Gengar V (Fusion Strike 156)

Gengar   ゲンガーV GangarV

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Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Gengar V Type Darkness HP 210 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost Expansion Fusion Strike Rarity English card no. 156/264 Japanese Deck Gengar VMAX High-Class Deck Japanese card no. 001/019 Japanese Deck Start Deck 100 Japanese card no. 253/414 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Gengar.

Gengar (Japanese: ゲンガーV GangarV) is a Darkness-type Basic Pokémon V card. It was first released as part of the Fusion Strike expansion.

Card text

Dark Slumber くろいまどろみ 40

Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep.

Pain Explosion [create category] ペインバースト 190

Put 3 damage counters on this Pokémon.

V rule When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Release information

This card was included in the Fusion Strike expansion, first released in the Japanese Gengar VMAX High-Class Deck. It was reprinted in the Japanese Start Deck 100; Mirror Holofoil and Non Holofoil versions were available in different decks.

Trivia

• This and Gengar VMAX are the first Gengar cards to acknowledge Gengar's Poison typing.
  • While all Gengar cards released between the Diamond & Pearl and Sun & Moon series were Psychic-type, all of them had a Weakness to Darkness, while cards that were Psychic-type due to the Poison typing had a Weakness to Psychic.

Origin

Dark Slumber is an attack that first appeared on Darkrai from Majestic Dawn. Pain Explosion is an attack that first appeared on Gengar from Chilling Reign as Pain Burst.

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