Sabrina's Gengar 29 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 90 HP and a top attack printed at 40 damage.
Psychic · Stage 2 · Gym Challenge · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Sabrina's Gengar 29 do in a game?
Sabrina's Gengar 29 is a Psychic Pokémon card with 90 HP, printed as Stage 2.
Its strongest attack, Shadow Bind, is printed at 40 damage for 3 Energy — 13 damage per Energy card.
Sabrina's Gengar 29Gym Challenge
Sabrina's Gengar 29 performance summary
90 HP · Psychic · Stage 2 · retreat 2
as of July 28, 2026
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2
Strongest on Hit points — top 52.3% of the archive. Weakest on Energy efficiency — bottom 28.4%.
Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.
| Measure | Percentile | Printed value |
|---|---|---|
| Hit points | 47.7% | 90 HP |
| Top printed damage | 42.7% | 40 damage |
| Energy efficiency | 28.4% | 13 per Energy |
| Retreat lightness | 45.3% | 2 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 43.8% | 2 Energy |
2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.
Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 7,584 at 90 HP.
Sabrina's Gengar 2990 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 290 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Sabrina's Gengar 29
- Hit points 90 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Energy It returns 13 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Sabrina's Gengar 29 at a glance
- What it is. A Psychic Pokémon card with 90 HP printed as Stage 2, printed in Gym Challenge.
- What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 40 damage for 3 Energy.
- What it costs to move. 2 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
- Where it can be played. Unlimited only.
- What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.
What do the attacks on Sabrina's Gengar 29 cost, and what do they hit for?
The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 40 damage, which is 13 damage for every Energy card attached.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Wave | 2 Psychic | 2 | 20 | 10 | All Pokémon Powers stop working until the end of your opponent's next turn. |
| Shadow Bind | 3 Psychic | 3 | 40 | 13 | The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. |
Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.
What each attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.
One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.
How does Sabrina's Gengar 29 compare with every other card?
Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.
The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.
This card prints 90 HP, which is 24% of that ceiling.
Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.
17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 90 HP.
Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~70 | 38.6% | 6,669 cards |
| 80~120 — this card | 33.1% | 5,725 cards |
| 130~180 | 15.5% | 2,679 cards |
| 190~230 | 6.6% | 1,148 cards |
| 240~280 | 3.3% | 567 cards |
| 290~330 | 2.4% | 412 cards |
| 340+ | 0.5% | 90 cards |
16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 40.
Cards in the 40~60 band typically have 101 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~30 | 42.7% | 6,938 cards |
| 40~60 — this card | 22.0% | 3,566 cards |
| 70~120 | 21.8% | 3,535 cards |
| 130~180 | 9.0% | 1,461 cards |
| 190~250 | 3.8% | 621 cards |
| 260+ | 0.8% | 125 cards |
17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 2 Energy.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically have 116 HP and print 65 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1.8% | 304 cards |
| 1 | 54.4% | 9,392 cards |
| 2 — this card | 26.4% | 4,565 cards |
| 3 | 14.7% | 2,533 cards |
| 4 | 2.4% | 421 cards |
| 5 | 0.3% | 47 cards |
17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 2 Energy to retreat.
Cards with a retreat cost of 2 typically have 132 HP and print 79 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5.3% | 914 cards |
| 1 | 49.3% | 8,503 cards |
| 2 — this card | 28.6% | 4,926 cards |
| 3 | 12.6% | 2,168 cards |
| 4 | 4.2% | 729 cards |
That is where Sabrina's Gengar 29 stands highest on HP — number 6 of 95 cards in Gym Challenge. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 90 HP
middle half 60–130 HP - Top printed damage 40 damage
middle half 20–90 damage
- Lowest to highest printed in the archive
- Middle half of the archive
- This card
Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.
Open the group this card falls into
Back to summaryIs Sabrina's Gengar 29 efficient for the Energy it asks for?
Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 40 damage attack that needs 3 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.
Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically return 32.5 damage per Energy card. This card returns 13.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Energy | 49.0 | 49 damage typical |
| 2 Energy | 32.5 | 65 damage typical |
| 3 Energy | 34.7 | 104 damage typical |
| 4 Energy | 27.8 | 111 damage typical |
| 5 Energy | 41.8 | 209 damage typical |
| Sabrina's Gengar 29 — this card | 13.0 | 40 damage for 3 Energy |
Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.
| Group | Typical printed damage | Damage per Energy card | Cards in this group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy | 45 | — | 304 |
| Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy | 49 | 49 | 9,392 |
| Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy | 65 | 33 | 4,565 |
| Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy | 104 | 35 | 2,533 |
| Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy | 111 | 28 | 421 |
| Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy | 209 | 42 | 47 |
| Dark Wave | — | 10 | — |
| Shadow Bind | — | 13 | — |
Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead
The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 40 is read as high or low rather than merely large.
What does being a Psychic card do for Sabrina's Gengar 29?
Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.
17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Psychic — this card | 13.5% | 2,335 cards |
| Water | 14.1% | 2,435 cards |
| Colorless | 12.6% | 2,173 cards |
| Fire | 9.1% | 1,574 cards |
| Fighting | 10.9% | 1,884 cards |
| Lightning | 8.8% | 1,520 cards |
| Grass | 13.8% | 2,387 cards |
| Metal | 5.4% | 925 cards |
| Darkness | 7.2% | 1,249 cards |
| Dragon | 3.1% | 530 cards |
| Fairy | 1.4% | 237 cards |
Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Psychic weakness.
What being a Psychic card is worth
Groups that most often print a Psychic weakness: Psychic (2,335 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double.
What is Sabrina's Gengar as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?
Sabrina's Gengar 29 is one print of Sabrina's Gengar. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.
Is this the strongest Sabrina's Gengar print, and can the older ones still be played?
2 prints carry this name in the archive. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.
| Set | Regulation mark | Standard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabrina's Gengar 029/132 | Gym Challenge | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Sabrina's Gengar 014/132 | Gym Heroes | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
0 of the 2 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.
Back to summaryWhat can you use instead of Sabrina's Gengar 29?
Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.
| Card | Set | HP | Top damage | Retreat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gengar | SWSH Black Star Promos | 120 | 0 | 2 |
| Dark Gengar | Neo Destiny | 70 | 30 | 2 |
| Gengar | Expedition Base Set | 90 | 40 | 1 |
| Gardevoir | Dark Explorers | 110 | 60 | 2 |
| Gengar | Fossil | 80 | 30 | 1 |
| Gengar | HS—Triumphant | 130 | 0 | 0 |
This card itself is 90 HP, 40 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Psychic like it.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Sabrina's Gengar 29?
Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.
120
Gengar [SWSH241]
240
Gengar & Mimikyu-GX [165]
150
Gengar ex [108]
350
Mega Gengar ex [284]
70
Dark Gengar [6]
320
Gengar VMAX [271]
90
Gengar [13]
170
Gengar-EX [114]
80
Gengar [5]
130
Gengar [94]
220
M Gengar-EX [121]
100
Gengar [10]
80
Sabrina's Gengar [14]
140
Gengar LV.X [97]
240
Gengar & Mimikyu-GX [186]
240
Gengar & Mimikyu-GX [53]
240
Gengar & Mimikyu-GX [164]
210
M Gengar-EX [XY166]
110
Gengar [27]
110
Gengar [16]
90
Gengar [48]
220
M Gengar-EX [35]
80
Gengar [11]
110
Gengar [18]
110
Gengar [SWSH052]
120
Gengar [17]
80
Gengar [20]
170
Gengar-EX [34]
70
Gengar GL [40]
310
Gengar ex [193]
120
Gengar [TG06]
350
Mega Gengar ex [269]
130
Gengar [35]
130
Gengar [70]
320
Gengar VMAX [157]
130
Gengar [60]
130
Gengar [38]
110
Gengar [85]
210
Gengar V [156]
310
Gengar ex [104]
120
Gengar [66]
130
Gengar [57]
350
Mega Gengar ex [125]
350
Mega Gengar ex [56]
130
Gengar [50]
130
Gengar [57]
46 cards in the archive share this Pokédex number (#094). The badge on each card is its printed HP, the figure under the name is its hardest printed attack, and the name sits under the picture. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
What was printed next to Sabrina's Gengar 29 in Gym Challenge?
A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.
100
Giovanni's Nidoqueen [23]
70
Giovanni's Pinsir [24]
90
Koga's Arbok [25]
80
Koga's Muk [26]
60
Koga's Pidgeotto [27]
70
Lt. Surge's Jolteon [28]
70
Sabrina's Golduck [30]
70
Blaine's Charmeleon [31]
70
Blaine's Dodrio [32]
70
Blaine's Rapidash [33]
70
Brock's Graveler [34]
70
Brock's Primeape [35]
These are the cards numbered either side of #29 in Gym Challenge. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
Which rules apply to Sabrina's Gengar 29, and where can it be played?
Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.
| Clause | What the rulebook says | Cards it applies to | Share of the archive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retreat | Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn). | 17,244 cards | 84.3% |
| Energy per turn | You can attach Energy just once each turn! | 17,180 cards | 84.0% |
Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.
| Format | Status | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | Not listed | This card is not listed for this format |
| Expanded | Not listed | This card is not listed for this format |
| Unlimited | Legal | Can be played in this format |
Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.
Where this card can be played
This card is legal in Unlimited play. It was released on October 16, 2000.
Sabrina's Gengar 29 in depth — what these figures add up to
Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.
What it asks a deck for
- Its hardest attack, Shadow Bind, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
- That works out at 13 damage for every Energy card attached.
- Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
- It cannot start the game in play — Sabrina's Haunter has to be on the field first.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
What actually removes it
- Going the other way, it removes 944 cards in one attack.
- Damage from Fighting attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.
Sabrina's Gengar 29 card record
| Hit points | 90 HP | Type | Psychic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retreat cost | 2 Energy | Evolves from | Sabrina's Haunter |
| Card type | Stage 2 | Pokédex number | #094 |
| Set | Gym Challenge | Card number | 29 of 132 |
| Series | Gym | Released | October 16, 2000 |
| Rarity | Rare | Illustrator | Ken Sugimori |
| Tournament legality | Unlimited only | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Sabrina's Gengar 29 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Sabrina's Gengar 29 — frequently asked questions
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Where these card facts come from
Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.
Primary official source
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