Paldean Fates

Garganacl PAF 178/91

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Garganacl PAF 178

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read PAF 178/91 there. Its illustration is signed Kouki Saitou.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Paldean Fates set, released here on 26 January 2024.

When it came out

Paldean Fates landed here on 26 January 2024.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 1 December 2023, under the code SV4a. That is 56 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
180
Type
Fighting
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
G
Number
178/91
Set
Paldean FatesPAFSet guide
Illustrated by
Kouki Saitou

Its Ability

Blessed Saltめぐみのしお

During Pokémon Checkup, heal 20 damage from each of your Pokémon.このポケモンがいるかぎり、ポケモンチェックのたび、自分のポケモン全員のHPを、それぞれ「20」回復する。

Its attacks

Knocking Hammerノックハンマー

130

Discard the top card of your opponent's deck.相手の山札を上から1枚トラッシュする。

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.

  1. A strength

    It has an Ability, Blessed Salt. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. Keep in mind

    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.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,466 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Naclstack to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,466 tournament lists we have read, 3,457 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

  6. Keep in mind

    Mark G. It is not among the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J. A legal reprint may still provide an exception.

Standard format: source checked on September 28, 2026. TCGdex

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 7 Garganacl cards on one page, priciest first.

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