GLC Dark Poison Deck

Juimasaru Juimasaru gym leader challenge 144 views Aug 20, 2026 Updated Aug 31, 2026
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GLC Dark Poison Deck centered around Garbodor.

Game plan/-play:
1) Start/Early Game:
-> Try to put Garbodor on the Bench + any Stadium (best is Perilous Jungle) as fast as possible.
-> Either get Hisuian Overqwil or Qwilfish into the Active Spot, as these are the "fast" attackers that need no/little support.
-> If Garbodor Line is priced, put Brute Bonnet on the Bench and attach Ancient Booster Energy Capsule to it and to be able to use Brute Bonnet's Ability.
-> If Qwilfish

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GLC Dark Poison Deck centered around Garbodor.

Game plan/-play:
1) Start/Early Game:
-> Try to put Garbodor on the Bench + any Stadium (best is Perilous Jungle) as fast as possible.
-> Either get Hisuian Overqwil or Qwilfish into the Active Spot, as these are the "fast" attackers that need no/little support.
-> If Garbodor Line is priced, put Brute Bonnet on the Bench and attach Ancient Booster Energy Capsule to it and to be able to use Brute Bonnet's Ability.
-> If Qwilfish is the starting Pokémon in the Active Spot, Hypnotoxic Laser can serve as one time source for poisoning if Garbodor or Brute Bonnet can't be put onto the Bench.

2) Mid-Game:
-> The next priority is putting Toxicroak on the Bench to accelerate poison damage.
-> Then set up Pecharunt to function as "Trap" Pokémon and poison damage accelerator if the Active Pokémon is defeated.
-> Or set up Crobat to function as "card draw engine" and follow-up attacker if the Active Pokémon is defeated.

3) Late Game/Being behind:
-> More of the same like in mid-game.
-> If Garbodor or Brute Bonnet are defeated through Boss's Orders or similar effects, try to put one of them (preferably Garbodor) back onto the Bench as fast as possible.

Disclaimer:
- Comments, ideas, etc. are welcome!
- All my decks are mostly built around a theme and built for fun games in the local GLC friends group and LGS.
- Since I'm not a competitive player, this deck it's not meant/recommended for GLC tournament play.
- All my decks have been built/are organized on limitlesstcg.com beforehand and have been tested in https://ptcgsim.online/ and games against friends. They have gone through a lot of changes and I compared them with decks from other players (GLC tournament decks, pokemoncard.io, cardboardwarriors.net, etc.) before I upload them. So I think they are okay as they are.
- However, I'm still open to recommendations for cards that fit into the deck's “theme” and can improve it.
- My decks are subject to change as I update them regularly when new GLC legal sets/cards release.

Main Deck (60 cards)

Pokémon (12)
1 Crobat me4-51
$0.13 Darkness 130
1 Hisuian Overqwil swsh10-90
$0.23 Darkness 130
1 Brute Bonnet sv4-123
$0.20 Darkness 120
1 Garbodor swsh2-118
$0.37 Darkness 120
1 Toxicroak swsh1-124
$0.48 Darkness 110
1 Qwilfish me4-52
$0.04 Darkness 90
1 Golbat swsh5-90
$0.14 Darkness 80
1 Hisuian Qwilfish swsh10-88
$0.09 Darkness 80
1 Pecharunt svp-149
$0.62 Darkness 80
1 Croagunk swsh1-123
$0.04 Darkness 70
1 Trubbish swsh8-168
$0.23 Darkness 70
1 Zubat sv6pt5-27
$0.12 Darkness 50
Trainer (41)
1 Air Balloon me2pt5-181
$0.19
1 Ancient Booster Energy Capsule sv5-140
$0.16
1 Arven sv1-166
$0.31
1 Atticus sv4pt5-77
$0.03
1 Boss's Orders me1-114
$0.27
1 Brock's Scouting sv9-146
$0.24
1 Buddy-Buddy Poffin me2pt5-184
$0.15
Trainer (41)
1 Colress's Tenacity sv6pt5-57
$0.30
1 Dark City sm11-193
$0.52
1 Dark Patch swsh10-139
$0.25
1 Dust Island sm10-168
$0.23
1 Earthen Vessel sv8pt5-106
$0.19
1 Escape Rope swsh5-125
$0.24
1 Evolution Incense swsh1-163
$0.23
1 Field Blower sm2-125
$1.64
1 Gladion sm4-95
$0.53
1 Guzma sm3-115
$3.30
1 Guzma & Hala sm12-193
$7.43
1 Hisuian Heavy Ball swsh10-146
$0.30
1 Hypnotoxic Laser bw8-123
$2.23
1 Iono sv4pt5-80
$0.32
1 Klara swsh6-145
$0.24
1 Lana's Fishing Rod sm12-195
$0.24
1 Level Ball swsh5-129
$0.23
1 Lillie's Determination me2pt5-192
$0.35
1 Lusamine sm4-96
$0.40
Trainer (41)
1 Marnie swsh35-56
$0.30
1 Nest Ball sv4pt5-84
$0.31
1 Ordinary Rod swsh1-171
$0.30
1 Perilous Jungle sv5-156
$0.24
1 Piers swsh3-165
$0.17
1 Poké Pad me3-81
$0.33
1 Pokégear 3.0 zsv10pt5-84
$0.32
1 Professor's Letter xy8-146
$0.31
1 Punk Helmet me2-92
$0.16
1 Quick Ball swsh8-237
$0.21
1 Rescue Stretcher sm2-130
$0.74
1 Scoop Up Net swsh2-165
$0.41
1 Technical Machine: Evolution sv4-178
$0.23
1 Virbank City Gym bw8-126
$4.84
1 VS Seeker xy4-109
$4.24
Energy (7)
5 Basic Darkness Energy sve-7
$0.11 Darkness
1 Hiding Darkness Energy swsh3-175
$0.32 Darkness
1 Shadowy Darkness Energy me5-83
$0.22 Darkness

Card Types

Trainer 41
Pokémon 12
Energy 7

Energy Types

Darkness 12

Energy Curve

Distribution of attack energy costs in your deck

1 Energy 8 attacks
8
47.1% of attacks
2 Energy 6 attacks
6
35.3% of attacks
3 Energy 3 attacks
3
17.6% of attacks

Opening Hand Probability Calculator

Calculate the probability of drawing specific cards in your opening hand

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