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Guide · 2026-10-07

Gym Leader Challenge

Singleton, one type, no rule boxes. The community format that still feels like a gym.

Gym Leader Challenge is the community format that still feels like a gym: one type, one of each card name, no rule-box Pokémon (no ex / V / GX / Radiant / ACE SPEC as the format defines them). Sixty cards. The ban list lives at gymleaderchallenge.com, not on this site.

In this window Psychic and Colorless post the most. A GLC list that looks “off-meta” is often just a gym identity - that is the point. Copy the type, not a Standard Dragapult core.

If you are building from scratch, start with the type page, then the GLC hub, then a singleton constraint. Four of a card name is a Standard habit. It is illegal here.

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