Episodes
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 119: Mega Progression
Corey and DJ are back to project ahead to the first regional championships in the Mega Evolution format. What will Tord play? Will it change the format? What else should we expect?
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 118: Mega Dump
Corey and DJ are back to cover the results of the Pittsburgh Regional Championship and discuss their first week of testing with Mega Evolution. They also go over the PokeHive data for the first week of online events.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 117: Mega Evolution Review
DJ and Corey are back to preview the first events of the season, catch up on the testing progression, and review the upcoming Mega Evolution expansion.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 116: Testing Our Progress
DJ and Corey are back to talk about how they have continued to try to find what they like in this continuously evolving format. What kind of decks are they ready to write off? Is there anything they are really enjoying? How bad did Corey do at his latest League Cup.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 115: Return of the Pack
DJ and Corey are back after a long hiatus to catch up on the results of the 2025 World Championship as they prepare for the upcoming Pittsburgh Regional Championship.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 114: We Still Do This
Corey and DJ tap back in after a lengthy absence. NAIC and the Japan Championships happened and the boys wanted to check in on this quickly.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 113: Back (For Now)
After a month off, Corey and DJ are back to catch up on the Journey Together meta and how things have developed. They also talk about Dune: Messiah.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 112: First Regional Post Rotation
DJ and Corey are here to talk about the first regional of the new format. Dragapult and Gardevoir dominate, while TeraBox and Raging Bolt flop. Where does the format go from here, and what were Corey's final thoughts on Dune.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 111: Journey Online
Corey and DJ are back to talk about the first few weeks of online Journey Together data. They also touch on Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon Pocket, Lorcana, and Dune.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 110: Rotation Ramblings
DJ and Corey talk with little aim about rotation, what we will miss, Shining Revelry, new decks to build, and plenty more.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 109: City League Roundup
DJ and Corey are back to cover the last weekend of City Leagues in Japan to determine where their format ended up before it became ours.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 108: Journey Together Set Review
DJ and Corey are back to discuss Journey Together, the first set of the new rotation!
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 107: Rotation Station
DJ and Corey are back to cover tag teams, Arceus in Pokemon Pocket, and a huge TCG rotation.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 106: EUIC Turtle Time
Corey and DJ are back to discuss the results of EUIC. Turtles and Dragons thrive. Gardevoir flops.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 105: Japan Made That Game Rotate
DJ and Corey are back to start the rotation season by discussing Japan's first major post-rotation event. What won, what thrived, and more.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 104: GOAT Talk
DJ and Corey are back following the Merida Regional Championship that sparked a new debate: Where does Azul belong in the GOAT debate?
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 103: Space-Time Smackdown Review
DJ and Corey are back. After briefly touching on the results of the San Antonio Regional champion, the boys deep dive on the second set released in Pokemon Pocket.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 102: Regionals are BACK
DJ and Corey talk about the surprising results from both regional championships. They also discuss Corey's Lorcana Set Championship and what is new in Pokemon Pocket.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 101: Prismatic Evolution Thoughts
Corey and DJ are back to do a set review of Prismatic Evolution, complain a lot, and talk about Pocket some more.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 100: Break Over
Corey and DJ are back after the holidays to catch up on the Champion's League results and recent developments in Pokemon Pocket.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 99: Drago Reigns
Regidrago VStar reminded everyone of its dominance at the Toronto Regional Championship. Where does the format go from here? And what does the new Pocket set bring to the mobile game?
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 98: Two Events, Two Hosts
DJ is back to go over the format with Corey as it continues to progress. Two events happened across the world last weekend, and the circuit heads to Toronto. What changes from here?
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 97: You Like Krabby Patties, Don't You?
Corey is back again to discuss another Surging Sparks Regional in Stuttgart. Klawf Terapagos was the story of the weekend, but for Corey it went beyond that. Plus Charizard soars and Raging Bolt continues to flop.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 96: Solo Sacto Review
Corey flies solo to cover the results of the Sacramento Regional Championship. Regidrago VSTAR continues to reign supreme, but what about the best of the rest?
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 95: New Turtle Time?
DJ and Corey come back to talk about the results of LAIC as well as preview the upcoming start of the new format at Sacramento Regionals.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 94: LAIC 2024 Preview
Corey and DJ are back to discuss the continued progression of Pokemon Pocket, the results of Buenos Aries, and preview the final event of the format: LAIC!
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 93: Pocket Rockets
DJ and Corey are back to talk about Gdansk, Japan's Elite Four, and their first foray into Pokemon Pocket.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 92: Surging Sparks Set Review
DJ and Corey are back for the Surging Sparks set review! Is Pikachu ex going to be as fun to mess with as we think? Is there even another good ex in the set?
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 91: Drago Soars, Lax Snores
DJ and Corey are back to discuss the Lille Regional Championship. Regridrao VSTAR took four spots in the top nine. Has it fully returned to dominance?
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 90: Couple of Louis-ers
Corey and DJ are back to discuss their trip to the Louisville Regional Championships. They discuss the News, the results, the tournament structure, and the state of the format.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 89: Double Regional Review!
Corey and DJ are back to discuss the results of Dortmund and Joinville Regionals. Dragapult, Palkia, Terapagos, and more change the scene up as the boys prepare for their first event of the season.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 88: Stellar Crown Spreadhseet
DJ and Corey dive DEEP into spreadsheet talk as they continue to evaluate the Stellar Crown meta going into Dortmund and Joinville.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 87: Baltimore and Crown Developments
Corey and DJ are back to discuss the results of Baltimore and how their test of Stellar Crown has progressed.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 86: Baltimore Regional Preview
DJ and Corey are back to preview the first regional of the season while also discussing their continued testing of the Stellar Crown format. Also, this week's Pokemon Trivia of the Week is one of Corey's favorite VGC picks.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 85: Shrouded in a Fabled Format
Corey and DJ ramble about the current state of the Shrouded Fable format while looking ahead to next week's new set. They also debut a new podcast segment!
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 84: Stellar Crown Set Review
Corey and DJ are back to do their favorite thing: review new cards! Stellar Crown is almost here and the boys are excited for the changes it brings.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 83: 2024 Worlds Recap
DJ and Corey are back to recap the results and controversies of the 2024 Pokemon World Championships.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 82: 2024 Worlds Preview
Corey and DJ are back to talk about all of the best decks ahead of the 2024 World Championships.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 81: Shrouded Fables Preview
Corey is back for a solo venture. After discussing his recent League Challenge win he dives deep into rambling about the new miniset Shrouded Fables.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 80: Best Pokémon of All Time?
Corey and DJ are back to discuss a tier list that got the community talking. What are some of the best cards of all time? What is good for the game, and what is bad for the game? And do people just have to get over cards being good?
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 79: Back with the Drama
After two weeks unintentionally off, Corey and DJ are back to discuss the drama. While the focus is on the announcement of the changes on how to qualify for Worlds, it boils down to what is wrong with people on Pokémon Twitter. Then, they dive into Base-Fossil format and the Pokémon TCG Gameboy...
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 77: 2023-2024 Season Review
Corey and DJ are back to discuss their year in review as well as the best decks, events, and players of the season.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 76: NAIC Review
Corey and DJ are back to discuss an interesting NAIC. How wrong were we? Did we get anything right?
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 75: NAIC Preview
Recorded the first day of the event, Corey and DJ are back to discuss the Japan Championships and preview NAIC while it is happening.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 74: Masquerade Online Catch Up
Corey and DJ are back to look at the first few weeks of online Twilight Masquerade play heading into the Japan Championships.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 73: Twilight Masquerade Preview
DJ and Corey are back to briefly discuss the results of Stockholm and Puerto Rico before diving deep on the Twilight Masquerade expansion.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 72: What happened in Indy?!
Corey and DJ are back to quickly discuss one of the most bizarre North American top cuts in recent memory.
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 71: Zards Continued Reign
Corey and DJ are back to discuss São Paulo Regionals and Charizard’s continued dominance. Will anything change this weekend in Indianapolis?
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 70: New Format Catch Up
DJ and Corey are back. They cover EUIC, Orlando Regionals, Perth Regionals, and Singapore Regionals. DJ details his run at Orlando and Corey explains his disappointing league challenge. They wrap the week by previewing São Paulo .
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Ancient Wisdom Episode 69: EUIC is here
Corey and DJ are back to catch on the online data as they finally prepare for EUIC weekend.