Gourgeist 77/203 · Evolving Skies

Gourgeist is Pokédex #711, generation 6 (Kalos). Gourgeist is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 120 HP. The card says it evolves from Pumpkaboo. In this catalog that name is Pumpkaboo (#710).

Gourgeist sits at 77/203 in Evolving Skies, position 77 of 237. Before it is 76 Pumpkaboo, and after it is 78 Cutiefly. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 27, 2021. The printed size is 203. This checklist is longer, at 237 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Pandemonium lists 60× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Reveal the top 6 cards of your deck. This attack does 60 damage for each Psychic Pokémon you find there. Then, shuffle those Pokémon back into your deck and discard the other cards. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "In the darkness of a new-moon night, Gourgeist will come knocking. Whoever answers the door will be swept off to the afterlife." The regulation mark is E.

Gourgeist (#711) has 6 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 5 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2014 to 2026. The earliest other card is Gourgeist 57/146 in XY (2014). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and Megumi Higuchi illustrated this one. 5 other cards of Gourgeist list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Megumi Higuchi. I count 17 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Evolving Skies set binder is where a full Evolving Skies set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Gourgeist can fill a slot in Generation 6 binder (Kalos). I still need this card.