Gastly 177/162 · Temporal Forces

Temporal Forces is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on March 22, 2024. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 218 cards. Gastly is 177/162, in position 177 of 218 on this checklist. Before it is 176 Arbok, and after it is 178 Metagross. The collector number is above the printed set size of 162. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

Gastly is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Gastly (#092), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Haunter, Haunter (#093) under evolves to.

Mousho illustrated this card. The same name is on 12 other cards in the catalog.

Gastly (#092) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 31 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 60 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Illustration Rare. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Mousho illustrated this one. 31 other cards of Gastly list a different HP.

The attack Mysterious Beam lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness. Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon. Suffocating Gas is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It wraps its opponent in its gas-like body, slowly weakening its prey by poisoning it through the skin." The regulation mark is H.

I keep a set binder for Temporal Forces, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Temporal Forces set binder. 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. I still need this card.