Base · #50 · 1999
Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card.
$1.32
down21% · 27dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 12, 2026
Set rank: Where this card's market price ranks among the priced cards in its set — #1 is the set's most valuable card. in Base
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Gastly sits at $1.32 on TCGplayer today for the Normal printing.
Inside Base, that ranks 65th out of 101 priced cards. The set's top card is Charizard at $928. We've logged its price daily since Feb 8, 2024: $0.51 then, $1.32 now (up 158.8%). A year ago it sat around $0.65; today's $1.32 is 103.1% higher. Over the last 90 days it's up 53.5%, from $0.86. Since February 2024 it's run as high as $1.75 (September 2026) and as low as $0.36 (April 2024). Its 30-day range runs from $1.18 up to $1.75. The Normal printing is the headline number here; the Shadowless 1st Edition at $46.73 and the Shadowless Unlimited at $7.55 price separately. Across the Atlantic, the European prints list around €2.01 on Cardmarket.
By Printing
By printing: Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card. $1.32 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $46.73 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $7.55
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Normal printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Sleeping Gas
Cost: Psychic
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
Destiny Bond
Cost: Psychic, Colorless
Discard 1 Psychic Energy card attached to Gastly in order to use this attack. If a Pokémon Knocks Out Gastly during your opponent's next turn, Knock Out that Pokémon.
“Almost invisible, this gaseous Pokémon cloaks the target and puts it to sleep without notice.”
About $1.32 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 12, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 54% over the last 3 months — from $0.86 to $1.32 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 103%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $1.75 — that was September 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
The European printings list around €2.01 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $1.32 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Gastly (Base #50). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
Cards trading near $1.32 today.
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