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Garbodor

Sword & Shield

SWSH Black Star Promos · #SWSH025 · Promo · 2019

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Card facts

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Set position: SWSH025 / 304
Release year: 2019
Rarity: Promo
HP: 120
Subtype: Stage 1
Evolves from: Trubbish
Retreat cost: 2 energy
Regulation mark: D
Illustrator: tetsuya koizumi
Pokédex #: 569
Series: Sword & Shield

Card analysis

Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.

Primary role: Attacker
Damage efficiency: 80 damage; 26.67 per Energy
Prize liability: 1 Prize given up; Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
Setup: Stage 1; One evolution step from a Basic

Strategy & play

How Garbodor plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

Its main attack (Sludge Bomb) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
Needs Darkness Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Darkness type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥60 effectively one-shots it.
A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
A Stage 1 — one step up from Trubbish; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.

How to beat Garbodor

Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥60 damage one-shots it.
Gust it before the evolution is set up.

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About this card

HP: 120Type:DDarknessSubtype: Stage 1Evolves from: Trubbish

"This Pokémon eats trash, which turns into poison inside its body. The main component of the poison depends on what sort of trash was eaten."

Ability: Poisonous Puddle

Once during your turn, if a Stadium is in play, you may make your opponent's Active Pokémon Poisoned.

DCCSludge Bomb — 80

Weakness:F×2

Retreat cost:CC

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

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unlimitedLegal

Recent tournament results

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Tournaments from the past 30 days where Garbodor was legal.

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Pricing reference

Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.

TCGPlayer (USD)

Updated 2026/06/25

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Holofoil	$76.49	$88.85	$958.00	$55.82	$76.49

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/05/14

Variant	Price
1-day average	€16.49
7-day average	€15.20
30-day average	€10.65
Low	€2.20
Trend price	€12.24
Low (excellent+)	€2.20
reverseHoloAvg1	€4.89
Reverse holo 7-day	€5.36
averageSellPrice	€12.65
Reverse holo 30-day	€7.16
Reverse holo trend	€5.40

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Garbodor is real?

Garbodor is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.

What is Garbodor worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Garbodor is $55.82; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.

What set is Garbodor from?

Garbodor is from the Pokémon set "SWSH Black Star Promos" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2019.

What rarity is Garbodor?

Garbodor is a Promo card in the SWSH Black Star Promos set.