Polteageist (Darkness Ablaze 83)

Polteageist
ポットデス Potdeath

Shining Fates print
Illus. Sanosuke Sakuma

Evolution stage

Stage 1 Pokémon
Evolves from Sinistea

Card name

Polteageist

Type

Psychic

HP

60

weakness ×2	resistance -30	retreat cost

English expansion	Darkness Ablaze
Rarity
English card no.	083/189
Japanese expansion	Explosive Walker
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	037/070

Japanese expansion	Shiny Star V
Japanese card no.	077/190

English expansion	Shining Fates
Rarity
English card no.	SV053/SV122
Japanese expansion	Shiny Star V
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	252/190

English expansion	SWSH Black Star Promos
English card no.	SWSH081
Japanese expansion	S-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no.	190/S-P

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Polteageist.

Polteageist (Japanese: ポットデス Potdeath) is a Psychic-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Darkness Ablaze expansion.

Card text

Tea Break

ティーブレイク

You must discard a Pokémon that has the Mad Party attack from your hand in order to use this Ability. Once during your turn, you may draw 2 cards.

Mad Party

マッドパーティ

20×

This attack does 20 damage for each Pokémon in your discard pile that has the Mad Party attack.

Pokédex data

Polteageist - Black Tea Pokémon

No.

855

Height

8" (0.2 m)

Weight

0.9 lbs. (0.4 kg)

Pokédex entry

This species lives in antique teapots. Most pots are forgeries, but on rare occasions, an authentic work is found.

アンティークのポットに棲みつく。ほとんどが贋作だがごくまれに真作が見つかることも。

Release information

This card was included in the Darkness Ablaze expansion with artwork by kirisAki, first released in the Japanese Explosive Walker subset. It was reprinted, alongside a new print with artwork by Sanosuke Sakuma featuring the Shiny version of Polteageist, in the Japanese Shiny Star V subset. The Shiny print was later included in the Shining Fates expansion. It was reprinted as one of the SWSH Black Star Promos with different artwork by Misa Tsutsui and was available in the Shining Fates Mad Party Pin Collection—Polteageist from February 19, 2021. This print was later available in Japan as a S-P Promotional card as part of a second "Have Fun. Spring, Pokémon Card." campaign. From March 13, 2021, customers who purchased a booster box or at least 30 individual booster packs at participating Pokémon Card Gym stores were given a set of four Mad Party-based promotional cards. All visitors to participating stores were also given a "Have Fun. Spring, Pokémon Card." sticker featuring an illustration by Mari Inoue. The campaign ran for as long as stocks lasted and a set was limited to one per customer.^[1] A version of the Darkness Ablaze print, featuring a Pikachu jack-o'-lantern stamp in the bottom right corner of the artwork, was available in the Trick or Trade BOOster Bundle from September 1, 2022.