Pokémon · Base
Haunter
Base Set 2 · #43 · Uncommon · 2000
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$2.55
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 43 / 130
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Gastly
- Evolves to
- Gengar
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Keiji Kinebuchi
- Pokédex #
- 93
- Series
- Base
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 25 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Haunter plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Its main attack (Dream Eater) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Gastly; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Haunter
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.51 copies on average · 90 decks
- Match win rate
- 33.6%
- -13.8 pts vs the 47.3% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Building around Haunter?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Because of its ability to slip through block walls, it is said to be from another dimension."
PHypnosis
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
PPDream Eater — 50
You can't use this attack unless the Defending Pokémon is Asleep.
Resistance:F-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Haunter has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Haunter — Phantasmal Flames
Played in 43 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.43 | $0.90 | $175.00 | $2.55 | $40.13 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.31 |
| 7-day average | €1.03 |
| 30-day average | €1.28 |
| Low | €0.05 |
| Trend price | €0.87 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.49 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.30 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.65 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.18 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.65 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.30 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Haunter is real?
Haunter is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Haunter worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Haunter is $2.55; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Haunter from?
Haunter is from the Pokémon set "Base Set 2" in the Base series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Haunter?
Haunter is a Uncommon card in the Base Set 2 set.
Other Haunter printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
