Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Haunter
HS—Triumphant · #35 · Uncommon · 2010
Listings
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Market reference
$12.74
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 35 / 103
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Gastly
- Evolves to
- Gengar
- Illustrator
- Takashi Yamaguchi
- Pokédex #
- 93
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Strategy & play
How Haunter plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- 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 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
Building around Haunter?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Its tongue is made of gas. If licked, its victim starts shaking constantly until death eventually comes."
PSneaky Placement
Put 2 damage counters on 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.
CCSleep Poison
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep and Poisoned.
Weakness:D×2
Resistance:C-20
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 40 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 2026/06/18| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $4.47 | $12.95 | $96.82 | $12.74 | $96.82 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $100.00 | $299.99 | $1,000.00 | $61.11 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/14| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.00 |
| 7-day average | €0.78 |
| 30-day average | €1.03 |
| Low | €0.04 |
| Trend price | €0.84 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.15 |
| Reverse holo low | €5.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €15.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €14.11 |
| reverseHoloSell | €17.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.96 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €11.32 |
| Reverse holo trend | €14.84 |
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 $12.74; 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 "HS—Triumphant" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Haunter?
Haunter is a Uncommon card in the HS—Triumphant set.
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Other Haunter printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
