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Comeback Mechanics
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North Texas based Pokemon TCG team
This week’s GLC matchup features an updated version of Alan’s Fighting list from our first video!

Up against Chris on Colorless, will…

…wait there’s no energy in Chris’s list? Are you sure we have the right decklist?

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FIGHTING W/ FIRE VS CAFFEINE-FREE COLORLESS - Pokemon TCG Gym Leader Challenge
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November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
We’re back from Las Vegas and here with another featured GLC matchup!

Will is on Turbo Darkness up against Steve on his Psychic Spookidori!

Sounds like there may be a type advantage… or is there?

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TURBO DARK VS SPOOKIDORI - Pokemon TCG Gym Leader Challenge
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November 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
We wish everyone safe travels on their way to the Las Vegas Regionals this weekend!

Let’s take a look back at Cody’s T64 run at the Milwaukee Regional Championship earlier this season.

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I Finished Top 64 at the Pokemon TCG Milwaukee Regional Championships
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November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We’re back with another exciting GLC match from our November tournament.

Featuring a few new cards from Mega Evolutions, Cody is on LunaRock Fighting against Mathew on Item Lock Grass!

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ITEM LOCK GRASS VS LUNAROCK - Pokemon TCG Gym Leader Challenge
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November 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
We’re back with some standard gameplay!

Take a look as Jonathan and Mathew practice the Ho-Oh Box and Gholdengo matchup.

What are the lines? What’s the prize map!

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HO-OH BOX VS GHOLDENGO EX - Pokemon TCG Standard Gameplay
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November 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Our final GLC match from last month’s tournament features Omar on Damage Inc Psychic and Maverick on MegaBoom Grass!

Can Omar spread enough damage or will Maverick outgrow and Jungle Beat his competition?

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DAMAGE, INC VS MEGA BOOM - Pokemon TCG Gym Leader Challenge
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November 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Our second GLC video from our October GLC Tournament is live!

Omar is on a spread Psychic list using some of the new cards in the recent Mega Evolution set, up against Matty on his Rain Dance Lighting!

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DAMAGE, INC VS RAIN DANCE LIGHTNING - Pokemon TCG Gym Leader Challenge
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October 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Why the short hiatus you ask?

The voice behind it all was too busy taking the championship points arv-out of Milwaukee!

Congrats to team member Cody Hope on his 47th place finish at the Milwaukee Regional Championship.
October 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
After a short hiatus, we’re back with our first matchup from our October GLC tournament!

Mark pilots a Fire friends list up against John with Psychic Abra KaDRAWbra!

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ABRA KADRAWBRA VS FIRE FRIENDS - Pokemon TCG Gym Leader Challenge
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October 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Our final September GLC match features Will on Dragon Axe against Matty on Rain Dance Lightning!

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September 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Our second September GLC match is hot, hot, hot, featuring Alan on a burn control variant of Fire up against Mathew on Rocket’s Hitmonbros.

Can Alan keep up the heat or will Mathew stomp it out?

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BURN BABY BURN VS TEAM ROCKET'S HITMONBROS - Pokemon TCG Gym Leader Challenge
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September 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We have now recorded a GLC match in every month, first September GLC Tournament match features Dragon Psychic!

Can Steve use Munkidori enough times to stop Maverick’s big Dragon knockouts?

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DRAGON AXE VS SPOOKIDORI - Pokemon TCG Gym Leader Challenge
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September 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Our next August GLC match is Psychic with stadium control and a Darkness list using new cards from the Black and White sets!

Will the new tricks in Darkness be enough for Chris or will Matty’s teleport room list succeed?

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TELEPORT ROOM PSYCHIC VS DISRUPTIVE DARKNESS - Pokemon TCG Gym Leader Challenge
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August 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It’s been 10 months since we posted our first video in October 2024 and it’s surreal to know where we are now and what we have built.

We’re not stopping, this is just the beginning! Thank you for your support on this journey!

To many more creative and competitive milestones!
August 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
We’re closing in on 1000 subscribers! What an incredible journey it’s been and we’re only getting started.

Let’s take a look back to the video that started it all, our first GLC video from October 2024.

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FIGHTING WITH FIRE PACKAGE VS ELECTRIC SPREAD — Gym Leader Challenge Finals
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August 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Our August GLC tournament round two game includes two unique spread decks.

John pilots a Lighting deck doing damage on energy attachment, against Garrett on a spread Water list with Froslass!

Will they run out of dice?

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BUDDY PULSE VS WATER SPREAD - Pokemon TCG Gym Leader Challenge
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August 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Our first cup win of the season comes in on worlds weekend, Mathew took down the Bard Owl Games cup!

Mathew piloted Gholdengo ex, including some new techs he saw featured in worlds decks!

Congrats to Mathew for his win and Cody for taking 3rd!
August 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Tired of the same decks on the Pokémon Worlds stream?

Take a break and watch the finals of our 2025 Summer Off Meta Tournament!

Only one leaves a champion; Rebecca on United Wings against Steve on Greninja/Blaziken.

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UNITED WINGS VS GRENINJA EX: Comeback Mechanics Off Meta FINALS
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August 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Welcome to the grandest stage of them all, the round one featured match of our August GLC tournament!

Maverick on Okidogi faces Mathew on Team Rocket’s Tyranitar in the greatest fighting matchup of the century!

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ROCKET'S TYRANITAR VS OKIDOGI - Pokemon TCG Gym Leader Challenge
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August 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
We’re in the finals of our 2025 Summer Off Meta Tournament, our Top 4 match has been posted.

Rebecca flew into top cut with United Wings up against a list that has not been featured yet, Maverick on Arven’s Mabostiff!

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UNITED WINGS VS ARVEN'S MABOSSTIFF: Comeback Mechanics Off Meta TOP 4
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August 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The round one matchup from our 2025 Summer Off Meta Tournament features an old friend and a new partner!

Can United Wings fly without Ditto and DTE? The ‘Iono’ supporter card is great, but are Iono’s Pokémon any good?

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UNITED WINGS VS IONO'S: Comeback Mechanics Off Meta Tournament R1
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August 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
We took inspiration from @mad_syns off meta ban list and held our first Summer Off Meta tournament, we added some cards to the original list and banned what’s below!

We filmed a feature table and round one will be posted today!

What lists do you think the team pulled together?
August 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
In our final featured match from July’s GLC tournament we revisit the first matchup of the month, Hydro Pump Water vs Turbo Dragon!

Steve on Water and Omar on Dragon, which of these two powerhouses will take the match?

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HYDRO PUMP VS TURBO DRAGON - Pokemon TCG Gym Leader Challenge
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July 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This weekend we are vending at Indigo Plateau in Irving, TX!

Stop by and give us a visit and checkout the Comeback Crossbody, our TCG accessories bag designed by players, for players!

The show is open Saturday 10-8, Sunday 10-6.
July 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Our standard table top video of the week features Gholdengo into Dragapult Charizard!

With the release of Black Bolt and White Flare, will we see any major meta changes?

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2026 Season Begins: DRAGAPULT CHARIZARD VS GHOLDENGO - Pokemon TCG Standard Gameplay
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July 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM