Best JB Brinks & Nolan Lee Podcasts (2024)

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Security Checkpoint 41: They Want to Kill my Kids, Jerry 33:53

3M ago33:53

33:53

It's a mess over here. AI wrote the cold open and we did a theatrical reading of it. Numeon kills my children and then me. I put Quantumon down for one second and now she's worse. So what's up with you, viewer? I heard you're playing the weird decks in Balatro and grinding bronze double up TFT. Nah nvm that was us too. Anyway, goodnight! other note…

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Security Checkpoint 40 - Lightning Rod of Hate (ft. Peter Franqui) 1:02:57

4M ago1:02:57

1:02:57

Holy shit, World Champion Peter Franqui is here!!! Pete takes us through his path to ruling the entire world and the good word of of never attacking your opponent! This podcast is so about the Digimon Trading Card Game right now. Pete gives us the hard facts about piloting and playing against sec con, and we really needed to hear them. other notes:…

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Security Checkpoint 39: Instant Transmission 34:04

4M ago34:04

34:04

hey how are y- SEC CON WINS WORLDS BABY USA USA USA WE'RE NUMBER ONE PETE NATION i'm fine thanks for asking. Let's go over the neatest Dragon Ball characters, falling out of love, dead mechanics, and killing your own Myotismon in front of everyone. other notes: bt17 waiting room, rat yard, and whenever my salamon dies she bleeds RED WHITE AND BLUE …

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Security Checkpoint 38: World's Tallest Greymon Enjoyer 33:22

4M ago33:22

33:22

What if this very moment is the beginning? What if your life has just started? What if you just kept evoing into agumon over and over? Is that the peak of Bandai's mountain? When I see the top, will I be happy? also: quantumon baby hell yeah, muchachomon, someone please help my lemonade stand is bleeding me dry…

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Security Checkpoint 37: Rhymes with Wonton Pong 33:48

5M ago33:48

33:48

Did you figure out my rhyming puzzle? Here's a hint, it's the best god damn 6 in the game. She's SICK. Nolan is here to talk about his descent to madness that is making Quantumon work. JB is here to talk about the brrrrrrr shhhhh DING DING sound you hear at casinos and the joys of big number. Both relish in the heaven that is bad digimon cards and …

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Security Checkpoint 36: Please Don't Name it "Quantum Mechanics" 31:44

5M ago31:44

31:44

We're back from Nationals and one of us is so dang hype to build in this BT15 world!! Quantumon is HERE and you GOTTA hear about it. Please? Everyone keeps abandoning my games. We talk about what we're brewing, the state of deckbuilding, and shooting yourself in the head. Is it clear that that's a reference? Don't shoot yourself in the head. We're …

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Security Checkpoint 35: Tournament Check Out (ft. Noah of Errata Sonata) 59:54

5M ago59:54

59:54

This one's a frankenstein of an episode. In Act I we see our heroes already at their lowest, scrambling for a lifeboat in the tumultuous sea of competition. In Act II, those heroes are struck down to clear the way for even greater heroes to appear. and in Act III we have our friend Noah join us, its fun! go listen to Errata Sonata, we're thrilled t…

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Security Checkpoint 34.5: Tournament Check In 31:20

6M ago31:20

31:20

This week is a halfsie, next week we'll post another! Okay? It's not weird. We've finally made decisions, we've finally done some testing. We're locked and loaded. Let the chips fall where they may, for luck belongs to those with hands to grab it. no other notes, i'm busy, i need answersBy JB Brinks & Nolan Lee

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Security Checkpoint 34: Mitamamon and You 58:20

6M ago58:20

58:20

The conclusion of the 2023 competitive season of the Digimon Trading Card Game is in fifteen days. We're both playing yellow probably! We both might be playing Venusmon! I'm so tired. We talk about what we're thinking for Nationals, the unforgivable act of taking every turn, and then new hit PC game Age of Mythology released in 1988. other notes: S…

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Security Checkpoint 33: Five Nights at Fenriloogamon's 1:00:27

7M ago1:00:27

1:00:27

BT14 is now!! It's here!! There are purple puppies and new security control cards!! DIGIMON IS BACK. Or at least we've been playing it more recently. Lets talk about the newest regionals tops, the hottest secret discord takes, and a deep hatred for every yellow card. And Street Fighter 6. I keep playing Street Fighter 6. Those bongos over at Baggag…

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Security Checkpoint 32: Rectangles and Traitors 1:03:49

8M ago1:03:49

1:03:49

We're here this week to tell you that no matter what you do, BWG doesn't care. We go over some regionals, an announcement of announcement, and another in depth review of another random episode of yugioh. Kaiba can't keep getting away with this. other notes: no touchy, 8 of every card, and a history of the shinobi wars…

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Security Checkpoint 31: Outraged and Deplaned 49:38

9M ago49:38

49:38

I don't want to talk about it. I don't want to talk about it!! Cards got restricted and I really liked some of them!!! NO ONE HAS A WORSE LIFE THAN ME. We talk about how to deal with anger, greymons, and The Boy Who Lived (tommy himi). After our landing, we get into a different sort of anger, reality tv, and the real true story of how we met (wow).…

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Security Checkpoint 30: Baggage Claim 52:35

9M ago52:35

52:35

This time is different. How? Okay, you got me. It's mostly regular. We do some meditation on tournament play, dream up an alternate digimon format, and take a glimpse at the game's bright future in yellow/green level 6s. But then we talk about Medabots for way longer than anyone should. Finally we premiere our new podcast Baggage Claim and let me t…

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Security Checkpoint 29: Ragnarok 55:45

10M ago55:45

55:45

Odins breath is so close to being the best card okay dude holy hell uuuggghhhhhh. On this episode we talk about Digimon cards, reading them, and our deck choices for the recent Regionals tournaments. We also talk about Baldur's Gate and, just... just a lot of other stuff. other notes: gaslighting your cohost, pottery class, and for real playing dig…

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Security Checkpoint 28: He Was a Tamer Boi 54:15

1+ y ago54:15

54:15

Good Morning! We're back from nationals and the crippling grip of real life! Let's catch up on the news: Avril Lavigne is here now, motherfucker. I guess also nationals happened, Bandai has given us the same mulligan rights as One Piece, and ACE Digimon are on the horizon (yeah we talk about the future now i'm so sorry)! other notes: digimon are fi…

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Security Checkpoint 27: Everyone Loves Deltamon (ft. Mtggirl) 1:05:50

1+ y ago1:05:50

1:05:50

Beckmon herself is here to talk nationals thoughts and the importance of casual play! JB and Nolan are also here to talk about the normal topics of a Digimon podcast: if dogs can have an existential crisis, is truly nothing holy? other notes: the one piece tcg, d for danger i guess, and thecandylady.com Find Beck at: https://twitter.com/mtggirl_ ht…

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Security Checkpoint 26: Everybody Hates Willis 43:57

1+ y ago43:57

43:57

Hey! How are you? We're back, sort of! We recorded this episode a few weeks ago (oops) so we go over some older news, talk about JB's terrible taste in movies, and question what archetypes are waiting to pounce as BT11 draws near. other notes: the digimon movie, some not-so-secret spice, and wow, you're not going to believe it, we talk about old yu…

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Security Checkpoint 25: Security Control Freaks 58:22

1+ y ago58:22

58:22

This episode is split into two parts. In the first part, we lament the slow start of the bt10 format. In the second, we do a little tournament report. JB turns to the dark side and plays Nolan's sec con list. We argue about that for a while. other notes: Gnomeo & Juliet, an Arby's Confessional, a 2-2 Winning Record logo by Galaxy Senpai editing by …

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Security Checkpoint 24: BT10 Forecast pt. 2 52:06

2y ago52:06

52:06

Hey, listen, we're friends right? You wouldn't hold our mistakes against us? There's a non zero percent of this episode where we don't read the text on our digimon cards. Just roll with it okay cool We haven't been playing a lot of digimon lately, but we still have strong opinions about some cards coming out in the upcoming BT10! As well as some da…

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Security Checkpoint 23: BT10 Forecast pt. 1 1:14:17

2y ago1:14:17

1:14:17

They announced the delay the day after we recorded this. This happens every time. This episode we're starting our look ahead at the new archetypes introduced in the next set BT-10: Xros Encounter and make a guess as to how they'll fare against some of the bigger contenders in the meta. We'll look at Xros Heart, Blue Flare, Bloomlordmon, and Minerva…

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Security Checkpoint 22: Starter Decks, Multi-Check Madness 52:57

2y ago52:57

52:57

Hey! The BT9 format marches forward. We look ahead at the new starter decks, question how to make a podcast, and make some mistakes along the way. Some stuff we need you to know in order to enjoy the first few minutes of the episode: All That She Wants is a song by Ace of Base okay it was really popular in the 90s okay; Toxic is a song by Britney S…

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Security Checkpoint 21: Ban List, Store Champs, and Some Spoilers 57:15

2y ago57:15

57:15

We recorded in California, where the laws are different. But what we didn't expect is that the Digimon are different too! This episode we recap our runs at a store championship, go over the new ban lists and engage with the discourse surrounding it, and then look at some cards from waaaaay too far ahead for us to reasonably talk about. We're having…

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Security Checkpoint 20: GenCon Adventures (ft. Dan Vang) 58:56

2y ago58:56

58:56

GenCon is over, we didn't do great. But maybe the real nationals invite is the friends we made along the way? Probably not. But we did bring along one of those friends we made, so Dan Vang is here to talk with us about what we saw at GenCon! other notes: a terrible trip home, a heated rivalry, and WHY DOES EVERYONE LOVE DIGI-SIZE??? Gaia Force Gami…

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Security Checkpoint 19: Please Check the Description 54:16

2y ago54:16

54:16

OKAY FULLY this episode starts out with a few uninterrupted minutes about the sexual activity of flies and that's kind of a lot. If you might not be cool with that you should jump to 3:20, it does not come up again. This episode we've got a lot to talk about: JetSilphymon and Tommy are restricted to 1, BT9 introduces a menagerie of consistent OTK d…

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Security Checkpoint 18: We've Made Some Mistakes (and a BT9 Pre-Release Look-Ahead) 50:00

2y ago50:00

50:00

The newest set is coming out soon, so it's a season of retrospection here at Security Checkpoint Studios. Specifically the things we got really wrong about the EX2 meta. And then we talk about what cards we want to play in our BT9 Pre-Release events! Does anyone actually read these? Are my secrets safe here? I'm not really sure what the difference …

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Security Checkpoint 17: Digimon And Other Card Games 1:02:02

2y ago1:02:02

1:02:02

EX2 is here and we are.... largely underwhelmed by the new pieces it's introduced. So we'll talk about other card games instead! Specifically what we've learned from other card games that can help or hinder your growth as a Digimon player. And then Nolan gets really mad about Pokemon's prize system. other notes: a healthy relationship with our audi…

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Security Checkpoint 16: Even Newer Awakenings 41:00

2y ago41:00

41:00

We gave up on trying to make this podcast a family friendly experience (as evidenced by the new explicit tag) so get ready for a rowdy time. BT8 is basically done, we've been mostly unsuccessful at making anything work, and dillo is meta now. I don't know, YOU try to make sense of this crazy world we live in! other notes: submissive deck decisions,…

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Security Checkpoint 15: BT8 Check In 56:19

2y ago56:19

56:19

Hey! We gotta come clean. We don't really know anything about this game anymore. This episode we re-establish what we do on the podcast, look at some tournament results, and we struggle to grasp the new ways we have to think about the game with regards to deck building and in-game decision making. We're trying! other notes: lunch eating ethos, digi…

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Security Checkpoint 14: The Memory Economy and a BT8 Forecast (featuring Anticss) 1:08:32

2y ago1:08:32

1:08:32

How much memory can you give an opponent these days? Are you allowed to spend 7 memory to remove a level 4 from the board? Can we play blockers again? We try to answer these questions and more as we work out what DNA digivolving does to our memory economy. Then, we welcome our first guest Anticss on for an early look at how we think the BT8 metagam…

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Security Checkpoint 13: BT8 Set Review 1:24:05

2y ago1:24:05

1:24:05

This one's for Europe! Have fun with those new cards, we'll be over here digivolving our tamers still. We talk about the BT8 set and give our first impressions on some fancy new digivolves. other notes: duck builder, cat noises, a Scotland dream editing by JB Brinks logo by Galaxy Senpai email us at seccheckpointpod@gmail.com follow us on twitter s…

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Security Checkpoint 12: Starter Decks and Power Creep... and Knuckles 55:43

2y ago55:43

55:43

minor spoiler warning for sonic the hedgehog 2 in theaters now It's starter deck time! Which means it's time for a new funky way of digivolving your mons. This episode we'll break down how DNA digivolution works, the new cards we get in the Imperialdramon and Mastemon starter decks, then talk some about the dirtiest phrase in TCGs: power creep. Is …

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Security Checkpoint 11: Digifest And What It All Means 57:27

2+ y ago57:27

57:27

We're back. We've seen some Digifest results. We know that Chung Man Chan is the World Champion of Digimon (sry we blanked on his name, we're dummies). And blue is on top of it all right now. This episode we talk about digifests, the things we have seen in the last month from high level digimon players, and how to play in a metagame seemingly domin…

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Security Checkpoint 10: Everything is Different 57:34

2+ y ago57:34

57:34

Audio quality isn't great on this one. Sorry folks. BT7 has broken our brains. Level ratios are different, looking for lethal is different, the game is changed. And on top of all that, we're also learning how to play with sideboards and mulligans. It's a lot. We'll do our best to share what we've learned and are thinking about in this whirlwind cha…

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Security Checkpoint 09: BT7 Set Review 1:24:48

2+ y ago1:24:48

1:24:48

This is a bit of a long one, but we just have to go over all these cards in BT7! Most of them. Okay, the ones we thought were important. But you don't want us talking forever about how a lvl 4 8k vanilla is good, right? Oh wait, we did that? Huh. After that we talk about cards we're excited to play in the pre-release event, then try out a few of th…

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Security Checkpoint 08: The Nationals Special 1:06:47

2+ y ago1:06:47

1:06:47

We did it, we played in Nationals. We faced some fierce and talented competition and we came out of it more excited for the game than ever. This episode is a three-parter, first we go over the decklist we took to the event, check in and chat after day 1, and then talk about the event and competition as a whole after the completion of the event. oth…

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Security Checkpoint 07: Mush Brain Hours 58:41

2+ y ago58:41

58:41

Let's be real about the recording conditions of this episode. It's SO late. One of us is in another state. Neither of us are positive about what we're playing at Nats. And on top of all that, we lost the last chunk of the episode and re-recorded it. Have we mentioned podcasting is hard? Let's talk about it. Ban lists, Nats predictions, Pick Counter…

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Security Checkpoint 06: EXtra! EXtra! Read All About It! It's The EX Episode! 1:01:45

2+ y ago1:01:45

1:01:45

This one was hard to name. There's a whole new set out and the Digimon metagame has never been more wide open. We are taking a dive into the new cards and deck archetypes introduced with the EX-01 Classic Collection set and then testing some new deck concepts out in the Pick, Counterpick segment. Other Notes: don't make it weird, don't answer the p…

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Security Checkpoint 05: The One With The Yellow Meta 55:06

2+ y ago55:06

55:06

EX is delayed, so we had to get rid of the whole other episode we already recorded. Dang! So instead, we're taking an in depth look at two yellow decks that topped the most recent Online Regionals event: Dan Vang's 1st Place Lordknightmon list and Nolan's Yellow Toolbox. We also break our own rules a bit and talk about some EX cards early. Oops! ot…

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Security Checkpoint 04: Starter Deck Shakedown 58:57

2+ y ago58:57

58:57

We've got them. Starter decks 7 & 8, Gallantmon and UlforceVeedramon have entered the meta. JB and Nolan talk about some of the key additions from these 2 decks as well as potential staples for the sets to come. Also, there's some talk about digimon draft strategy. We know this format isn't relevant. We know most people haven't even done it before.…

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Security Checkpoint 03: GabuBond & AncientGabuBond 1:06:40

2+ y ago1:06:40

1:06:40

Gabumon Bond of Friendship is a scary deck, but which version of it should you play? This episode we'll talk about two variants of the same Tier 1 deck and weigh the pros and cons of each. We'll also report on our performance at the BT6 Pre-Release events and see what JB's got planned to take down Nolan's Yellow/Black Security Control list. Other n…

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Security Checkpoint 02: Pick/Counterpick 39:52

2+ y ago39:52

39:52

This episode we introduce a new staple to the podcast's format: a King of the Hill style exploration of the meta. This week, Nolan has brought Yellow/Black Security Control, and JB brought Black Royal Knights. In future episodes we'll check in on this continuing competition, but this week it IS the episode! Other notes: Purple players, how Digimon …

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Security Checkpoint 01: BT06 Pre-Release Primer 1:13:20

2+ y ago1:13:20

1:13:20

BT6 is... somewhere on the horizon. Let's work on getting ready for those pre-release events together. JB & Nolan talk about some of their key cards and strategies for pulling down those Pulsemons later this month. Nolan hates Gundramon. JB is disappointed. logo by Galaxy Senpai editing by JB Brinks follow us on twitter or send us an email at secch…

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