Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Poltchageist
Twilight Masquerade · #171 · Illustration Rare · 2024
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Market reference
$6.24
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 171 / 226
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- Illustration Rare
- HP
- 30
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Illustrator
- Saboteri
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Damage Prevention
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Poltchageist plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥15 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 2% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Poltchageist
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥15 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 2% of decks
- 3.34 copies on average · 1419 decks
- Match win rate
- 45.5%
- -1.8 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 Saboteri
This card was illustrated by Saboteri.
Building around Poltchageist?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Poltchageist looks like a regional form of Sinistea, but it was recently discovered that the two Pokémon are entirely unrelated."
Ability: Storehouse Hideaway
As long as this Pokémon is on your Bench, prevent all damage from and effects of attacks from your opponent's Pokémon done to this Pokémon.
GHook — 10
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Poltchageist or Twilight Masquerade.
SEASAC League Challenge #21 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
Aug 23, 2026
Tournoi amical LEAGUE canto N62° SPECIAL
Aug 23, 2026
ITA Weekly #3
Aug 23, 2026
Deep Sea Draw - Sei's Community Tourney (8/2026)
Aug 23, 2026
Rare Candy Club Showdown #39 (50 CODES)
Aug 24, 2026
SEASAC League Challenge #22 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
Aug 24, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Poltchageist was legal.
Torneo Relámpago ⚡ #70 PTCG Live
today
Vault Of Games #6 🏆|OFF-SEASON |WEEKLY
today
Redacted Chaos #12 (100 Codes)
today
The Wild Area Expanded #10 - 16 Codes
today
LING TV ARENA (Late registration Available)
today
SEASAC League Cup #4 (SEASON 4) [150 CODES]
today
Tournament play
This printing of Poltchageist has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Poltchageist — Pitch Black
Played in 976 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 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $2.00 | $6.60 | $41.90 | $6.24 | $8.41 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/18| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €2.61 |
| 7-day average | €2.62 |
| 30-day average | €2.63 |
| Low | €1.20 |
| Trend price | €2.64 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.20 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.63 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Poltchageist is real?
Poltchageist 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 Poltchageist worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Poltchageist is $6.24; 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 Poltchageist from?
Poltchageist is from the Pokémon set "Twilight Masquerade" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Poltchageist?
Poltchageist is a Illustration Rare card in the Twilight Masquerade set.
Other Poltchageist printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
