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Gastly

Base Set / #50/102

Gastly

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Base Set
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Keiji Kinebuchi
Source reference
base1-50

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Gastly does not fit the reassuring outlines of a solid body. Made of gas and almost invisible, it can envelop a target without being noticed. The abandoned buildings where it is said to appear become places in which the air itself seems suspect. Its unsettling presence comes from this impossibility of grasping it: danger takes the form of something that seems barely there.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Ultra Moon distinguishes a figure from a rumour: 95% of Gastly’s body is said to be toxic gas, while the rest is said to consist of souls. The origin of those last 5% is presented as a belief, rather than a certainty.

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Card details

HP
30
Type (source)
Psychic
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
92
Resistance (source)
Fighting -30

Printed card text — English

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.

Description from the source

Almost invisible, this gaseous Pokémon cloaks the target and puts it to sleep without notice.

Attacks

Sleeping Gas

Cost: Psychic

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

Destiny Bond

Cost: Psychic · Colorless

Discard 1 Energy card attached to Gastly in order to use this attack. If a Pokémon Knocks Out Gastly during your opponent's next turn, Knock Out that Pokémon.

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

  • Normal
  • First Edition
  • normal · unlimited · standard
  • normal · shadowless · standard · 1st-edition
  • normal · shadowless · standard
  • normal · 1999-2000-copyright · standard

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