Haunter

Haunter in the anime: The Tower of Terror and Sabrina

In The Tower of Terror, Ash goes to the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town looking for a Ghost type to use against Sabrina and befriends a Haunter. In Haunter Versus Kadabra it goofs off instead of fighting, but it ends up helping Ash by making Sabrina laugh, and afterward it decides to stay with her.

Haunter on cards: two Fossil rares and a long run of Uncommons

Haunter's first card is the Base Set Uncommon (#29) by Keiji Kinebuchi, whose art returned in Base Set 2. Fossil (1999) printed its only two Rares, a holo (#6) and a non-holo (#21), both by Ken Sugimori. Sabrina's Haunter appears in both Gym Heroes (#58, by Atsuko Nishida) and Gym Challenge (#55, by Ken Sugimori), and Neo Destiny (2002) added Dark Haunter by Aya Kusube.

Apart from Fossil's pair and a promo, every English Haunter card has been a Common or Uncommon, and no Pokémon-ex, GX or V Haunter has been printed. Our catalog lists 32 Haunter cards across 30 sets, 25 of them Uncommon, running from the Wizards of the Coast era to the Mega Evolution era, so a complete Haunter run is a long hunt through Uncommons rather than one chase card.

Cards to know

• Haunter (Base Set #29)

  Haunter's first card, an Uncommon illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi.

• Haunter (Fossil #6)

  The Fossil holo by Ken Sugimori, one of Haunter's only two Rares.

• Sabrina's Haunter (Gym Heroes #58)

  Sabrina's Haunter from Gym Heroes, illustrated by Atsuko Nishida.

• Sabrina's Haunter (Gym Challenge #55)

  The second Sabrina's Haunter, from Gym Challenge, illustrated by Ken Sugimori.

• Dark Haunter (Neo Destiny #36)

  Neo Destiny's Dark Haunter, illustrated by Aya Kusube.