Gastly (Fossil 33)

Gastly LV.17 ゴース Ghos

Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Gastly Type Psychic HP 50 weakness None resistance -30 retreat cost None English expansion Fossil Rarity English card no. 33/62 Japanese expansion Mystery of the Fossils Japanese rarity TCG GB1 set Laboratory TCG GB1 ID D31 TCG GB2 set Psychic Battle TCG GB2 ID D33 Expansion Legendary Collection Rarity English card no. 76/110 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Gastly.

Gastly (Japanese: ゴース Ghos) is a Psychic-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Fossil expansion.

Card text

Lick したでなめる 10

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Energy Conversion エナジーへんかん

Put up to 2 Energy cards from your discard pile into your hand. Gastly does 10 damage to itself.

Pokédex data

Gastly - Gas Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
092	4'3" (1.3 m)	0.2 lbs. (0.1 kg)
Pokédex entry
A mysterious Pokémon. Some say it is a lifeform from another dimension, while others believe it is formed from smog.
謎のポケモン。光化学スモッグから発生したという説と超次元の生命体だという説がある。

Release information

This card was included in the Fossil expansion, first released in the Japanese Mystery of the Fossils expansion. It was later reprinted in the Legendary Collection expansion.

Gallery

GB1 Laboratory sprite	GB2 Psychic Battle sprite	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

This card's Japanese Pokédex entry makes a reference to photochemical smog, which perhaps gives some scientific insight into the origin of Gastly's poisonous gaseous halo.

Origin

Lick is a move in the Pokémon games that Gastly can learn.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.