GLC Fire Burn Deck

Juimasaru Juimasaru gym leader challenge 60 views Aug 31, 2026 Updated Sep 02, 2026
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GLC Fire Burn Deck centered around the Special Condition "Burned".
This deck focuses on using the "Burned" Special Condition to enable cheap attacks from Pokémon needing the opponent's Active Pokémon to be burned.

Game plan/-play:
1) Start/Early Game:
-> In this deck a lot is happening on in the first few rounds.
-> First put either Delphox or Volcarona into play as quickly as possible. Then use their Ability to get the opponent's Active Pokémon burned. Volcarona is faster

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GLC Fire Burn Deck centered around the Special Condition "Burned".
This deck focuses on using the "Burned" Special Condition to enable cheap attacks from Pokémon needing the opponent's Active Pokémon to be burned.

Game plan/-play:
1) Start/Early Game:
-> In this deck a lot is happening on in the first few rounds.
-> First put either Delphox or Volcarona into play as quickly as possible. Then use their Ability to get the opponent's Active Pokémon burned. Volcarona is faster to get into play but needs Basic Fire Energy in your hand to use its Ability. Delphox needs longer to set up (except if you have Rare Candy in hand) but can always use its Ability.
-> Then try to put Ninetales into play & get it into Active Spot, so its Hex Attack can be used to start dealing damage. Prefer Ninetales over Centiskorch as Attacker in early game since it can always deal damage and is a bit faster to set up.
-> Meanwhile also get the decks main card draw engine Magcargo + Rapidash into play. Magcargo's Ability is used to put a needed card on top of the deck which can then be drawn immediately using Rapidash's Ability.

2) Mid-Game:
-> Set up Centiskorch and use it as main attacker during Mid-Game. Its 180 DMG Charring Breath Attack is very strong for only needing 2 Basic Fire Energy, with the condition that the opposing Pokémon is burned. Which should always be the case with this deck.
-> Heatran needs a bit of time to get ready but can be used as Tank/Stall Pokémon if you get Wela Volcano Park into play, and it sticks on the battlefield for a while.

3) Late Game/Being behind:
-> The whole show over and over again. Get the opponent's Active Pokémon burned and use Ninetales and Centiskorch to deal quick damage and knock out opponents Pokémon.

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 (14)
1 Delphox sm6-17
$1.52 Fire 150
1 Centiskorch sv5-37
$0.05 Fire 140
1 Heatran me5-7
$0.06 Fire 140
1 Ninetales swsh2-25
$0.74 Fire 120
1 Volcarona zsv10pt5-16
$0.21 Fire 120
1 Rapidash sv10-30
$0.11 Fire 110
1 Magcargo sm7-24
$1.07 Fire 90
1 Braixen xy1-25
$0.40 Fire 80
1 Fennekin me4-11
$0.07 Fire 70
1 Ponyta sm12-23
$0.30 Fire 70
1 Sizzlipede swsh8-47
$0.05 Fire 70
1 Slugma sm7-23
$0.30 Fire 70
1 Larvesta bw5-21
$0.29 Fire 60
1 Vulpix swsh2-24
$0.27 Fire 60
Trainer (37)
1 Artazon sv2-171
$0.27
1 Arven sv1-166
$0.31
1 Bird Keeper swsh3-159
$0.15
1 Boss's Orders me1-114
$0.27
Trainer (37)
1 Buddy-Buddy Poffin me2pt5-184
$0.15
1 Colress's Tenacity sv6pt5-57
$0.30
1 Dawn me2-87
$0.24
1 Earthen Vessel sv8pt5-106
$0.19
1 Escape Rope swsh5-125
$0.24
1 Evolution Incense swsh1-163
$0.23
1 Evosoda xy1-116
$0.61
1 Field Blower sm2-125
$1.64
1 Fire Crystal sm10-173
$0.31 Fire
1 Float Stone xy8-137
$6.41
1 Gladion sm4-95
$0.53
1 Green's Exploration sm10-175
$0.36
1 Guzma sm3-115
$3.30
1 Hilda rsv10pt5-84
$1.08
1 Hisuian Heavy Ball swsh10-146
$0.30
1 Iono sv4pt5-80
$0.32
1 Klara swsh6-145
$0.24
1 Level Ball swsh5-129
$0.23
Trainer (37)
1 Lillie's Determination me2pt5-192
$0.35
1 Lusamine sm4-96
$0.40
1 Magma Basin swsh9-144
$0.16
1 Marnie swsh35-56
$0.30
1 Muscle Band xy1-121
$4.51
1 Nest Ball sv4pt5-84
$0.31
1 Ordinary Rod swsh1-171
$0.30
1 Poké Pad me3-81
$0.33
1 Professor's Letter xy8-146
$0.31
1 Rare Candy me1-125
$0.21
1 Scoop Up Net swsh2-165
$0.41
1 Super Rod sv2-188
$0.30
1 Technical Machine: Evolution sv4-178
$0.23
1 VS Seeker xy4-109
$4.24
1 Wela Volcano Park sm75-63
$0.35
Energy (9)
8 Basic Fire Energy sve-10
$0.09 Fire
1 Heat Fire Energy swsh3-174
$0.24 Fire

Card Types

Trainer 37
Pokémon 14
Energy 9

Energy Types

Fire 22

Energy Curve

Distribution of attack energy costs in your deck

1 Energy 11 attacks
11
50.0% of attacks
2 Energy 6 attacks
6
27.3% of attacks
3 Energy 4 attacks
4
18.2% of attacks
4 Energy 1 attack
4.5% of attacks

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