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GLC Fighting Spread Deck

Juimasaru gym leader challenge 67 views Aug 29, 2026 Updated Aug 29, 2026

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Deck Primer

GLC Fighting Spread Deck centered around Hippowdon.

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GLC Fighting Spread Deck centered around Hippowdon.

Game plan/-play:
1) Start/Early Game:
-> As with many GLC Fighting decks, first get Lunatone and Solrock on the Bench. Lunatone provides the main card draw in the deck if Solrock is also in play.
-> Then get Ting-Lu or Palossand into Active Spot to start spreading damage as early as possible.
-> If Ting-Lu is the Active Pokémon, either get Brooklet Hill or Artazon into play. Use the Stadium once (Artazon, so opponent can't use it) or twice (Brooklet Hill because most GLC type decks can't use it) to get Basic Pokémon on your Bench. Then use Ting-Lu's Ground Crasher Attack to spread damage and discard the stadium.

2) Mid-Game:
-> Main priority of Mid-Game is to set up Hippowdon as finishing attacker.
-> Get Hippowdon into Active Spot at the right time to use its Super Sandstorm Attack to knock out multiple opposing Pokémon. Just don't use it when some of your Pokémon are also in K.O. range. Which is why this deck is quite weak against other Spread Decks.
-> In Mid-Game, Marshadow can be also used to knock out weakened Pokémon. Marshadow is best used in combination with Guzma or Escape Rope, when the opponent is forced to move a damaged benched low HP Pokémon into Active Spot.
-> Hawlucha is used to either put damage counters on Pokémon which came into play last turn or to put the last 10 finishing damage counters onto opponent's Pokémon. Hawlucha is usually great in combination with Scoop Up Net.

3) Late Game/Being behind:
-> In Mid/Late Game or when facing a high HP Pokémon (often difficult to knock out with Spread DMG) use Bloodmoon Ursaluna as Attacker. It gets easily rid of most damaged Pokémon.
-> Technical Machine: Devolution can be used effectively when most of the opponent's Pokémon are damaged heavily, to devolve all opponents Pokémon to their Pre-Evolutions which are likely to die to the damage already on them.
-> Else Spread Decks are pretty simple. Try to spread as much damage and knock out as much Pokémon at the same time as possible. Knocking out 3 or more Pokémon at the same time is usually a win.

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.