How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read 30C 154/128 there. Its illustration is signed CHORISO.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the 30th Celebration set, released here on 16 September 2026.

30th Celebration

Gengar ex 30C 154/128

30CKOSpecial illustration rare

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read 30C 154/128 there. Its illustration is signed CHORISO.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the 30th Celebration set, released here on 16 September 2026.

When it came out

30th Celebration landed here on 16 September 2026.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 16 September 2026, under the code M6a. That is 0 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

Panorama inspired by the artwork of Gengar ex — Poko·Art panorama created by poko.cards artists. — 30th · n° 154
pokoBased on artwork by CHORISO
À propos de Poko·Art
Poko·Art panorama created by poko.cards artists. Based on artwork by CHORISO.
Le panorama prolonge la scène pour cette page. L’illustration imprimée reste la référence originale.
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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 280
Type: Darkness
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Regulation mark: J
Number: 154/128
Set: 30th Celebration30CSet guide
Illustrated by: CHORISO

The Korean text is not available yet. Text shown: English.

Its Ability

Fainting Spell

If this Pokémon is Knocked Out by damage from an attack from your opponent's Pokémon, flip a coin. If heads, the Attacking Pokémon is Knocked Out.

Its attacks

Chaotic Pain

Place 13 damage counters on 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

A strength
280 HP. Only 2 cards in 30th Celebration carry more.
A strength
It has an Ability, Fainting Spell. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
Gengar ex runs it in 29 of the 46 lists we have read, seen across 20 different tournaments.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
A strength
Mark J. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
Keep in mind
It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read, 1,212 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

Every printing of Gengar ex plays the same way at a tournament. So the decks below count them all together, and the last column shows the one players wrote on their list.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Gengar ex	29 of 46	20	30C 90
Mega Gengar ex	7 of 28	7	30C 90
Hydreigon ex	1 of 65	1	30C 90
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex	1 of 54	1	30C 90
Mega Darkrai ex	1 of 54	1	30C 90
Mega Sharpedo ex	1 of 11	1	30C 90