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Gengar
Uncommon
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Your opponent can't use any Supporter cards from their hand during their next turn.
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep.
Gengar applies pressure through two distinct Stage 2 variants — one that inflicts Sleep via Hypnoblast for 70 damage and one that blocks opponent Supporter usage via Bother — disrupting the opponent's setup while scoring points through knock outs. The goal is to make the opponent's recovery tools inaccessible while chipping toward 3 points.
Start with Gastly active and use Poké Ball to find a second Gastly or open attacker, then draw aggressively with Professor's Research, Copycat, and Leaf to build toward both Gengar variants via Rare Candy. Darkrai and Igglybuff provide secondary pressure early so the Gengar lines can develop safely. Mid-game, use the 130-HP Gengar's Bother to deny the opponent a Supporter play while dealing 50 damage; follow with the 140-HP Gengar's Hypnoblast to lock the Active Pokemon asleep and deal 70. Cyrus and Lisia handle energy management and card access across the final turns.
Use Bother first to deny the opponent a Supporter play, then switch to or bench the Hypnoblast Gengar to inflict Sleep and deal 70 damage the following turn. Keeping Sleep active and blocking Supporters simultaneously prevents the opponent from healing, drawing recovery cards, or evolving to counter. Darkrai and Igglybuff handle early scoring while both Gengars set up via Rare Candy.
Two copies of Leaf and two copies of Professor's Research give this deck exceptional draw density for a 20-card list. Use Rare Candy to skip Haunter and deploy whichever Gengar variant is needed for the current game state. Copycat mirrors a large opponent hand to accelerate further. Lisia can then recover a key Trainer or Pokemon to close the game.
Gengar is Psychic type, which typically carries Dark or Ghost weaknesses. Running attackers that hit Psychic types for weakness multiplies damage and one-shots Gengar before it can use Bother or Hypnoblast again. Giratina ex and Darkrai-based lists both hold strong win rates against Gengar for exactly this reason.
Bother blocks Supporter usage for one turn; if your Pokemon is not asleep, you still retain full hand access after that turn. Prioritize playing Supporters like Professor's Research or Copycat before Bother resolves. If asleep, attempt to wake with a coin-flip retreat or wait — Sleep does not persist through the active check on your turn.
Both Gengar variants require surviving the Gastly stage. Aggressive early attacks that KO Gastly before Rare Candy can be played deny Gengar from reaching the field. The opponent's lack of ex attackers means each KO only scores 1 point, but racing to 3 points through repeated early-stage KOs denies the disruption engine entirely.
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