Polteageist

Polteageist

Polteageist appears in the English print of Darkness Ablaze, released on August 14, 2020. Polteageist is a uncommon rarity and 60 HP. The Darkness Ablaze set contains 201 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by kirisAki.

Collector Insights

Polteageist is a Psychic-type Pokémon with 60 HP, featuring a retreat cost of one Colorless energy. Its primary attack, Mad Party, requires two Colorless energy to deal 20 damage multiplied by the number of Pokémon in the discard pile that also have the Mad Party attack. The card includes an ability called Tea Break, which mandates discarding a Pokémon with the Mad Party attack from your hand to activate, allowing you to draw two cards once during your turn. Polteageist resists Fighting-type attacks by 30 and is weak to Darkness-type attacks with double damage. It belongs to the Sword & Shield series, released in the Darkness Ablaze set on August 14, 2020, and is illustrated by artist kirisAki. The card’s flavor text references its habitat in antique teapots, noting that most are forgeries but rare authentic specimens exist. Polteageist’s design and mechanics align with its thematic connection to tea-related imagery, emphasizing its unique role in gameplay. Its rarity is listed as Uncommon, and it carries the regulation mark D.

This species lives in antique teapots. Most pots are forgeries, but on rare occasions, an authentic work is found.

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