Garbodor 169 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Garbodor 169
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Misa Tsutsui

This card has 120 HP, a top attack printed at 130 damage and a Fighting weakness.

Darkness · Stage 1 · Fusion Strike · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Garbodor 169 do in a game?

Garbodor 169 is a Darkness Pokémon card with 120 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Its strongest attack, Sludge Whirlpool, is printed at 130 damage for 3 Energy — 43 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Fighting weakness, any Fighting attack printed at 60 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Darkness Stage 1 Uncommon Regulation E Unlimited and Expanded #569 Garbodor

Garbodor 169Fusion Strike

120 HP · Darkness · Stage 1 · retreat 3 · Fighting weakness ×2

Top printed damage13043 per Energy Sludge Whirlpool130 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points120 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage1309.0% of 16,246 in the 130~180 band

Retreat cost3 Energy12.6% of 17,240 in the 3 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 43 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackUncommonFusion Strike22 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

Regulation markE

RarityUncommon

SetFusion Strike

Card number169

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$0.31Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by60 damage120 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it909 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name22 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line21 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #569 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Garbodor 169 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Retreat lightness — bottom 16.8%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Garbodor 169 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	66.1%	120 HP
Top printed damage	86.4%	130 damage
Energy efficiency	85.3%	43 per Energy
Retreat lightness	16.8%	3 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1EPoison Gas30 damage per Energy card · has printed text30damage
3ESludge Whirlpool43 damage per Energy card130damage

2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 4,897of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 4,897 at 120 HP.

Darkness cardsNo. 437of 1,248 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 1,051of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardGarbodor 169Fusion Strike120 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 260 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Garbodor 169

Hit points 120 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 43 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Weakness A Fighting attack printed at 60 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 5 of the 22 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Garbodor 169 at a glance

What it is. A Darkness Pokémon card with 120 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Fusion Strike.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 130 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Fighting weakness at ×2, which means 60 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 3 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark E.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Garbodor 169 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 130 damage, which is 43 damage for every Energy card attached.

Garbodor 169 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Poison Gas	1 Darkness	1	30	30	Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Sludge Whirlpool	2 Darkness + 1 Colorless	3	130	43	No extra effect.

Retreating costs a further 3 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Poison Gas1 Energy card

Sludge Whirlpool3 Energy cards

What each attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Poison Gas 1 Energy30 damage for 1 Energy — 30 per Energy card30
Sludge Whirlpool 3 Energy130 damage for 3 Energy — 43 per Energy card130

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (130).

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How does Garbodor 169 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Garbodor 169 — Fusion Strike — GarbodorFusion Strike 169

No.4,897by HP in the archive

Garbodor 169 prints 120 HP, which puts it at number 4,897 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

86% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 28%Where it sits on printed HP

This card120 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 1 card380 HP
Strongest Garbodor printed140 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 120 HP, which is 32% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~120 — this card33.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 120 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120 — this card	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~180 — this card9.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 130.

Cards in the 130~180 band typically have 198 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180 — this card	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

1 — this card54.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 1 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1 — this card	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

3 — this card12.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 3 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 3 typically have 150 HP and print 99 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1	49.3%	8,503 cards
2	28.6%	4,926 cards
3 — this card	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 1,051of 5,102

That is where Garbodor 169 stands highest on HP — number 1,051 of 5,102 cards in Stage 1 cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 4,897 of 17,290 by HP · No. 1,796 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 11% on damage
Darkness cards — 1,249 cards No. 437 of 1,248 by HP · No. 156 of 1,170 by damage · top by HP: Mega Gengar ex, 350

top 13% on damage
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 1,051 of 5,102 by HP · No. 400 of 4,958 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 8% on damage
Fusion Strike — 284 cards No. 85 of 245 by HP · No. 36 of 239 by damage · top by HP: Rillaboom VMAX, 330

top 15% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 120 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 120
Top printed damage 130 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 130

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as Stage 1

5,102 on record

Cards in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Cards with this much printed damage

1,461 of 16,246 (9.0%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Garbodor 169 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 130 damage attack that needs 3 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Garbodor 169 — this card43.0130 damage for 3 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically return 49.0 damage per Energy card. This card returns 43.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Garbodor 169 — this card	43.0	130 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsPoison Gas 30 / 1Sludge Whirlpool 130 / 3

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Garbodor 169.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Poison Gas	—	30	—
Sludge Whirlpool	—	43	—

This card, per Energy card

43 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

-6.0 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 130 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Darkness card do for Garbodor 169?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 1,884 Fighting cards carry that type A Fighting attack printed at 60 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Garbodor 169 · Stage 1 120 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 130 damage.

Takes double from this card — no group most often prints a Darkness weakness This type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darkness — this cardmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness — this card	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Darknessweak to Fighting

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Darkness weakness.

What being a Darkness card is worth

No group in the archive most often prints a Darkness weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule. Going the other way, Darkness cards are themselves most exposed to Fighting.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Garbodor 169 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Fighting attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 60 printed damage rather than 120.

Cards that remove it in one attack

909

Cards it removes in one attack

875

Fighting damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 120 HP against a Fighting weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackMarshadowMega Evolution 14660 damage

×2Fighting weakness · 60 printed damage is enough
60 damage becomes 120 against this card

This cardGarbodor 169Fusion Strike 169120 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 901 cards in the archive that can remove Garbodor 169 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 60 printed damage against a bar of 60. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Garbodorweak to Fighting ×2

Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.

Fighting cards that remove Garbodor in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mega Lucario ex (77)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (160)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (179)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (188)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (113)	Ascended Heroes	340	270	540
Toxtricity ex (100)	Paradox Rift	260	270	540

120 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness means any Fighting attack printed at 60 damage or more is enough. 909 cards in the archive clear that bar.

260 HP Mismagius ex [36]

260 HP Mismagius ex [112]

260 HP Houndstone ex [102]

260 HP Cofagrigus ex [76]

260 HP Cofagrigus ex [224]

Hisuian Typhlosion VSTAR 54 — Astral Radiance

260 HP Hisuian Typhlosion VSTAR [54]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

875 cards in the archive are weak to Darkness and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Garbodor as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Garbodor 169 is one print of Garbodor. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Garbodor has been printed 22 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Garbodor cards ever printedPokédex #569Prints on record 22Toughest print 330 HPThis card 120 HP

22prints

Legal in Standard5Older prints, not in Standard17

Every Garbodor print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Garbodor printed is 330 HP, and this card is 36.4% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Garbodor VMAX 216/203the toughest Garbodor ever printedSWSH07: Evolving Skies330 HP
Garbodor 169against that record36.4% of the record120 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Garbodor print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Garbodor 169 can be?

Garbodor evolves from Trubbish, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Garbodor line, oldest stage first

Trubbish12 prints on record · SM - Guardians Rising

+70 HP · +90 damage

Garbodor10 prints on record · Noble Victories

Trubbish → Garbodor

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Trubbish.
The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.

1TrubbishHardest attack printed at this stage: 40 damage70 HP
2GarbodorHardest attack printed at this stage: 130 damage. Evolving here adds 70 HP over the stage before it140 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (140 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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Is this the strongest Garbodor print, and can the older ones still be played?

22 prints carry this name in the archive. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (330 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

Garbodor prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Garbodor VMAX 216/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Garbodor VMAX 101/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Garbodor V 190/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Garbodor V 100/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Garbodor 141/086	SV: White Flare	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Garbodor 060/086	SV: White Flare	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Garbodor 057/086	ME04: Chaos Rising	Mark J	Legal in Standard
Garbodor SWSH025	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Garbodor 204/182	SV04: Paradox Rift	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Garbodor 051a/145	Alternate Art Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garbodor 51/145	World Championship Decks	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garbodor 118/192	SWSH02: Rebel Clash	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Garbodor 111/185	SWSH04: Vivid Voltage	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Garbodor 169/264	SWSH08: Fusion Strike	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Garbodor 117/182	SV04: Paradox Rift	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Garbodor 67/135	Plasma Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garbodor 66/135	Plasma Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garbodor 119/116	Plasma Freeze	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garbodor 49/101	Noble Victories	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garbodor 54/124	Dragons Exalted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garbodor 68/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garbodor 57/122	World Championship Decks	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

5 of the 22 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Garbodor 169?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Garbodor 169
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Umbreon	Aquapolis	80	30	1
Umbreon	HS—Undaunted	100	50	1
Umbreon	Neo Discovery	80	20	1
Umbreon	Aquapolis	80	30	1
Rocket's Scizor ex	Team Rocket Returns	120	50	1
Houndoom	HS—Undaunted	110	70	1

This card itself is 120 HP, 130 top damage and 3 retreat, and every card here is Darkness like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Garbodor 169 in Fusion Strike?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #169 in Fusion Strike. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Garbodor 169, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Garbodor 169
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Garbodor 169 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Legal	Can be played in this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play. It carries regulation mark E, printed next to the card number. It was released on November 12, 2021.

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Which generation of cards does Garbodor 169 belong to?

The single letter printed beside the card number groups a card with everything issued under the same rules. Tournament formats are cut along those letters, so the size of a letter is the size of the pool a card sits in.

Cards carrying each regulation mark

Mark Dtypically 133 HP · 84 damage15.4%1,261 cards

Mark E — this cardtypically 150 HP · 87 damage14.7%1,202 cards

Mark Ftypically 142 HP · 88 damage14.4%1,180 cards

Mark Gtypically 124 HP · 80 damage19.9%1,634 cards

Mark Htypically 132 HP · 88 damage15.7%1,283 cards

Mark Itypically 134 HP · 80 damage14.8%1,215 cards

Mark Jtypically 148 HP · 86 damage5.1%419 cards

8,194 cards in the archive carry a regulation mark. Older prints carry none at all, so this is not the whole archive.

The regulation mark is the single letter recorded with each modern card. Older prints carry no mark at all, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.

Cards carrying each regulation mark
Group	Share	Value
Mark D	15.4%	1,261 cards
Mark E — this card	14.7%	1,202 cards
Mark F	14.4%	1,180 cards
Mark G	19.9%	1,634 cards
Mark H	15.7%	1,283 cards
Mark I	14.8%	1,215 cards
Mark J	5.1%	419 cards

This card

Mark E

Cards sharing that mark

1,202

Typical HP for the mark

150 (this card 120)

Typical damage for the mark

87 (this card 130)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Garbodor 169 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Sludge Whirlpool, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 43 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 3 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Trubbish has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 4,897 of 17,290

Darkness cardsNo. 437 of 1,248

Stage 1 cardsNo. 1,051 of 5,102

Fusion StrikeNo. 85 of 245

What actually removes it

A Fighting attack printed at 60 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 120 HP.
909 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 875 cards in one attack.

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Garbodor 169 card record

Garbodor 169 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	120 HP	Type	Darkness
Weakness	Fighting ×2	Retreat cost	3 Energy
Evolves from	Trubbish	Card type	Stage 1
Regulation mark	Mark E	Pokédex number	#569
Set	Fusion Strike	Card number	169 of 264
Series	Sword & Shield	Released	November 12, 2021
Rarity	Uncommon	Illustrator	Misa Tsutsui
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Expanded only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Garbodor 169 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$0.31

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August 14, 2026

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Garbodor 169 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Garbodor 169?

Garbodor 169 has 120 HP and a Fighting weakness at ×2, so a Fighting attack printed at 60 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 120.

What is the strongest attack on Garbodor 169?

Sludge Whirlpool, printed at 130 damage for 3 Energy — 43 damage per Energy card.

What is the retreat cost of Garbodor 169?

3 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

Can an older Garbodor print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 22 prints listed on this page, 5 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

What does Garbodor evolve from?

Trubbish. It cannot be played straight from your hand onto an empty spot — the earlier stage has to be in play first.

Can Garbodor 169 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play, and it carries regulation mark E. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Garbodor 169 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Garbodor 169 — what does this card actually do?

What does Garbodor 169 do in a game?

Garbodor 169 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Garbodor 169 at a glance

What do the attacks on Garbodor 169 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Garbodor 169 compare with every other card?

Is Garbodor 169 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Darkness card do for Garbodor 169?

What knocks out Garbodor 169 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Garbodor as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Garbodor 169 can be?

Is this the strongest Garbodor print, and can the older ones still be played?

What can you use instead of Garbodor 169?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Garbodor 169?

What was printed next to Garbodor 169 in Fusion Strike?

Which rules apply to Garbodor 169, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Garbodor 169 belong to?

Garbodor 169 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Garbodor 169 card record

What does Garbodor 169 cost?

Garbodor 169 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Garbodor 169?

What is the strongest attack on Garbodor 169?

What is the retreat cost of Garbodor 169?

Can an older Garbodor print be played in a tournament?

What does Garbodor evolve from?

Can Garbodor 169 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Garbodor 169 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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