Gastly #29 from Mystery of the Fossils - Uncommon - Illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita
Psychic

Gastly

#29/48 in Mystery of the Fossils, Uncommon, 50 HP, Psychic, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.

Card number
#29/48
Rarity
Uncommon
HP
50 HP
Type
Psychic
Language
Japanese
Release date
June 21, 1997
Illustrator
Mitsuhiro Arita
Original name
ゴース
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Collector Notes

Gastly

Gastly appears in the Japanese print of Mystery of the Fossils, released on June 21, 1997. Gastly is a uncommon rarity and 50 HP. The Mystery of the Fossils set contains 48 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by Mitsuhiro Arita.

Collector Insights

Gastly is a Pokémon with 50 HP featured in the Mystery of the Fossils set, released on June 21, 1997. Its attacks include Lick, which costs one Psychic energy and deals 10 damage while flipping a coin to potentially paralyze the defending Pokémon. The second attack, Energy Conversion, requires two Psychic energies and allows the player to draw up to two Energy cards from their discard pile, while Gastly inflicts 10 damage to itself. The card is illustrated by artist Mitsuhiro Arita and carries a themecolor of #ad8292. It is classified as a Uncommon rarity card and belongs to the Pokémon supertype. The design emphasizes its ghostly attributes through visual and mechanical interactions. This card reflects the strategic balance between offensive capabilities and self-sacrificial mechanics. Its structure aligns with the thematic elements of the Fossils set, focusing on ancient Pokémon mechanics.

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