Gengar V (Fusion Strike 156)

Gengar

ゲンガーV GangarV

Illus. 5ban Graphics

Evolution stage

Card name

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 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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