Andrew Mahone

Andrew Mahone after ranking Top 32 at the 2023 World Championships.

Andrew Mahone is one of the most known players of Pokémon Trading Card Game history, being in notable spots at multiple World Championships and Regional Championships.

After some Regional event results, Mahone became a writer of strategy articles for PokéBeach from 2015 to 2018, a Pokémon fansite focused on the card game. In 2017, he partnered with the Derium’s Competitive Pokemon YouTube channel as a TCG player, which was adapted in 2018 to his own YouTube and Twitch channels named Tricky Gym. These became some of the most popular sources of competitive Pokémon TCG content, where Mahone mainly showcases the game in tabletop or Pokémon Trading Card Game Live (formely Pokémon Trading Card Game Online) format. Mahone has also been featured in the official Pokémon YouTube channel on videos related to TCG strategies.

On July 31, 2024, the Pokémon TCG-themed reality show Pokémon: Trainer Tour was released, starring Mahone and fellow online content creator Meghan Camarena as hosts.

Notable tournament performances

• Top 8, 2017 World Championships
• Top 16, 2015 World Championships
• Top 8, 2017 United States National Championships

Notable decks used

• Night March - 2015
• Yveltal/Garbodor - 2016
• Zoroark BREAK - 2017
• Gardevoir GX - 2017
• BuzzRoc - 2017
• PikaRom - 2019
• Miraidon ex - 2023

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese N/A Brazilian Portuguese Teco Cheganças

Trivia

• Andrew Mahone is credited in the Pokémon TCG Alternative Play Handbook and Pokémon.com as the creator of the Gym Leader Challenge fan format.

References

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.