The Pod of Greed

Paul and Alec discuss the controversy around the release of Pokemon Champions, then go over our picks for Crunchyroll anime awards.

Paul and Alec discuss their time at the C2E2 convention and the fans they met. We also talk about Paul's controversial Yu-Gi-Oh tweet. Then discuss card reveals from Rarity Collection V, a LEGO theft story, PS5 price increases, and a horrific Google Gemini Live AI story. Oh, and a bit about Reese's peanut butter cups for good measure.

Paul and Alec talk about the new Yu-Gi-Oh Red-Eyes Black Dragon guitar, the revamped Ultimate Tournament Pack, Spider-Man, Harry Potter, and DLSS5!

Paul and Alec answer a myriad of viewer questions. Is Yu-Gi-Oh's new trend toward Turn 0 plays a solution or just another problem? Will Overframe cards really save the casual falloff? And what card game will Logan Paul ruin next? Let's talk about all of that and more!

Genesys comes to Japan, Chaos Origin gets more, MTG TMNT has too much pizza, and Xbox Helix is on the way.

Paul and Alec discuss news in the gaming community, Pokemon Wind and Waves, and Paul recaps his recent Regional Qualifier experience.

Paul and Alec discuss new Yu-Gi-Oh Overframe cards, a slightly bizarre Timothée Chalamet x Yu-Gi-Oh crososver, the drama around the Pokemon Leafgreen and Firered re-releases, and the burning house that is Xbox.

Yu-Gi-Oh is adding Yugi back to the packs with Chaos Origins! And there's some other depressing gaming news...

Let's see what's up with the controversial layoffs around 2XKO, Hasbro getting the Harry Potter toy license, Discord's age verification concerns, and more.

Paul and Alec discuss the announcement of the Yu-Gi-Oh x LEGO blocks collaboration. Plus the recent controversy around Magic the Gathering Secret Lair pricing.

Paul and Alec discuss the Yu-Gi-Oh roadmap for Genesys format and beyond, the big lawsuit against Hasbro for mismanaging Magic the Gathering, and the recent internet debate around comic books and manga!

There is a new Yu-Gi-Oh banlist out for the TCG, a Pokemon shop was held up at gunpoint, somebody found an infinite money glitch at GameStop, and we ponder how Yu-Gi-Oh packs could be made more fun to open.

First episode of 2026 is finally here! We survived the sickness.

Paul and Alec are joined by Alex for a special Christmas episode of the pod! And we all react to the huge news of the new full-art Overframe Yu-Gi-Oh cards!

Paul and Alec discuss new changes to Yu-Gi-Oh Genesys format, Pokemon's new increased printing plans, the Game Awards winners, and how the internet is consuming us all.

Paul and Alec discuss the strange identity crisis of Yu-Gi-Oh's Genesys format, the introduction of the CyberPunk 2077 TCG, and Magic the Gathering's Marvel Universes Beyond collaboration.

You can read the title.

We answer a myriad of viewer questions from the Pot!

Legendary 5Ds decks has been DELAYED?! Oh, and we talk about the Game Awards nominees, GameStop's weird "Trade Anything" day and the Word of the Year!

We discuss the new Legendary Modern Decks in Yu-Gi-Oh, get an interesting insight into an OCG player's experience, talk about Riftbound's huge issues with its initial launch, share thoughts on the PlayStation State of Play Japan, discuss the game changer Steam hardware announcements from Valve, Grand Theft Auto IV's delay, and an AI marriage!

Master Duel finally banned Apollousa! Also, we discuss GameStop's new "Power Packs" for getting PSA graded cards, a huge new update for the PlayStation Portal, and a creepy new AI robot assistant.

There's a new emergency Yu-Gi-Oh banlist here! Genesys format got a huge points update! We're getting a bunch more World Premiere decks! Magic shows off Avatar the Last Airbender! And so much more!

This week, Paul and Alec discuss a number of small Yu-Gi-Oh updates like the Neuron event, Holiday Charity, and the Fallen and the Virtuous Deck release. MTG also has a new tournament series with a huge $500,000 prize pool, and both Xbox and PlayStation have thoughts on their next gen consoles!

We have to talk about the huge announcement that Yu-Gi-Oh will finally be getting extended art cards, called Overframes! Paul and Alec also recap their experiences at New York Comic Con last weekend, and discuss an interesting survey around gaming demographics. Magic the Gathering also put out a weird consumer survey...