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Printed language: Japanese · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): 30th CELEBRATION
Rarity (source): Special illustration rare
Illustrator: CHORISO
Source reference: M6a-131

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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: 280
Type (source): Darkness
Stage (source): Stage2
Evolves from (printed name): ゴースト
Pokédex number: 94
Regulation mark: J
Retreat cost: 2 Energy
Weakness (source): Fighting x2

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

しのせんこく

Ability

このポケモンが、相手のポケモンからワザのダメージを受けてきぜつしたとき、自分はコインを1回投げる。オモテなら、ワザを使ったポケモンをきぜつさせる。

Attacks

カオスペイン

Cost: Darkness · Darkness

相手のポケモン1匹に、ダメカンを13個のせる。

Documented variants

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Holographic
holo · standard

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