join Jake Gearhart, Gabriel Smart, and Michael Davidson as they’re hosted by Etchy for the 14th episode of the Dead Draw Gaming podcast. They talk everything World Championships, the surge of Miraidon ex, Regidrago, Lugia, and more!

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0:00 Intro
1:31 General Meta Thoughts
7:52 Regidrago
23:42 Lugia
37:00 Gardevoir
43:55 Charizard
50:37 Miraidon
57:34 Quad Iron Thorns
1:01:08 Raging Bolt
1:07:11 Outro

Join Caleb Rogerson, Neo Erlandsson, and Benny Billinger as they’re hosted by Etchy for the 13th episode of the Dead Draw Gaming podcast. They talk about the recent Japan World Championships Prep Tournament where Lugia and Regidrago dominated, go over some other decks and thoughts for Worlds, and talk about how good Fezendipiti ex is.

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0:00 Intro
3:35 Lugia VSTAR
10:47 Should you tech for Lugia?
15:15 BlockLax / Snorlax Stall
25:35 Raging Bolt ex
30:10 Lost Box
35:53 Pidgeot Control
39:25 Regidrago VSTAR
42:53 Stupidly Early Meta Predictions
51:00 New Cards Impact (Fezendipiti ex, Xerosic, etc)

Join Jake Gearhart and Etchy for the 12th episode of the Dead Draw Gaming podcast. They discuss all of the key cards in Stellar Crown, our next Pokemon TCG set releasing in September (after Shrouded Fable). We also lightly cover some stuff for the World Championships!

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Join Piper Lepine, Jake Gearhart, and Hunter Butler as they’re hosted by Etchy for the 1th episode of the Dead Draw Gaming podcast. They discuss the massive 2025 Pokemon Championship series changes to both the strucure for obtaining a Worlds invite and the new Swiss format for Regionals, Special Events, and International Championships. No mailbag this episode since we wanted to make sure we had enough time to go over everything, will be back next episode.

Official Pokemon Update: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/2025-pokemon-championship-series-update#world-championships-qualification-update

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Etchy is joined by Andrew Gantner, Gabriel Smart, and Nick Moffitt for this 10th episode of the DDG Podcast! They recap their NAIC runs while and have some early discussion on several decks going into Worlds.

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Etchy interviews Pokemon TCG NAIC Champion Andrew Hedrick for this emergency episode of the Dead Draw Gaming Podcast! We go over Andrew's history as a competitor and his incredible run at the 2024 North American International Championships!

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0:00 Intro / History as a Competitor
9:10 NAIC - Before Tournament
19:15 NAIC - Day 1
23:40 NAIC - Day 2
29:40 NAIC - Day 3
41:09 Worlds Talk
43:08 The Deck
54:40 Mailbag + Outro

Join Nicholas Moffitt, Hunter Butler, and Gabriel Smart as they’re hosted by Etchy for the 8th episode of the Dead Draw Gaming podcast. They discuss results from the recent Japan Championships, and dive into a multitude of NAIC decks!

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0:00 Intro
3:17 Japan Championships Top 8 Decks (Lugia, Raging Bolt, etc)
39:53 Other Decks (Charizard, Dragapult, etc)
1:02:25 Meta Predictions
1:08:05 Mailbag / Outro

 Join Piper Lepine, Jake Gearhart, and Andrew Hedrick as they’re hosted by Etchy for the 7th episode of the Dead Draw Gaming podcast. They discuss results from the recent international Pokemon tournaments, and dive into a multitude of NAIC decks! Also we forgot to request mailbag questions for this episode, will bring it back for the next one! 

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Join Andrew Hedrick, Michael Davidson, and Nick Moffitt as they’re hosted by Etchy for the 6th episode of the Dead Draw Gaming podcast. They discuss results from the recent Indianapolis Pokémon Regional Championship's where Michael got Top 32, Nick got Top 8, and Andrew won the whole thing! We also discuss Dialga and Chien-Pao's place in the meta going forward along with the recent Champion's League Results. 

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 Join Jake Gearhart, Hunter Butler, and Andrew Hedrick as they’re hosted by Etchy for the 5th episode of the Dead Draw Gaming podcast. They discuss results from the recent Pokémon Regional Championship's and what their forecast is for the Indianapolis Regional Championship. 

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