Gengar SWSH052 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Gengar SWSH052
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Shibuzoh.

This card has 110 HP, a top attack printed at 90 damage and a Darkness weakness.

Psychic · Stage 2 · SWSH Black Star Promos · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Gengar SWSH052 do in a game?

Gengar SWSH052 is a Psychic Pokémon card with 110 HP, printed as Stage 2.

Its strongest attack, Hypnoblast, is printed at 90 damage for 3 Energy — 30 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Darkness weakness, any Darkness attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Psychic Stage 2 Promo Regulation D Unlimited and Expanded #094 Gengar

Gengar SWSH052SWSH Black Star Promos

110 HP · Psychic · Stage 2 · retreat 2 · Darkness weakness ×2

Top printed damage9030 per Energy Hypnoblast90 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points110 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage9021.8% of 16,246 in the 70~120 band

Retreat cost2 Energy28.6% of 17,240 in the 2 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 30 · typical 34.7
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 3

Price trackPromoSWSH Black Star Promos53 printsranked among Stage 2 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 2

Regulation markD

RarityPromo

SetSWSH Black Star Promos

Card numberSWSH052

AbilityLife Shaker

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$124.75Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by55 damage110 HP against a Darkness ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it600 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name53 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line46 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #094 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Gengar SWSH052 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Top printed damage — top 26.5% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 17.4%.

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.

How Gengar SWSH052 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	61.6%	110 HP
Top printed damage	73.5%	90 damage
Energy efficiency	67.1%	30 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	17.4%	3 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

3EHypnoblast30 damage per Energy card · has printed text90damage

1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 5,859of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 5,859 at 110 HP.

Psychic cardsNo. 698of 2,334 by printed HP Stage 2 cardsNo. 1,439of 1,749 by printed HP

This cardGengar SWSH052SWSH Black Star Promos110 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 270 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Gengar SWSH052

Hit points 110 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 30 damage per Energy card against 34.7 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 3.
Weakness A Darkness attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 10 of the 47 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Gengar SWSH052 at a glance

What it is. A Psychic Pokémon card with 110 HP printed as Stage 2, printed in SWSH Black Star Promos.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 90 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Darkness weakness at ×2, which means 55 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 2 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark D.
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.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Gengar SWSH052 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 90 damage, which is 30 damage for every Energy card attached.

Gengar SWSH052 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Hypnoblast	2 Psychic + 1 Colorless	3	90	30	Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep.

Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Hypnoblast3 Energy cards

The Energy this 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.

Hypnoblast 3 Energy90 damage for 3 Energy — 30 per Energy card90

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (90).

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How does Gengar SWSH052 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.

Gengar SWSH052 — SWSH Black Star Promos — GengarSWSH Black Star Promos SWSH052

No.5,859by HP in the archive

Gengar SWSH052 prints 110 HP, which puts it at number 5,859 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

74% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 34%Where it sits on printed HP

This card110 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 2 card380 HP
Strongest Gengar printed130 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 110 HP, which is 29% 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.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~120 — this card33.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 110 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
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

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~120 — this card21.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 90.

Cards in the 70~120 band typically have 141 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120 — this card	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

154.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

3 — this card14.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 3 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically have 153 HP and print 104 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3 — this card	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

2 — this card28.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 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.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
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

No. 698of 2,334

That is where Gengar SWSH052 stands highest on HP — number 698 of 2,334 cards in Psychic cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 5,859 of 17,290 by HP · No. 3,796 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 23% on damage
Psychic cards — 2,335 cards No. 698 of 2,334 by HP · No. 349 of 1,992 by damage · top by HP: Mega Gardevoir ex, 360

top 18% on damage
Stage 2 cards — 1,749 cards No. 1,439 of 1,749 by HP · No. 788 of 1,721 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 46% on damage
SWSH Black Star Promos — 304 cards No. 207 of 292 by HP · No. 163 of 282 by damage · top by HP: Eternatus VMAX, 340

top 57% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 110 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 110
Top printed damage 90 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 90

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.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as Stage 2

1,749 on record

Cards in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,535 of 16,246 (21.8%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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What Gengar SWSH052 does without attacking

Gengar SWSH052 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.

Printed effects

Capped at once a turn

None

Read from the printed text quoted below, not counted anywhere else.

Life Shaker — Ability

As often as you like during your turn, you may move 1 damage counter from 1 of your Psychic Pokémon to another of your Psychic Pokémon.

Quoted from the card face. The label after the dash is how the card itself names the effect.

Why this sits apart from the attacks

An attack costs Energy and ends your turn. What is printed above does neither — it is available while the card is in play, so it is a different kind of cost to a deck. Attack costs are in the section above.

Every card mechanic in the archive

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Is Gengar SWSH052 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 90 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.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Gengar SWSH052 — this card30.090 damage for 3 Energy

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 3 typically return 34.7 damage per Energy card. This card returns 30.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
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
Gengar SWSH052 — this card	30.0	90 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsHypnoblast 90 / 3

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.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Gengar SWSH052.
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
Hypnoblast	—	30	—

This card, per Energy card

30 damage

Typical for a 3 Energy attack

34.7 damage

Difference

-4.7 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

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 90 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Psychic card do for Gengar SWSH052?

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.

Deals double to this card 1,249 Darkness cards carry that type A Darkness attack printed at 55 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Gengar SWSH052 · Stage 2 110 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 90 damage.

Takes double from this card 2,335 cards in groups that print a Psychic weakness Against Psychic, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychic — this cardmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
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

Psychicweak to Darkness

Psychicweak to Psychic

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. Going the other way, Psychic cards are themselves most exposed to Darkness.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Gengar SWSH052 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Darkness attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 55 printed damage rather than 110.

Cards that remove it in one attack

600

Cards it removes in one attack

1,668

Darkness damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 110 HP against a Darkness weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackThievulMega Evolution 9060 damage

×2Darkness weakness · 55 printed damage is enough
60 damage becomes 120 against this card

This cardGengar SWSH052SWSH Black Star Promos SWSH052110 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 598 cards in the archive that can remove Gengar SWSH052 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 60 printed damage against a bar of 55. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Gengarweak to Darkness ×2

Gengarresists Fighting -30

Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.

What the Fighting resistance changes

Damage from Fighting attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack printed high enough to knock this card out on paper may not do it. Resistance is a flat subtraction, not a multiplier — it does not scale with the attack.

Darkness cards that remove Gengar in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (126)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (225)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (226)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (245)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Drapion VSTAR (119)	Lost Origin	270	250	500
Drapion VSTAR (200)	Lost Origin	270	250	500

110 HP against a Darkness ×2 weakness means any Darkness attack printed at 55 damage or more is enough. 600 cards in the archive clear that bar.

180 HP Mewtwo-GX [31]

180 HP Necrozma-GX [63]

180 HP Necrozma-GX [134]

180 HP Necrozma-GX [153]

180 HP Nihilego-GX [49]

180 HP Nihilego-GX [103]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

1,668 cards in the archive are weak to Psychic and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Gengar as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Gengar SWSH052 is one print of 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.

Gengar has been printed 53 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Gengar cards ever printedPokédex #094Prints on record 53Toughest print 350 HPThis card 110 HP

53prints

Legal in Standard10Older prints, not in Standard43

Every Gengar print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Gengar printed is 350 HP, and this card is 31.4% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Mega Gengar ex 284/217the toughest Gengar ever printedME: Ascended Heroes350 HP
Gengar SWSH052against that record31.4% of the record110 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Gengar print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Gengar SWSH052 can be?

Gengar evolves from Haunter, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Gengar line, oldest stage firstPokédex #094

Gastly28 prints on record · EX Legend Maker

+30 HP · +50 damage

Haunter28 prints on record · EX Legend Maker

+30 HP · +30 damage

No imageGengar16 prints on record · EX Legend Maker

Gastly → Haunter → Gengar

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Haunter.
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 094.

1GastlyHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage70 HP
2HaunterHardest attack printed at this stage: 80 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it100 HP
3GengarNo imageGengarHardest attack printed at this stage: 110 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it130 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (130 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

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.

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Is this the strongest Gengar print, and can the older ones still be played?

53 prints carry this name in the archive, and 47 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (350 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

47 rows are shown of the 53 prints counted under this name.

Gengar prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Mega Gengar ex 284/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Gengar ex 056/094	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Gengar ex 269/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Gengar ex 125/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Gengar VMAX 271/264	SWSH08: Fusion Strike	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Gengar VMAX 157/264	SWSH08: Fusion Strike	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Gengar ex 193/162	SV05: Temporal Forces	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Gengar ex 104/162	SV05: Temporal Forces	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Gengar & Mimikyu-GX 165/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar & Mimikyu-GX 186/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar & Mimikyu-GX 53/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar & Mimikyu-GX 164/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Gengar-EX 121/119	XY - Phantom Forces	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Gengar-EX 35/119	XY - Phantom Forces	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar V 156/264	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
M Gengar-EX XY166	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar-EX 114/119	XY - Phantom Forces	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar-EX 34/119	XY - Phantom Forces	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar ex 108/112	EX FireRed & LeafGreen	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar LV.X 97/99	Arceus	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar 94/102	Triumphant	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar 050/088	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark J	Not legal in Standard
Gengar 060/162	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar 35/83	Generations	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar 70/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar 38/111	SM - Crimson Invasion	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar 057/198	SWSH06: Chilling Reign	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Gengar 057/091	Trick or Trade BOOster Bundle 2024	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Gengar SWSH241	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Gengar 17/99	Arceus	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar TG06/TG30	SWSH11: Lost Origin Trainer Gallery	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Gengar 066/196	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Gengar 27/130	Diamond and Pearl	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar 16/99	Arceus	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar 18/100	Stormfront	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar SWSH052	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Gengar 085/202	SWSH01: Sword & Shield Base Set	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Gengar 010/144	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar 013/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sabrina's Gengar 029/132	Gym Challenge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar 048/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar 05/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sabrina's Gengar 014/132	Gym Heroes	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar 011/110	Legendary Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar 20/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Gengar 006/105	Neo Destiny	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gengar GL 40/111	Rising Rivals	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

10 of the 47 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.

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What can you use instead of Gengar SWSH052?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Gengar SWSH052
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Gengar	SWSH Black Star Promos	120	0	2
Gengar ex	FireRed & LeafGreen	150	60	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

This card itself is 110 HP, 90 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Psychic like it.

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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.

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What was printed next to Gengar SWSH052 in SWSH Black Star Promos?

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.

Eldegoss SWSH046 — SWSH Black Star Promos

80 Eldegoss [SWSH046]

Drednaw SWSH047 — SWSH Black Star Promos

130 Drednaw [SWSH047]

Centiskorch SWSH048 — SWSH Black Star Promos

130 Centiskorch [SWSH048]

Dubwool V SWSH049 — SWSH Black Star Promos

210 Dubwool V [SWSH049]

Charizard V SWSH050 — SWSH Black Star Promos

220 Charizard V [SWSH050]

130 Lapras [SWSH051]

Machamp SWSH053 — SWSH Black Star Promos

170 Machamp [SWSH053]

Coalossal SWSH054 — SWSH Black Star Promos

160 Coalossal [SWSH054]

Hatterene V SWSH055 — SWSH Black Star Promos

200 Hatterene V [SWSH055]

Morpeko V SWSH056 — SWSH Black Star Promos

170 Morpeko V [SWSH056]

Grimmsnarl V SWSH057 — SWSH Black Star Promos

220 Grimmsnarl V [SWSH057]

Alcremie SWSH058 — SWSH Black Star Promos

110 Alcremie [SWSH058]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #SWSH052 in SWSH Black Star Promos. 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.

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Which rules apply to Gengar SWSH052, 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.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Gengar SWSH052
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
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.

Gengar SWSH052 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Legal	Can be played in 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 and Expanded play. It carries regulation mark D, printed next to the card number. It was released on November 15, 2019.

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Which generation of cards does Gengar SWSH052 belong to?

The single letter printed beside the card number groups a card with everything issued under the same rules. Tournament formats are cut along those letters, so the size of a letter is the size of the pool a card sits in.

Cards carrying each regulation mark

Mark D — this cardtypically 133 HP · 84 damage15.4%1,261 cards

Mark Etypically 150 HP · 87 damage14.7%1,202 cards

Mark Ftypically 142 HP · 88 damage14.4%1,180 cards

Mark Gtypically 124 HP · 80 damage19.9%1,634 cards

Mark Htypically 132 HP · 88 damage15.7%1,283 cards

Mark Itypically 134 HP · 80 damage14.8%1,215 cards

Mark Jtypically 148 HP · 86 damage5.1%419 cards

8,194 cards in the archive carry a regulation mark. Older prints carry none at all, so this is not the whole archive.

The regulation mark is the single letter recorded with each modern card. Older prints carry no mark at all, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.

Cards carrying each regulation mark
Group	Share	Value
Mark D — this card	15.4%	1,261 cards
Mark E	14.7%	1,202 cards
Mark F	14.4%	1,180 cards
Mark G	19.9%	1,634 cards
Mark H	15.7%	1,283 cards
Mark I	14.8%	1,215 cards
Mark J	5.1%	419 cards

This card

Mark D

Cards sharing that mark

1,261

Typical HP for the mark

133 (this card 110)

Typical damage for the mark

84 (this card 90)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Gengar SWSH052 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, Hypnoblast, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 30 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 — Haunter has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 5,859 of 17,290

Psychic cardsNo. 698 of 2,334

Stage 2 cardsNo. 1,439 of 1,749

SWSH Black Star PromosNo. 207 of 292

What actually removes it

A Darkness attack printed at 55 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 110 HP.
600 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 1,668 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.

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Gengar SWSH052 card record

Gengar SWSH052 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	110 HP	Type	Psychic
Weakness	Darkness ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Evolves from	Haunter	Card type	Stage 2
Regulation mark	Mark D	Pokédex number	#094
Set	SWSH Black Star Promos	Card number	SWSH052 of 307
Series	Sword & Shield	Released	November 15, 2019
Rarity	Promo	Illustrator	Shibuzoh.
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Expanded only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Gengar SWSH052 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$124.75

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Gengar SWSH052 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Gengar SWSH052?

Gengar SWSH052 has 110 HP and a Darkness weakness at ×2, so a Darkness attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 110.

What is the strongest attack on Gengar SWSH052?

Hypnoblast, printed at 90 damage for 3 Energy — 30 damage per Energy card. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep.

What is the retreat cost of Gengar SWSH052?

2 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

Can an older Gengar print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 47 prints listed on this page, 10 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

What does Gengar evolve from?

Haunter. It cannot be played straight from your hand onto an empty spot — the earlier stage has to be in play first.

Can Gengar SWSH052 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play, and it carries regulation mark D. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Gengar SWSH052 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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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

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.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Gengar SWSH052 — what does this card actually do?

What does Gengar SWSH052 do in a game?

Gengar SWSH052 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Gengar SWSH052 at a glance

What do the attacks on Gengar SWSH052 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Gengar SWSH052 compare with every other card?

What Gengar SWSH052 does without attacking

Is Gengar SWSH052 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Psychic card do for Gengar SWSH052?

What knocks out Gengar SWSH052 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Gengar as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Gengar SWSH052 can be?

Is this the strongest Gengar print, and can the older ones still be played?

What can you use instead of Gengar SWSH052?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Gengar SWSH052?

What was printed next to Gengar SWSH052 in SWSH Black Star Promos?

Which rules apply to Gengar SWSH052, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Gengar SWSH052 belong to?

Gengar SWSH052 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Gengar SWSH052 card record

What does Gengar SWSH052 cost?

Gengar SWSH052 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Gengar SWSH052?

What is the strongest attack on Gengar SWSH052?

What is the retreat cost of Gengar SWSH052?

Can an older Gengar print be played in a tournament?

What does Gengar evolve from?

Can Gengar SWSH052 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Gengar SWSH052 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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