Poison Barb
“Poison Barb” (A3-146) is a Trainer card from the Celestial Guardians set in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Its type is Tool, and its effect is: If the Pokémon this card is attached to is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an attack from your opponent's Pokémon, the Attacking Pokémon is now Poisoned.
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Poison Barb Card Details
Illustrator·Toyste Beach
Effect
If the Pokémon this card is attached to is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an attack from your opponent's Pokémon, the Attacking Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Tournament intelligence
Poison Barb in tournament decks
This card appears in 11 current and 1 historical tournament archetypes.
Tournament deck data sourced from Limitless Tournament Platform.
Current tournament decks
- 01Inclusion100.0%Meta share0.1%
Team Rocket's Weezing ex Teal Mask Ogerpon ex
- 02Inclusion66.7%Meta share0.1%
Team Rocket's Weezing ex Paldean Clodsire ex
- 03Inclusion33.3%Meta share0.1%
Team Rocket's Raticate ex Team Rocket's Weezing ex
- 04Inclusion31.6%Meta share0.4%
Team Rocket's Weezing ex Team Rocket's Magmar
- 05Inclusion25.0%Meta share0.1%
Team Rocket's Weezing ex Darkrai ex
- 06Inclusion20.0%Meta share0.1%
Hoopa ex Hydreigon
- 07Inclusion14.3%Meta share0.3%
Team Rocket's Weezing ex Mega Absol ex
- 08Inclusion12.5%Meta share0.2%
Oricorio
Historical decks featuring this card
Archived tournament profiles where this card appeared in at least half of tracked decklists.
Tournament synergy
Cards commonly played with Poison Barb
These cards most often appear beside Poison Barb in current tournament decklists. Rankings use shared archetypes, samples, inclusion rate, and meta share.
Professor's Research
P-A-007
- shared archetypes
- 11
- avg. inclusion
- 99.6%
Poké Ball
P-A-005
- shared archetypes
- 11
- avg. inclusion
- 97.9%
Cyrus
A2-150
- shared archetypes
- 11
- avg. inclusion
- 98.2%
Copycat
B1-225
- shared archetypes
- 10
- avg. inclusion
- 99.3%
Team Rocket's Koffing
B4a-042
- shared archetypes
- 6
- avg. inclusion
- 100.0%
Team Rocket's Weezing ex
B4a-043
- shared archetypes
- 6
- avg. inclusion
- 100.0%
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