As a Pokémon trainer, you don’t simply choose to be a Fighting type Gym Leader. Fighting Pokémon choose you! Only the toughest, most spirited trainers can channel the strong wills of Fighting Pokémon to achieve victory in battle. Known for their significant bulk and low maintenance damage output, Fighting decks have the potential to rush into battle and flatten any deck that doesn’t set up quickly.
Support Pokémon
Fighting doesn’t get support Pokémon printed every day, alright. Fighting Pokémon do less thinking, more hitting. For a while, it started to feel like there would never be another Fighting support Pokémon after Claydol (Great Encounters). But then, when all hope for support seemed lost, Fighting was gifted the strongest Basic support engine in all of Gym Leader Challenge: Lunatone and Solrock (Mega Evolution)! With Lunatone’s Lunar Cycle Ability, Fighting decks can finally play from a position of card advantage! Fighting never needed much. Draw 3 is more than enough. And now, Fighting is a powerhouse type that wins big tournaments and bullies opponents off the board with ease.
Attackers
Just look at these magnificent Fighting Pokémon! They’re HUGE! They do a ton of damage! With cards like Muscle Band, Strong Energy, Premium Power Pro and Stone F Energy you can make these guys EVEN BIGGER, and do EVEN MORE DAMAGE! Now that’s what Fighting Pokémon are all about.
Decklists
RDT
Source: Kris “GhoULS” Hill
03/2026
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Pokémon: 9
1 Riolu UPR 66
1 Lucario SVI 114
1 Bloodmoon Ursaluna SFA 25
1 Hawlucha SVI 118
1 Lunatone MEG 74
1 Marshadow MEG 80
1 Okidogi PRE 57
1 Solrock MEG 75
1 Ting-Lu TWM 110
Trainer: 39
1 Arven OBF 186
1 Boss's Orders MEG 114
1 Colress's Tenacity SFA 57
1 Cynthia & Caitlin CEC 189
1 Guzma BUS 115
1 Guzma & Hala CEC 193
1 Hex Maniac AOR 75
1 Iono PAF 80
1 Korrina FFI 95
1 Lillie's Determination MEG 119
1 Marnie CPA 56
1 Tarragon POR 85
1 Ball Guy SHF 57
1 Battle VIP Pass FST 225
1 Energy Retrieval WHT 82
1 Escape Rope BST 125
1 Field Blower GRI 125
1 Hisuian Heavy Ball ASR 146
1 Nest Ball PAF 84
1 Night Stretcher SFA 61
1 Pokégear 3.0 BLK 84
1 Premium Power Pro MEG 124
1 Professor's Letter BKT 146
1 Quick Ball FST 237
1 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
1 Reset Stamp UNM 206
1 Scoop Up Net RCL 165
1 Tag Call CEC 206
1 VS Seeker PHF 109
1 Poké Pad POR 81
1 Team Magma's Great Ball DCR 31
1 Float Stone BKT 137
1 Focus Sash FFI 91
1 Muscle Band XY 121
1 U-Turn Board UNM 211
1 Artazon PAF 76
1 Brooklet Hill GRI 120
1 Silent Lab PRC 140
1 Training Court RCL 169
Energy: 11
7 Fighting Energy SVE 14
1 Aurora Energy SSH 186
1 Prism Energy BLK 86
1 Strong Energy FFI 104
1 Unit Energy FDY FLI 118
Ancient Fighting
Source: Andrew Mahone
03/2026
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Pokémon: 11
1 Binacle POR 42
1 Barbaracle POR 43
1 Riolu UPR 66
1 Lucario SVI 114
1 Tyrunt FLI 68
1 Tyrantrum POR 45
1 Sudowoodo BKP 67
1 Solrock MEG 75
1 Okidogi PRE 57
1 Terrakion WHT 54
1 Lunatone ASC 105
Trainer: 38
1 Tarragon POR 85
1 Teammates PRC 141
1 Raihan CRZ 140
1 Lillie's Determination ASC 192
1 Arven OBF 186
1 Guzma BUS 115
1 Guzma & Hala CEC 193
1 Korrina FFI 95
1 Iono PAF 80
1 Colress's Tenacity SFA 57
1 Boss's Orders ASC 183
1 Cynthia & Caitlin CEC 189
1 Hisuian Heavy Ball ASR 146
1 Antique Jaw Fossil POR 68
1 Unidentified Fossil SIT 165
1 Energy Retrieval WHT 82
1 VS Seeker PHF 109
1 Nest Ball PAF 84
1 Premium Power Pro ASC 199
1 Field Blower GRI 125
1 Quick Ball FST 237
1 Ultra Ball ASC 213
1 Fighting Gong ASC 187
1 Night Stretcher ASC 196
1 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
1 Escape Rope BST 125
1 Rare Candy MEG 125
1 Poké Pad POR 81
1 Battle VIP Pass FST 225
1 Fossil Excavation Map FLI 107
1 Evolution Incense SSH 163
1 Tag Call CEC 206
1 Muscle Band XY 121
1 Float Stone PLF 99
1 U-Turn Board UNM 211
1 Brooklet Hill GRI 120
1 Training Court RCL 169
1 Parallel City BKT 145
Energy: 11
6 Fighting Energy MEE 6
1 Strong Energy FCO 115
1 Aurora Energy SSH 186
1 Rainbow Energy SUM 137
1 Unit Energy FDY FLI 118
1 Stone Fighting Energy VIV 164
Drill Mill
Source: theelvenespio, Count Sligo, and RDalton
03/2026
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Pokémon: 8
1 Drilbur TEF 85
1 Excadrill UNM 119
1 Machop MEW 66
1 Machoke GRI 64
1 Bonsly OBF 110
1 Lunatone MEG 74
1 Slither Wing PAR 107
1 Solrock MEG 75
Trainer: 45
1 Bellelba & Brycen-Man CEC 186
1 Carmine PRE 103
1 Clay CEC 188
1 Cynthia & Caitlin CEC 189
1 Explorer's Guidance PRE 107
1 Gladion CIN 95
1 Guzma BUS 115
1 Klara CRE 145
1 Lt. Surge's Strategy HIF 60
1 Lusamine CIN 96
1 Peonia CRE 149
1 Professor's Research SHF 60
1 Thorton LOR 167
1 Acro Bike CES 123
1 Adventure Bag LOT 167
1 Battle Compressor PHF 92
1 Buddy-Buddy Rescue BKT 135
1 Energy Retrieval WHT 82
1 Escape Rope BST 125
1 Evolution Incense SSH 163
1 Fighting Gong MEG 116
1 Hisuian Heavy Ball ASR 146
1 Lana's Fishing Rod CEC 195
1 Lillie's Poké Doll CEC 197
1 Max Potion GRI 128
1 Nest Ball SUM 123
1 Night Stretcher SFA 61
1 Pal Pad SSH 172
1 Poké Pad ASC 198
1 Pokégear 3.0 SSH 174
1 Professor's Letter BKT 146
1 Quick Ball SSH 179
1 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
1 Superior Energy Retrieval PAL 189
1 Tag Call CEC 206
1 Trainers' Mail ROS 92
1 Trekking Shoes CRZ 145
1 Ultra Ball BRS 150
1 VS Seeker PHF 109
1 Float Stone PLF 99
1 Focus Sash FFI 91
1 Luxurious Cape PAR 166
1 Brooklet Hill GRI 120
1 PokéStop PGO 68
1 Scorched Earth FCO 110
Energy: 7
7 Fighting Energy SVE 6
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