Pokémon · E-Card
Haunter
Expedition Base Set · #80 · Uncommon · 2002
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$15.52
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 80 / 165
- Release year
- 2002
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Gastly
- Evolves to
- Gengar
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Yukiko Baba
- Pokédex #
- 93
- Series
- E-Card
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 25 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Haunter plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Its main attack (Dream Eater) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Darkness ×2 — a Darkness attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Gastly; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
How to beat Haunter
- Exploit its Darkness weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.51 copies on average · 90 decks
- Match win rate
- 33.6%
- -13.8 pts vs the 47.3% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Yukiko Baba
This card was illustrated by Yukiko Baba.
Building around Haunter?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
PCNightmare — 20
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
PCDream Eater — 50
If the Defending Pokémon isn't Asleep, this attack does nothing.
Weakness:D×2
Resistance:F-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Haunter has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Haunter — Phantasmal Flames
Played in 44 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/05| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $9.00 | $15.51 | $89.99 | $15.52 | $15.51 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $259.00 | $285.50 | $549.99 | $91.30 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/04| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €2.50 |
| 7-day average | €2.41 |
| 30-day average | €2.76 |
| Low | €0.25 |
| Trend price | €2.39 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo low | €3.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €85.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €38.06 |
| reverseHoloSell | €47.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.68 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €18.29 |
| Reverse holo trend | €31.69 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Haunter is real?
Haunter is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Haunter worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Haunter is $15.52; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Haunter from?
Haunter is from the Pokémon set "Expedition Base Set" in the E-Card series, released in 2002.
What rarity is Haunter?
Haunter is a Uncommon card in the Expedition Base Set set.
Other Haunter printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
