Pokémon Halloween cards hit hardest when the artwork tells a ghost story, from a Duskull lurking under a streetlight to a Chandelure haunting a banquet table. This list counts down 15 spooky picks, from full art Supporters released in 2017 to brand new 2026 sets like Ascended Heroes, Pitch Black and 30th Celebration.
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It covers Ghost-type Pokémon and the Trainers who command them, mixing Illustration Rares, Special Illustration Rares, full art Supporters and a promo. Each entry notes what the illustration actually shows, so you can pick the cards that fit your Halloween binder or display.
15. Shauntal 243/182
Shauntal is the Ghost-type Elite Four member of Unova, a novelist who draws inspiration from her battles and later returned in Pokémon Masters. En Morikura draws her mid-thought with a red book in one hand and a fountain pen in the other, standing in a starlit, lamp-lined corridor on this Paradox Rift (2023) full art.
14. Fantina 191/196
Fantina, the Ghost-type Gym Leader of Hearthome City, won a 2024 fan vote for favorite Sinnoh Gym Leader with 19.7% of the vote. Ryuta Fuse poses her mid-performance in a purple gown and long white gloves on a glowing opera house stage, and the card comes from Lost Origin (2022).
13. Flutter Mane – 097
Flutter Mane was the most-used Pokémon of VGC 2023 Series 2, a reputation it earned with its Ghost and Fairy typing. Takumi Wada shows it drifting through tangled black reeds under a teal night sky dotted with blurry red lights, and this full art promo came in the Walking Wake Temporal Forces Elite Trainer Box.
12. Allister TG24/TG30, Allister 179/185
Allister is the Ghost-type Gym Leader of Galar in Pokémon Shield, and his shy, masked look quickly made him a favorite subject for fan artists. Jiro Sasumo shows him raising a Poké Ball wrapped in purple ghost smoke, while Sanosuke Sakuma’s full art has him peering out through his mask against a smoky blue backdrop. The Trainer Gallery card comes from Astral Radiance (2022), and the full art is from Vivid Voltage (2020). Side by side, the pair shows two sides of Galar’s shyest Gym Leader, one summoning ghosts and one hiding behind his mask.
11. Cynthia’s Spiritomb 244/217, Spiritomb 148/132
Spiritomb is famous as the lead Pokémon of Champion Cynthia in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, a matchup that has rattled players since 2006. hncl paints a giant, grinning Spiritomb vortex looming behind a half-shadowed Cynthia, while IKEDA Saki shows the spirit bursting out of its Odd Keystone in a dark, overgrown forest. Cynthia’s Spiritomb comes from Ascended Heroes (2026), and the plain Spiritomb is from Mega Evolution (2025). Displayed together, the pair shows Spiritomb both as a Champion’s partner and as a lone curse lurking in the woods.
10. Marshadow 146/132
Marshadow is a Mythical Pokémon that hides in any shadow, and it played a central role in the 2017 film Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! Artist 0313 shows it rising from a pool of shadow in a dim forest, red eyes blazing, as a small brown Pokémon in the foreground stares up at it.
9. Greavard 214/198, Houdstone 145/132
Greavard and Houndstone are Paldea’s ghost dogs, and their Pokédex entries lean creepy: Greavard follows anyone who pays it attention forever, while Houndstone spends most of its time sleeping in graveyards. sowsow paints Greavard lounging on a stitched-up Gengar plush beside a Gastly cushion in a candlelit parlor, while Arai Kiriko shows Houndstone sprawled in a thicket of violet ferns and pink blossoms. Greavard comes from the 2023 Scarlet & Violet base set, and Houndstone is from the 2025 Mega Evolution expansion. Since Houndstone evolves from Greavard, the two make a natural before-and-after pair for a ghost-dog binder page.
8. Litwick 101/086, Lampent 102/086
Litwick and Lampent carry some of the darkest lore in the Pokédex: Litwick’s light drains life energy, and Lampent wanders cities searching for the spirits of the fallen. Naoyo Kimura’s Litwick perches on an ivy-covered stone wall beneath a full moon, while Lipton fills a grand, shadowy hall with a whole flock of Lampent hanging like lanterns. Both come from White Flare (2025), the same set as the Chandelure Illustration Rare at #4. Each card in the line has a different artist, so the full evolution reads as three separate ghost stories rather than one scene.
7. Mismagius 212/193
Mismagius is the ace of Hearthome City Gym Leader Fantina in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, and its Pokédex entry says its cry sounds like an incantation. aoki frames it inside an ornate round window of twisting, leafless branches with a row of moon phases glowing beneath, like a witch’s portrait in an old storybook.
6. Acerola 142/147, Acerola’s Mischief 183/132
Acerola, Alola’s Ghost-type Trial Captain, won a 2024 fan vote for favorite Alola Trial Captain with 34.8% of the vote. Megumi Mizutani’s full art shows her smirking with a hand on her hip in her tattered purple dress, while sui’s Acerola’s Mischief seats her in a lantern-lit forest at night, hugging a white sheet with a sly grin. Acerola comes from Burning Shadows (2017), and Acerola’s Mischief is from Mega Evolution (2025). Placed together, the cards span eight years of Acerola, from a confident Supporter pose to a full-on midnight prank.
5. Duskull 068/064, Dusclops 069/064, Dusknoir 070/064
The Duskull line has some of the creepiest Pokédex lore in the series, with Duskull chilling its victims as it siphons away their life force and Dusknoir carrying lost spirits to the afterlife. James Turner drew all three as one creeping story: Duskull floats under a streetlight on a leaf-strewn suburban street, Dusclops peeks over a front-yard hedge, and Dusknoir looms right outside the living room window. All three come from the Shrouded Fable special expansion released in 2024, numbered past its 64-card main set. Displayed in order, the cards play out like a horror film, with the ghost drawing closer to the house in every frame.
4. Chandelure 103/086, Mega Chandelure ex 115/084
Chandelure won the Unova vote in the 2020 Pokémon of the Year poll with 50,943 votes and finished 18th overall. Kuroimori’s Chandelure hovers over a long banquet table set with candles, crystal glasses and red roses, while REND’s Mega Chandelure ex coils through a storm of violet ghost fire. The Illustration Rare comes from White Flare (2025), and the Special Illustration Rare is from Pitch Black, released on July 17, 2026. Side by side, the pair contrasts an elegant haunted dinner party with a full-blown blaze of ghost fire.
3. Mega Froslass ex 275/217, Froslass 174/167
Froslass has one of the eeriest Pokédex entries in the series, freezing prey with -58°F breath and then secretly putting it on display. matazo’s Froslass glides through the sliding doors of a moonlit Japanese house as snow drifts toward a futon on the floor, while Teeziro’s Mega Froslass ex sweeps through a snowy grove of red-berried trees under a stormy purple sky. Froslass comes from Twilight Masquerade (2024), and Mega Froslass ex is from Ascended Heroes (2026). Both lean into Froslass’s snow-woman roots, one as a quiet intruder in a sleeping house and one as a raging blizzard.
2. Hex Maniac 75a/98
Hex Maniac’s full art first appeared in Japan’s The Best of XY, and this English 75a print came in the 2017 Premium Trainer’s XY Collection. You Iribi draws her with spiral eyes and a wild mane of dark hair spilling across the card as she presses a Poké Ball to her lips.
1. Gastly 177/162, Gengar ex 154/128
Gengar placed 10th overall in the 2020 Pokémon of the Year poll with 60,214 votes and 2nd in Kanto, behind only Charizard. Mousho’s Gastly shows a mob of Gastly, Haunter and Gengar pouring down a glowing back alley as a Meowth flees, while CHORISO’s Gengar ex grins over a lantern-lit forest with a crooked haunted mansion below. Gastly comes from Temporal Forces (2024), and Gengar ex is from 30th Celebration, released on September 16, 2026. Together they bookend Gengar’s evolution line, from a back-alley ghost mob to a full haunted-forest takeover.
Gem Pack Vol.3
For a spooky pick beyond English sets, Gem Pack Vol. 3 is a Simplified Chinese booster released in mainland China on September 26, 2025, built around a nocturnal theme. Its nine special illustration designs star Gengar, Chandelure, Cubone, Meowth and Ceruledge, so they slot neatly beside the ghosts on this list.
Spooky Pokémon cards are not limited to Ghost types, and many cards on this list, from the Duskull line to Mismagius, are actually printed as Psychic-type cards in the TCG. Psychic Pokémon with unsettling lore, like Hypno and its hypnotic pendulum, can radiate the same eerie energy as any ghost. The same goes for Psychic-type Trainers like Sabrina, whose anime debut had her turning visitors into dolls, and Olympia, the Kalos Gym Leader known for her cryptic, fortune-teller manner. Mixing them into your binder gives your Halloween collection far more variety than a Ghost-type page alone.
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