Evolving Skies
Garbodor VMAX
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What the card itself says
Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.
- HP
- 330
- Type
- Darkness
- Stage
- VMAX
- Retreat cost
- 3
- Weakness
- ×2
- Regulation mark
- E
Its Ability
Rubbish Collecting
This Pokémon may have up to 2 Pokémon Tools attached to it. If it loses this Ability, discard Pokémon Tools from it until only 1 remains.
Its attacks
G-Max Malodor
120Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. During your opponent's next turn, that Pokémon can't retreat.
What to make of it
Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.
WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT
- 330 HP, and nothing in Evolving Skies goes higher. That is the wall your opponent has to break through before taking a Prize.
- G-Max Malodor hits for 120 on 2 Energy. Nothing in Evolving Skies hits harder for that price.
- It has an Ability, Rubbish Collecting. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
- None of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
- Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 760 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
- Mark E, and that letter has already left the format. You can still play it at home, or keep it in your binder. In a Standard tournament, no: the letters allowed today are H, I, and J.
Who plays it
None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.
The other cards of this Pokémon
Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 21 Garbodor cards on one page, priciest first.