Dark Haunter 36 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 50 HP and a top attack printed at 20 damage.
Psychic · Stage 1 · Neo Destiny · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Dark Haunter 36 do in a game?
Dark Haunter 36 is a Psychic Pokémon card with 50 HP, printed as Stage 1.
Its strongest attack, Surround, is printed at 20 damage for 2 Energy — 10 damage per Energy card.
Dark Haunter 36Neo Destiny
Dark Haunter 36 performance summary
50 HP · Psychic · Stage 1 · retreat 0
as of July 28, 2026
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1
Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 0.1% of the archive. Weakest on Energy efficiency — bottom 3.1%.
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 | 5.0% | 50 HP |
| Top printed damage | 12.8% | 20 damage |
| Energy efficiency | 3.1% | 10 per Energy |
| Retreat lightness | 100.0% | 0 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 98.2% | 1 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 15,021 at 50 HP.
Dark Haunter 3650 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 330 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Dark Haunter 36
- Hit points 50 HP puts it in the ~70 band, where 38.6% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Energy It returns 10 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Dark Haunter 36 at a glance
- What it is. A Psychic Pokémon card with 50 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Neo Destiny.
- What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 20 damage for 2 Energy.
- What it costs to move. 0 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 Dark Haunter 36 cost, and what do they hit for?
The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 20 damage, which is 10 damage for every Energy card attached.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call Back | 1 Psychic | 1 | — | — | Put a Baby Pokémon or Basic Pokémon card from your opponent's discard pile onto his or her Bench. Put 1 damage counter on that Pokémon. (You can't use this attack if your Bench is full.) |
| Surround | 2 Psychic | 2 | 20 | 10 | Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. If tails, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. |
This card has no retreat cost at all, so it can leave the active spot without discarding any Energy — the only limit is that retreating happens once a turn.
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.
This card places damage counters, which is not the same as dealing damage
Call Back puts damage counters on a Pokémon instead of dealing damage to it. The two look alike on the board — one counter is ten damage — but the rules treat them apart: anything that reduces or prevents damage does not stop counters from being placed, and weakness and resistance are not applied to them either.
How does Dark Haunter 36 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 50 HP, which is 13% 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 50 HP.
Cards in the ~70 band typically print 23 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~70 — this card | 38.6% | 6,669 cards |
| 80~120 | 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 20.
Cards in the ~30 band typically have 70 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~30 — this card | 42.7% | 6,938 cards |
| 40~60 | 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 1 Energy.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1.8% | 304 cards |
| 1 — this card | 54.4% | 9,392 cards |
| 2 | 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 0 Energy to retreat.
Cards with a retreat cost of 0 typically have 103 HP and print 61 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 — this card | 5.3% | 914 cards |
| 1 | 49.3% | 8,503 cards |
| 2 | 28.6% | 4,926 cards |
| 3 | 12.6% | 2,168 cards |
| 4 | 4.2% | 729 cards |
That is where Dark Haunter 36 stands highest on HP — number 59 of 98 cards in Neo Destiny. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 50 HP
middle half 60–130 HP - Top printed damage 20 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 Dark Haunter 36 efficient for the Energy it asks for?
Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 20 damage attack that needs 2 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 1 typically return 49.0 damage per Energy card. This card returns 10.
| 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 |
| Dark Haunter 36 — this card | 10.0 | 20 damage for 2 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 |
| Surround | — | 10 | — |
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 20 is read as high or low rather than merely large.
What does being a Psychic card do for Dark Haunter 36?
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 has to be in play before Dark Haunter 36 can be?
Dark Haunter evolves from Gastly, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.
- This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Gastly.
- It is not the end of the line either — Gengar evolves from this card, so a deck can keep going past it.
- The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.
- Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 093.
Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.
What can you use instead of Dark Haunter 36?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starmie | Skyridge | 80 | 40 | 1 |
| Dark Espeon | Neo Destiny | 60 | 10 | 0 |
| Espeon | Neo Discovery | 80 | 30 | 0 |
| Ninetales δ | Dragon Frontiers | 70 | 30 | 0 |
| Slowking | Southern Islands | 70 | 10 | 2 |
| Dark Slowbro | Legendary Collection | 60 | 40 | 2 |
This card itself is 50 HP, 20 top damage and 0 retreat, and every card here is Psychic like it.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Dark Haunter 36?
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.
50
Haunter [6]
70
Haunter [35]
70
Haunter [50]
70
Haunter [80]
70
Haunter [34]
60
Haunter [29]
50
Sabrina's Haunter [58]
70
Haunter [63]
70
Sabrina's Haunter [55]
50
Haunter [21]
70
Haunter [41]
80
Haunter [40]
80
Haunter [42]
70
Haunter [69]
70
Haunter [34]
70
Haunter [59]
50
Haunter [46]
70
Haunter [37]
60
Haunter [43]
70
Haunter [84]
70
Haunter [48]
80
Haunter [93]
80
Haunter [56]
70
Haunter [65]
100
Haunter [124]
90
Haunter [103]
100
Haunter [49]
80
Haunter [56]
100
Haunter [55]
30 cards in the archive share this Pokédex number (#093). 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 Dark Haunter 36 in Neo Destiny?
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.
![Unown [X] 30 — Neo Destiny](https://img.tcggrail.com/en/neo/neo-destiny/unown-x-30-thumb.webp)
50
Unown [X] [30]
90
Chansey [31]
60
Dark Croconaw [32]
60
Dark Exeggutor [33]
60
Dark Flaaffy [34]
60
Dark Forretress [35]
40
Dark Omanyte [37]
60
Dark Pupitar [38]
60
Dark Quilava [39]
60
Dark Wigglytuff [40]
60
Heracross [41]
60
Hitmonlee [42]
These are the cards numbered either side of #36 in Neo Destiny. 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 Dark Haunter 36, 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 February 28, 2002.
Dark Haunter 36 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, Surround, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
- That works out at 10 damage for every Energy card attached.
- Moving it out of the active spot costs no Energy at all.
- It cannot start the game in play — Gastly has to be on the field first.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
What actually removes it
- Going the other way, it removes 86 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.
Dark Haunter 36 card record
| Hit points | 50 HP | Type | Psychic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retreat cost | 0 Energy | Evolves from | Gastly |
| Card type | Stage 1 | Pokédex number | #093 |
| Set | Neo Destiny | Card number | 36 of 105 |
| Series | Neo | Released | February 28, 2002 |
| Rarity | Uncommon | Illustrator | Aya Kusube |
| Tournament legality | Unlimited only | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Dark Haunter 36 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Dark Haunter 36 — frequently asked questions
What is the strongest attack on Dark Haunter 36?
What is the retreat cost of Dark Haunter 36?
Does Dark Haunter 36 deal damage or place damage counters?
What does Dark Haunter evolve from?
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Does this page say how good Dark Haunter 36 is in a deck?
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
First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.
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