Haunter 56/91 · Paldean Fates

Paldean Fates is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 26 January 2024. The printed size is 91. This checklist is longer, at 245 cards. Haunter is 56/91, in position 56 of 245 on this checklist. Before it is 55 Gastly, and after it is 57 Gengar. The listed rarity is Common.

Haunter is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Haunter (#093), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Gastly. In this catalog that name is Gastly (#092). The card lists Gengar, Gengar (#094) under evolves to.

DOM illustrated this card. The same name is on 36 other cards in the catalog.

Haunter (#093) has 30 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Haunter 29/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and DOM illustrated this one. 26 other cards of Haunter list a different HP.

The attack Dark Slumber lists 40 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It likes to lurk in the dark and tap shoulders with a gaseous hand. Its touch causes endless shuddering." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Paldean Fates, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Paldean Fates set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Haunter can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Gengar and the Gastly line, Halloween: Ghost Pokémon, and Nap time. I still need this card.