GerryT Podcast With Dave Shiels
Jun 4, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min · 14 segments
Sadly, RC DC was a near miss for Michael by the narrowest of margins. Find out how he put himself in a great position and how he feels like he's improved over the last few months. Plus, Gerry posted a…
Michael SimonettiHostIt was certainly pre-COVID, right? But, like, I did, I think, a Star City Team Sealed thing, but there hasn't been a lot of it, right? So it makes sense that not a lot of people know what the hell's going on, and it kinda makes sense for us to cover it at least a little bit.
Well, try to think of it as if you were playing, and if you have questions, I want you to ask them.
And, and also, maybe I'm the wrong person to, to come to for this, 'cause, I don't know, I never top four'd, like, a Team Sealed GP or whatever.
I think that I had some solid money finishes or whatever, but I was never tryharding the Team Sealed GPs.
Obviously, I tried to, you know, do my best and learn every single time, so, like, maybe, maybe this is good advice, maybe not.
But the thing that I ran into the most was you can build three pretty reasonable-looking decks, but if it ever comes to a point where one person is, like, looking at their deck and it's just like, "Oh, it is so hard to make cuts, 'cause I have, like, 45 playables," and the other people are, like, maybe, you know, scraping by with, with, like, 23, 24 or whatever, I feel like that might be a pretty good indicator that maybe you messed up your build somehow.
Like, if, if I have cards in my sideboard that are better than cards in your deck, that's probably a mistake.
It was certainly pre-COVID, right? But, like, I did, I think, a Star City Team Sealed thing, but there hasn't been a lot of it, right? So it makes sense that not a lot of people know what the hell's going on, and it kinda makes sense for us to cover it at least a little bit.
Well, try to think of it as if you were playing, and if you have questions, I want you to ask them.
And, and also, maybe I'm the wrong person to, to come to for this, 'cause, I don't know, I never top four'd, like, a Team Sealed GP or whatever.
I think that I had some solid money finishes or whatever, but I was never tryharding the Team Sealed GPs.
Obviously, I tried to, you know, do my best and learn every single time, so, like, maybe, maybe this is good advice, maybe not.
But the thing that I ran into the most was you can build three pretty reasonable-looking decks, but if it ever comes to a point where one person is, like, looking at their deck and it's just like, "Oh, it is so hard to make cuts, 'cause I have, like, 45 playables," and the other people are, like, maybe, you know, scraping by with, with, like, 23, 24 or whatever, I feel like that might be a pretty good indicator that maybe you messed up your build somehow.
Like, if, if I have cards in my sideboard that are better than cards in your deck, that's probably a mistake.
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