One of the coolest things about Grand Archive is the ability to customize your Material Deck, including your Champion Levels! In our very 40th episode of Recollection Step, World Champion Taylor and I discuss how we approach such an open metagame, and the look at 3 decklists that show off an element of GATCG that Maindeck has always been fond of - hybridizing the champions in your Mat Deck! Get your ticket for The Banish Zone's regional here! https://thebanishzone.com/products/grand-archive-regionals-2k-10-11--11am DECKLISTS: Whimsy DTR Store Champs - KevinSan's Fire Prismatic Crux Byakko Guo Jia/Merlin: https://www.shoutatyourdecks.com/decks/453d15a1-549c-4906-b74d-e17ff7b1c253 DTR Regional Reaper Game Store - Kaze7869's Wind Allies Wakeup Lorraine/Nico Hybrid: https://www.shoutatyourdecks.com/decks/6a55209b-ab6f-4673-b613-9e7d9edae337 Modern Table Top Regionals - 404Bassics's Fortuitous/Regular Wind Arcane Rai: https://www.shoutatyourdecks.com/decks/404918bc-ece6-47a0-b2ec-a773016fd2c0 Maindeck x JWW x Hanh Chu Mighty Wallet available here: https://jwwcards.com/products/make-your-own-luck-tyvek-mighty-wallet-maindeck-x-jww-x-hanh-chu Get PHANTOM MONARCHS and more preorders from our store, JWWCards - and use discount code MAINDECK for 5% off! Get the deal here https://jwwcards.com/discount/MAINDECK?redirect=%2Fcollections%2Fphantom-monarchs Audio only version available on iTunes, Spotify, and more! 0:00 Intro, Store Champs, and DraftKings 7:57 The Open Metagame 16:26 History of GA Metagames 23:03 How to Support Maindeck 24:19 New Merlin Meta in PTM? 27:00 Thought Process Going into Niagara 38:25 Hybridizing Champions - Ways and Reasons 44:03 KevinSan's Guo Jia Merlin 52:22 Kaze7869's Wind Wakeup Lorraine/Nico 57:29 404Bassics's Fortuitous/Regular Wind Rai 1:06:26 Final Thoughts on Hybrids and Outro SUPPORT MAINDECK by shopping on TCGPlayer with our affiliate link at no extra cost to you! https://tcgplayer.pxf.io/maindeck JOIN THE MAINDECK DISCORD and chat with other fans of a wide variety of TCGs! https://discord.maindeck.games Follow Dan on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/MaindeckGames #grandarchive #gatcg #tcg #podcast #podcasts ► We are supported by our generous patrons on Patreon - check out the link here and consider supporting us for bonus perks and behind the scenes content: https://www.patreon.com/maindeckgames ► Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaindeckGames/ ► Written content, resources and more at: http://www.maindeck.games Music from Epidemic Sound!! Get access to a huge music library for a small monthly fee. Try it out through my link below to support Maindeck as well! https://share.epidemicsound.com/pa4rmh