Gastly 33/62 · Fossil

Gastly is Pokédex #092, generation 1 (Kanto). Gastly is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 17. The card lists Haunter, Haunter (#093) under evolves to.

Gastly sits at 33/62 in Fossil, position 33 of 62. Before it is 32 Cloyster, and after it is 34 Golbat. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on October 10, 1999. The printed size is 62, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Lick lists 10 damage. The cost is Psychic. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Energy Conversion is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Psychic, Psychic. Put up to 2 Energy cards from your discard pile into your hand. Gastly does 10 damage to itself. Resistance is Fighting -30. The flavor text reads "A mysterious Pokémon. Some say it is a lifeform from another dimension, while other believe it is formed from smog."

Gastly (#092) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 30 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Gastly 50/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 17 other cards of Gastly list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Fossil set binder is where a full Fossil set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Gastly can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Gengar and the Gastly line and Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.