ゲンガー

Printed language: Japanese · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): 30th CELEBRATION
Rarity (source): Classic Collection
Illustrator: Takashi Yamaguchi
Source reference: M6a-150

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The Pokémon’s story

On nights with a full moon, Gengar may borrow a passer-by's shadow and laugh at their fright. Other entries describe it as less playful: it slips into a victim's shadow to steal their life force, or emerges to attack travellers lost in the mountains. The same talent for disappearing therefore takes on different tones depending on the account: an unsettling prank or a genuine threat.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

The Ultra Sun Pokédex presents Gengar as a threat invoked to frighten misbehaving children. This reputation extends beyond its nocturnal encounters, making it a figure in scary stories too. The text reports a belief within the Pokémon world without turning it into an observed event.

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Card details

HP: 130
Type (source): Psychic
Stage (source): Stage2
Pokédex number: 94
Retreat cost: 0 Energy
Weakness (source): Darkness x2
Resistance (source): Colorless -20

Printed card text — Japanese

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Abilities

カタストロフィー

Poke-BODY

このポケモンがバトル場にいるかぎり、相手のポケモンがきぜつしたなら、そのポケモンをロストゾーンにおく。［ポケモン以外のカードはすべてトラッシュ。］

Attacks

やみにぶちこむ

Cost: Psychic

相手の手札を見て、その中のポケモンを、このポケモンについている[P]エネルギーの数ぶんまで選び、ロストゾーンにおく。

のろいのしずく

Cost: Psychic · Colorless

ダメカン4個を、相手のポケモンに好きなようにのせる。

Documented variants

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Holographic
holo · standard

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