Pokémon · Neo
Gloom
Neo Genesis · #36 · Uncommon · 2000
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$2.08
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 36 / 111
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Oddish
- Evolves to
- Vileplume, Bellossom
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 44
- Series
- Neo
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 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 Gloom 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.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Its main attack (Strange Powder) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Gloom
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥30 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
- 2 copies on average · 1 decks
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Gloom?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"What appears to be drool is actually sweet honey. It is very sticky and clings stubbornly if touched."
GCStrange Powder — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
GGCSticky Nectar — 20+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage and, until the end of your next turn, as long as Gloom is your Active Pokémon, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat, and if the effect of an attack, Pokémon Power, or Trainer card would change that player's Active Pokémon, that part of the effect does nothing. If tails, this attack does 20 damage.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited | $1.00 | $2.09 | $96.08 | $2.08 | $39.98 |
| 1st Edition | $1.96 | $5.52 | $99.99 | $5.46 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.98 |
| 7-day average | €1.85 |
| 30-day average | €2.02 |
| Low | €0.09 |
| Trend price | €1.93 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.49 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.42 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.02 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.42 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.04 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Gloom is real?
Gloom 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 Gloom worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Gloom is $2.08; 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 Gloom from?
Gloom is from the Pokémon set "Neo Genesis" in the Neo series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Gloom?
Gloom is a Uncommon card in the Neo Genesis set.
Other Gloom printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
