Pokémon · EX
Gastly
Legend Maker · #52 · Common · 2006
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Market reference
$0.69
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 52 / 93
- Release year
- 2006
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 40
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Haunter
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Hajime Kusajima
- Pokédex #
- 92
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Gastly plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Inflicts Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Darkness ×2 — a Darkness attacker doing ≥20 effectively one-shots it.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Gastly
- Exploit its Darkness weakness — ≥20 damage one-shots it.
- 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
- 2.43 copies on average · 60 decks
- Match win rate
- 40.1%
- -7.2 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.
More by Hajime Kusajima
This card was illustrated by Hajime Kusajima.
Building around Gastly?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CLick
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
PSmog
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Weakness:D×2
Resistance:F-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.24 | $0.82 | $19.98 | $0.69 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $62.79 | $69.99 | $639.60 | $74.33 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.95 |
| 7-day average | €0.46 |
| 30-day average | €0.44 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.35 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €2.95 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €10.48 |
| reverseHoloSell | €11.27 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.12 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €10.24 |
| Reverse holo trend | €11.98 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Gastly is real?
Gastly 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 Gastly worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Gastly is $0.69; 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 Gastly from?
Gastly is from the Pokémon set "Legend Maker" in the EX series, released in 2006.
What rarity is Gastly?
Gastly is a Common card in the Legend Maker set.
Other Gastly printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
