From Trash to Treasure: The History Behind Pokémon's Toxic Card, Garbodor

Throughout the history of the Pokemon Trading Card Game, many different Pokemon have been represented on many different cards. Today, we’re going to take a look at all the various Garbodor cards printed over the years and how they’ve fit into the competitive metagame. This Pokemon has had plenty of terrible cards and many extremely powerful ones designed for it.
Script by ThePigThatCriedRii
Edited by Kevin
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[@Saixjacket]

One of the first Pokémon to show me that a pokemon can be panned in the video games, but a menace and respected for its “legacy” in the TCG.

[@CaptainJLinebeck]

Mega Audino is a prime example of this

[@Connowot387]

And Vespiquen. Bee Revenge was my jam.

[@7ItalianStallion]

I was just telling someone this the other day, but rather than mentioning garbodor I instead mentioned the bugs. So weak in the games, but great abilities in the TCG 😉

[@willmakesfilms]

I always liked it in competitive singles along with weezing. Bulky poison types are fun

[@brettwallace7687]

I think the Pokemon company likes doing this with unpopular Pokemon. Bibarrel? A lot of decks use him because he is a powerful draw supporter. Lumineon? A pretty useful supporter Pokemon in the tcg.

[@repulsivefish]

can’t forget shaymin being THE most broken draw support pokemon ever

[@e7193]

@@repulsivefishalso dedenne and lele

[@hinotoritheobliterator6556]

And Lugia went from a mediocre legend made basically useless due to power creep to the poster child and one of the strongest cards of Silver Tempest

[@TsukentoX]

It's worth noting that the second Garbodor is actually similar to Muk from the Fossil set. The only difference is that Muk's Pokémon Power instantly shut out all other Powers without requiring any Trainers or Tools. Like that Garbodor, Muk was a danger to decks that relied heavily on Powers/Abilities.

[@omurice2447]

When I first started playing Pokemon TCG when Crimson Invasion released, I played this Garbodor for a good while with Regigigas (seal of antiquity) for a good while before it rotated out. The deck was so much fun for me, and is the reason why Garbodor is my favourite pokemon now.

[@Mitjitsu]

You forgot to mention the rule change with Catcher when Boundaries Crossed came out. When the card now required a coin flip to gust a benched Pokémon meaning it was much tougher to drag Garbodor or Trubbish into the active spot. Personally I think bench blocking ability cards are bad for the game, because it kills a lot of creative decks and turns the game into an RPS format consisting off beatdown decks < ability decks < ability locking decks.

[@ethankennedykemwashere3360]

If you liked this style of video going over Pokémon histories in TGC the channel "Weaboolin" has been putting out this style of retrospective for a couple months. Highly recommend it is you are into this style of video.

[@DaneeBound]

here’s a long-list of Pokémon whose long and storied TCG career might be worth exploring:
Blastoise, Raichu, Muk, Electrode, Vileplume, Dragonite, Zapdos, Mewtu, Mew, Donphan, Tyranitar, Celebi, Sableye, Gardevoir, Flygon, Metagross, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Dusknoir, Zoroark, Zekrom, Keldeo, Genesect.
… and yes, you may also include Charizard in there, because Wynaut?

[@Xylarxcode]

I guess we know what 2024 is going to look like for this channel lol

[@pandadotrar]

So glad to see this! Trubbish and Garbodor are my favorite Pokemon after Gen 3. I play a variety of different Garbodors in my decks too. Love to see it popping off!

[@driftinggecko8329]

Some of the most consistently good pokemon are the most random.

[@madpsycho6]

That dark type version is a card I would bulk upon drawing, hate the poison types hitting psychic types for weakness

[@corporalkills]

Garbotoxin Garbodor redeemed the whole pokemon. From hated to respected

[@coandy7005]

It would be cool to cover Garbodor history in the expanded format

[@ahoneybee823]

Garbodor helped win the 2015 US National championship only because time got called. If Game 2 were played to conclusion, Wailord EX would have reigned supreme, and we would still be shitposting about it today.

[@dixel2047]

I liked this video a lot

[@garbotoxin_enthusiast]

MY BOY!!!!

[@isnanesavant]

that name is dedication

[@omegon2540]

He changed from rubbish to a circular economy

[@Fangs-jo4bq]

This Pokemon is over hated. It is much better than muck.

[@JoeRow338]

Sorry to be "that guy", but it's pronounced "Garb-odour". As in "Garbage" and "Odour". Not "Garb-o-door".
But nice video! 👍

[@Connowot387]

I used to pronounce it that way, lol.

[@sergiosandres]

U miss team plasma garbodor