Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Poltchageist
Twilight Masquerade · #20 · Common · 2024
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Market reference
$0.18
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 20 / 226
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 30
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Illustrator
- MINAMINAMI Take
- 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 1% 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
- 1% of decks
- 3.25 copies on average · 592 decks
- Match win rate
- 44.6%
- -2.6 pts vs the 47.2% 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.
More by MINAMINAMI Take
This card was illustrated by MINAMINAMI Take.
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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.
🏆Moujii's Dojo🏆 (Late Registration Available!)
Jul 30, 2026
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Winner Takes All - 50 Codes
Jul 30, 2026
💥Plantel Battle #29 PITCH 💥100 CODES ✔️ TOP 8
Jul 30, 2026
Torneo Relámpago ⚡ #64 PTCG Live
Jul 31, 2026
Oceania Open! | Season 3 - Week 5
Jul 31, 2026
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Super Series - 100 Codes
Jul 31, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Poltchageist was legal.
SEASAC League Challenge #5 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
today
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Super Series - 100 Codes
today
REFINE Summer Series Session 5: Pika Cinco
today
🇧🇷 Hit Challenge #16 • TCG Live | Booster Box
today
Zard-Pokénight #011
today
⚡Surge's TCG Vault Webcam Wednesdays! #17⚡
today
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
19
ran Poltchageist
Tournaments scanned
290
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
1 top-cut deck · best finish 6th
Top decks running Poltchageist
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.19 | $19.98 | $0.18 | $0.07 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.03 | $0.25 | $19.98 | $0.22 | $0.12 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/12| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.03 |
| 7-day average | €0.04 |
| 30-day average | €0.04 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.08 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.07 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.09 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.04 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.09 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.08 |
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 $0.18; 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 Common card in the Twilight Masquerade set.
Other Poltchageist printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
