Temporal Forces

Gengar ex

TEF193· Ultra Rare
Gengar ex TEF 193

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What the card itself says

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

HP
310
Type
Darkness
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
H
Number
193/162
Set
Temporal ForcesTEFSet guide
Illustrated by
Satoshi Shirai

Its Ability

Gnawing Curse

Whenever your opponent attaches an Energy card from their hand to 1 of their Pokémon, put 2 damage counters on that Pokémon.

Its attacks

Tricky Steps

160

You may move an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon to 1 of their Benched 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.

  1. A strength

    310 HP. Only 2 cards in Temporal Forces carry more.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Gnawing Curse. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    Gengar ex runs it in 17 of the 38 lists we have read, seen across 17 different tournaments.

  4. A strength

    Mark H. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  5. 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.

  6. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Haunter to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  7. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 875 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Gengar ex17 of 3817TEF 104
Mega Gengar ex3 of 243TEF 104
Hydreigon ex2 of 462TEF 104
Mega Sharpedo ex1 of 111TEF 104

When it came out

Temporal Forces landed here on 22 March 2024.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 26 January 2024, under the code SV5K + SV5M. That is 56 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 51 Gengar cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Gengar card and its price