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40 episodes
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Date created
2026/01/20
Latest episode
2026/10/20
Average duration
102 min.
Release period
6 days
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Welcome to the Gym Leader Chat Lounge, where your hosts talk everything related to the Gym Leader Challenge format of the Pokémon TCG! Gym Leader Challenge is the most popular secondary format in the Pokémon TCG, and is an incredibly fun, deep, and competitive way to play the game. From tournament recaps, to meta-game discussions, tier lists, card reveals, and deck workshops: take a seat in the Lounge as these accomplished and passionate Pokémon Trading Card Game players discuss all that and more. To learn more about the Gym Leader Challenge format, visit www.gymleaderchallenge.com
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Delta Reign INFINITE Combo coming to GLC (plus YCSE Movie Review) - Gym Leader Chat Lounge #38
2026/10/20
Lets be real, the main part of this episode is our review of Nathan Fielder's new documentary You Can See Everything. But, we do discuss some pokemon, including the upcoming Delta Reign infinite combo that becomes available with Giratina and Mew. CHECK IT OUTTTTTCHECKOUT NOTEBOOK KNOCKOUT! https://paperfrogstudio.comJOIN THE GLCL DISCORD! https://discord.gg/tMVSFGuBMG
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Red Card is the latest GLC Staple you should be playing - Gym Leader Chat Lounge #37
2026/10/13
TONY'S HERE OMG! He also won a badge! Also, we introduced a new segment, Split the Lounge. VOTE in the poll now after hearing our Split the Lounge arguments!
VOTING FOR SPLIT THE LOUNGE IN OUR DISCORD SERVER!
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Should Raikou be UNBANNED? or does Doexys need to go? - Gym Leader Chat Lounge #36
2026/10/06
Today in the lounge, we are discussing if Deoxys needs to get banned or is fine to stick around longer. And, if it stays, does that mean Amazing Raikou is also fine to get unbanned? What are the pros/cons of both scenarios? That, and some good GLC List recaps from the past week!JOIN THE GLCL DISCORD! https://discord.gg/4yUwaAVRDv
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Chatting with GLC's Bling King Hunter Horak - Gym Leader Chat Lounge #35
2026/09/29
Hunter Horak joins us for a great discussion about collecting, selling, and playing! Also, highlighting cool GLC lists from the last week of Full Grip Games GLC League.Join the GLCL Discord Server!
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You Can NEVER Kill Hydro Pump - Gym Leader Chat Lounge #34
2026/09/22
Water has earned its first badge of the season at Full Grip Games Gym Leader Challenge league! That, as well as some Cube discussion, and some webcam tournament results!JOIN THE GLCL DISCORD! https://discord.gg/4yUwaAVRDvThe MorseMakes Scarlet/Violet CUBE LIST: https://cubekoga.net/cube/18117/list
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30 GLC Decks for the 30th Celebration You Should Play - w/ @TurboblazeGLC & @ParallelCitySyndicate
2026/09/16
Chuckie from Team Turboblaze and Kevin from Parallel City Syndicate join me for a special discussion on the 30 Decks We Recommend for the 30th Celebration Set! It's a long one, but hope there is some insight to be gained here for everyone! Thank you Chuckie and Kevin for this collaboration!
ALL DECKLISTS HERE: Limitless Decklist Folder⬇️⬇️
JOIN THE GLCL DISCORD SERVER!!! ⬇️⬇️https://discord.gg/4yUwaAVRDv
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
14:00 Fire Decks
27:24 Water Decks
44:05: Grass Decks
1:01:16 Lightning Decks
1:12:19 Psychic Decks
1:32:04 Dragon Decks
1:40:57 Metal Decks
1:53:48 Dark Decks
2:04:22 Colorless Decks
2:18:49 Fighting Decks
2:28:23 Outro
We Ranked ALL the Pikachus from 30th Celebrations - Gym Leader Chat Lounge #33
2026/09/15
⬇️⬇️ JOIN THE GLCL DISCORD SERVER!!! ⬇️⬇️https://discord.gg/4yUwaAVRDvThe 30th Celebrations Pokemon TCG set comes out THIS WEEK! Since most of the set will not make any competitive impact, we thought it would be fun to do a tier list of all 30 of the new Pikachus being released this set!
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Chapters:00:00 Intro & Chat14:38 Join our discord server!20:18 Pikachus in GLC34:00 Pikachu Tier List2:08:29 FGG League Recap2:26:50 Outro
Off-Meta GLC Decks that are WINNING Right Now - Gym Leader Chat Lounge #32
2026/09/08
Ben and Jon discuss recent Gym Leader Challenge tournament results, featuring some great finishes from off-meta strategies!
World Championships Recap + Jon's BACK in the Lab with Water - Gym Leader Chat Lounge #31
2026/09/01
The gang discusses the latest news and results from the 2025 Pokemon World Championships in San Francisco, Jon shares his new Water-type brew, and Ben yaps for too long about how broken Psychic is, as usual.
TBZ Webcam Results + Jon's Water Deck
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Frillish DOMINATED The Full Grip GLC Invitational - Gym Leader Chat Lounge #30
2026/08/25
3 GLC Tournaments happened at Full Grip Games this past week; let us take you through all the highlights, including for the GLC Season 3 Invitational where Frillish came out over the rest of the Psychic field!
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GLC Invitational THIS WEEKEND! + GLC on TCGLive (Trainer Trials Decks) - Gym Leader Chat Lounge #29
2026/08/18
This weekend is the Full Grip Games GLC Season 3 Invitational Tournament! Watch Live on Tricky Gym - Sunday, 8/23 at 11AM ET. ALSO: GLC is back on Trainer Trials! Here are a few decklists suggested by Tony and Jon for you to try yourself! Links:FIRE (Trainer Trials)
PSY SPREAD (Trainer Trials)
TINKATONY (Trainer Trials)
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Fighting Types DOMINATED All Year (GLC Season 3 Lookback) - Gym Leader Chat Lounge #28
2026/08/11
We go over ALL the data from the past year of Gym Leader Challenge league at Full Grip Games - Season 3! Also, COMMENT ON THIS VIDEO to enter the Professor Program Professor Magnolia Professor's Research Promo!
Turboblaze Invitational Results Parallel City Syndicate Discussion on Fire
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GLC's Secret Final Boss, JESSE PARKER (Pitch Black $3K Champion) - GLCL Bonus #1
2026/08/07
Jesse Parker stops by the Lounge to chat about his recent $3000 Gym Leader Challange tournament WIN, as well as his stacked resumé of historic GLC performances in the early years.
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Our Goals for Next Year of Gym Leader Challenge at Full Grip Games - Gym Leader Chat Lounge #27
2026/08/04
The gang recaps the FINAL week of Gym Leader Challenge Season 3 at Full Grip Games, and looks ahead to what Season 4 will have in store...
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This 30th Anniversary Card Will Warp the GLC Meta - Gym Leader Chat Lounge #26
2026/07/30
Lots to catch up on! Ben's time in California and GLC tournament, NRG $1K Recap, New reveals from Storm Emeralda, and 30th Anniversary Leaks!
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