M Gengar-EX XY166/211 · XY Black Star Promos

XY Black Star Promos is a set in the XY series. It was released on October 12, 2013. The printed size is 211. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. M Gengar-EX is XY166/211, in position 168 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY165 Magearna, and after it is XY167 Garchomp-EX. The listed rarity is Promo.

M Gengar-EX is a MEGA EX Psychic Pokémon with 210 HP. In the Pokédex this is Gengar (#094), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Gengar-EX. In this catalog that name is Gengar (#094).

5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.

Gengar (#094) has 52 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 34 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Gengar 5/62 in Fossil (1999). That card is named Gengar, while this one is M Gengar-EX. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 210 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 51 other cards of Gengar list a different HP.

The attack Hollow Geist lists 120 damage. The cost is Psychic, Psychic, Psychic, Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused and Poisoned. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Mega Evolution rule: When 1 of your Pokémon becomes a Mega Evolution Pokémon, your turn ends. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for XY Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the XY Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Gengar 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.