# GLC Format **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [November 8, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.tcgone.net/t/glc-format/17631 "2026-11-08T19:19:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JamesG](https://forum.tcgone.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@JamesG](https://forum.tcgone.net/u/JamesG)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.tcgone.net/t/glc-format/17631/1 "2026-11-08T19:19:03Z")
GLC format should be added to the site. GLC is the second most popular Pokemon TCG format in the world behind Standard. GLC Rules and Ban List: Your deck can only contain one type (color) of Pokémon. Only one of each card with the same name allowed in a deck, except for Basic Energy. Cards with a Rule Box are not allowed. ACE SPEC cards are not allowed. Legal Cards: Black & White – onwards, and a short ban list. 60 card decks are built & 6 Prize Card games are played with the most current Pokemon TCG rules. Cards with a Rule Box cannot be played in GLC format. This includes Pokemon V, EX, GX, BREAK, Radiant Pokémon, ACE SPECs, and Prism Stars (including Prism Star Trainer and Energy cards). Ancient Trait Pokémon do not have a rule box. You can only play one Pokemon of the same card name. (e.g., 1 Bulbasaur, 1 Ivysaur, 1 Venusaur). However, two of the same species of Pokémon can be played as long as their card name is different (e.g., Shining Genesect and Genesect, or Alolan Grimer and Grimer). Dual Type Pokémon are allowed, as long as one of their types matches your deck type. The card must physically be two types in order to play it in either type of deck (e.g., Volcarona STS can be played in a Fire or Grass deck, but Gallade CEC can only be played in a Psychic deck). Any number of any type of Basic Energy may be played in your deck. You may play one Boss’s Orders OR Lysandre in your deck – not both. This is an official Pokemon TCG Official Ruling. Similarly, you may only play one of Professor’s Research OR Professor Sycamore OR Professor Juniper per deck. These are the only cards affected by this restriction. Any other cards with similar or identical effects may be played together. There is no restriction on Gloria and Brigette, for example, as they have different names despite their similar effects. You may also combine Hop, Hau, Tierno, Cheren, etc. in the same deck. GLC Ban list: Lysandre’s Trump Card(XY: Phantom Forces, 99/119 and 118/119) Oranguru (SM: Ultra Prism, 114/156) Forest of Giant Plants (XY: Ancient Origins, 74/98) Chip-Chip Ice Axe (SM: Unbroken Bonds 165/214) Hiker (SM: Celestial Storm 133/168, Hidden Fates SV85/SV94) Kyogre (Shining Fates 021/072) Pokémon Research Lab (SM: Unified Minds, 205/236) Raikou (SWSH: Vivid Voltage 050/185) Marshadow (Shining Legends 45/73, Promo SM85) Duskull (SM-Cosmic Eclipse 83/236) Double Colorless Energy (Shining Legends 69/73 and all other versions) Twin Energy (SWSH: Rebel Clash 174/192 and 209/192) Dimension Valley (XY: Phantom Forces 93/119) ---
**Author:** ![scoot404](https://forum.tcgone.net/user_avatar/forum.tcgone.net/scoot404/32/4874_2.png) [@scoot404](https://forum.tcgone.net/u/scoot404)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.tcgone.net/t/glc-format/17631/2 "2026-11-09T19:12:12Z")
I vouch for this **hard**. I hope this gets seriously considered, because this is the #1 thing I’d love to see on the site the most. I’d even be more than happy to maintain the format, I used to keep up with updating Expanded on our GitHub (though I’m unsure if the process has changed much. I haven’t done it in years lol). [I have a custom format for this up](https://tcg.one/formats/custom/gym-leader-challenge-clone/CUSTOM_df0a53b96f7947d881a77d59224e9fce), but it’s unideal since it’s paywalled.