The King's Rock Podcast

Bolt and Death discuss the play for Indianapolis and why Bolt chose what he did.

In this episode of the King’s Rock Podcast, we break down the biggest controversies from the Orlando Regional Championships in the Pokémon TCG and Pokémon GO scenes.A shocking Match Loss in Round 13 of the Pokémon TCG tournament and a Game Loss in the Pokémon GO Grand Finals had players and fans questioning how judge rulings are handled at the highest level of play. We walk through what happened, why these calls were made, and how they impacted the outcomes of critical matches.We also dive into the official statement released by Pokémon and discuss what it means for competitive play moving forward. Were the rulings justified? Should things change? And what can players learn to avoid similar situations?If you care about competitive Pokémon, tournament integrity, and understanding the rules that can decide games, this is an episode you don’t want to miss.

In this episode of King’s Rock Podcast, we break down a post-rotation Pokémon TCG meta tier list, ranking the best decks and early format contenders. We analyze what decks are rising, what strategies are falling off, and what players should expect in the new competitive format.Topics include:Post-rotation Pokémon TCG meta breakdownTier list of the best current decksEarly format strategy and deck predictionsPlus, we continue our episode tradition with a Pokémon trivia question based on the Pokédex—Episode 46 features Paras!

Bolt and Death talk about a Tournament of Doom run and Vileplume trivia!

Bolt and Death discuss what we lose at rotation and what decks get better or worse.

Bolt and Death discuss cheating and how you can protect yourself.

The return of the King's Rock Podcast. We talk about the most recent Regional, Golbat trivia, and what we have been up to during our time off from the Podcast.

Death and Bolt discuss Milwaukee, side events, and the new Rocket set.

Death does an interview-style podcast with Bolt on Milwaukee

Bolt and Death discuss their Journey Together box tournament. Spoiler: They both got top 8!

Bolt and Death discuss getting back into the game after a break, Milwaukee Regional prep, and Ninetails trivia!

Bolt and Death discuss the rock, paper, scissors meta that has emerged.

Death and Bolt talk about Surging Sparks and how it changes everything, including how they're playing.

Bolt and Death are back to discuss how things have been for the last 5 months with a new direction of the King's Rock Podcast!

The final episode of the King's Rock Podcast.

Bolt and Death discuss the big announcement for the 2025 Pokemon season! You gotta hear this!

Bolt and Death discuss the rumors for the 2025 season, Nidorino Trivia, and NAIC discussion.

Matt Wood (better known as LittleDarkFury) joins us to talk about his process and philosophy on deckbuilding! And Nidoran (male) trivia!

Bolt welcomes AbrandNewMac (Brandon) to talk about NAIC!

Bolt and Death discuss NAIC, the meta, and deckbuilding!

Bolt and Death welcome Ciaran Farah to talk about how to best prepare for a new format, Nidoran (f) trivia, Pokemon history lesson, and maybe even some NBA talk thrown in!

Bolt and Death discuss prereleases, LA Regional, Sandslash trivia, and DRAGAPULT!

Bolt and Death discuss AzulGG's win at Stockholm, Sandshrew trivia, and Dragapult!

Bolt and Death discuss their run at the Indianapolis Regional Championship! Also, Raichu trivia

Bolt and Death discuss a trending topic on Pokemon Twitter about Elitism, tournament registrations, and Championship Points. We also have Pikachu trivia, and our final discussion before the Indianapolis Regional

This episode, Bolt and Death discuss their decklist progression and matchups for Charizard.

Bolt and Death discuss the Tournament of Doom, a recent Cup and Challenge, Ekans triva, and the Orlando Regional.

Bolt and Death discuss their preparation for Indy and EUIC, the largest tournament outside of Japan ever!

Bolt and Death discuss their progress toward the Indianapolis Regional, talk about this weekend's EUIC, and Spearow Trivia!

Bolt and Death discuss prep for their next Regional Championship at Indianapolis, Raticate trivia, and they discuss resources to check out when learning about the Pokemon TCG.

Bolt and Death discuss the Utrecht Special Event, Mew winning, and other interesting decks in Day 2

Bolt and Death are joined once again by Keaton Ash (@BeyondKeato) to discuss his Knoxville run, rotation, and what to expect with Twilight Masquerade

Bolt and Death discuss the Champions League and new spoilers!

Bolt and Death discuss the Dortmund Regional, Indy registration date announced, and talk about the upcoming format! Check out our YouTube channels: https://www.youtube.com/@theboltup https://www.youtube.com/@deathgivergaming6320

Justin "PokeDubz" West joins Bolt and Death to talk about his content creation journey and his experience at the Knoxville Regional Championship. We also see how he can hold his own with our weekly Pokemon trivia. Check out PokeDubz: https://www.youtube.com/@PokeDubzTCG https://www.twitch.tv/pokedubztcg https://twitter.com/PokeDubz https://www.instagram.com/pokedubzz/

Bolt and Death talk about Limitless Online Tournaments, discuss the Liverpool Regional, and...is Cherrim good???

Bolt and Death welcome 20th place finisher at the 2023 Peoria Regional Championship, Keaton Ash to talk about Charlotte, Pokestats.live, and what he expects at the upcoming Knoxville Regional...and see how he does at today's Pokemon Trivia! You can find Keaton at Twitter @BeyondKeato

Bolt and Death discuss Portland Regionals a little more and go over some of the new cards revealed in the upcoming set!

Bolt and Death discuss week 1 of the store's Championship League, some new cards, and a brief look at the Portland Regional Results.

Bolt and Death discuss what they would play at Portland this weekend, the upcoming local Store Championship League, and Caterpie Trivia!

Bolt and Death discuss some of the new cards coming to our future Temporal Forces set including new paradox Pokemon and the return of Ace Specs. We also have our weekly Pokemon trivia and close by discussing how our 2023 went and what to expect in 2024.

Death and Bolt discuss in detail the results of the San Antonio Regional and have their first of many Pokemon Trivia segments.

Today, Bolt and Death discuss the Stuttgart Regional and give their tier lists for the current state of the Pokemon TCG metagame.

Bolt and Death briefly discuss the Gdansk and Brisbane Regional Championships, and spend most of the time talk about ways you can get better at the Pokemon Trading Card Game.

Bolt and Death take a break from the normal Pokemon discussion to discuss another of Death's favorite games, Yu-Gi-Oh. Special guest: Cereal Killer

Today, Bolt and Death discuss LAIC results, predictions from last week, and two other things that happened at LAIC: A DQ and a penalty in the finals Show Notes 2:45: Roaring Moon got exposed at LAIC 6:35: Day 1 LAIC Meta Breakdown 8:08: Day 2 LAIC Meta Breakdown 9:23: Takeways 18:07: Prediction Results 25:40: Tord's DQ 55:24: Finals Double Prize Penalty

Death and Bolt discuss what expect at LAIC and share predictions on most played decks, top 8, and who will come out on top.

In this episode, Bolt and Death cover some of their most notable cards in Paradox Rift. Intro and Outro track: "Severe Tire Damage" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Show notes 0:00 Intro 6:08 Upcoming Events 8:15 Paradox Rift Cards 8:30 Roaring Moon ex 12:30 Iron Valiant ex 19:00 Mewtwo ex 22:36 Iron Hands ex 29:20 Scream Tail 31:03 Technical Machine: Devolution 34:15 Ancient Booster Energy Capsule 35:48 Jirachi 39:17 Gholdengo ex 44:40 Technical Machine: Evolution 47:35 Earthen Vessel 48:00 Closing

Bolt Up and Deathgiver talk about the 2024 season and the results of the Toronto Regional Championship. Intro and Outro track: "Severe Tire Damage" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/