E4's Favorite Gastly & Haunter (Closed - Results)

[inertgeometry]

How this works:

• the “Design” poll is just to get a rough count of participants
• cards are listed in chronological order based on first release
• each card will have a picture followed by the option to vote for it.
• vote for any card that you like.
• on Sunday at 12PM Pacific Time, the polls will automatically close. I will edit this post and title to count down from least to most voted, and we will see which cards are E4’s Favorite.

Reminder: We’ve already covered Gengar, but didn’t include Gastly or Haunter

Note: Most of these images are pulled from quick google searches, eBay, or Bulbapedia if they had a large enough file. If you'd like me to replace an image, you're welcome to post it in the comments.

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Results

Design

• Gastly: 8.36/10 (53 Voters)
  
  
• Haunter: 8.85/10 (53 Voters)
  
  

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Cards

Dishonorable Mentions (0-9 Votes)

53rd/54th - 4 Votes:

52nd - 6 Votes:

49th-51st - 7 Votes:

48th - 8 Votes:

47th - 9 Votes:

30th-46th (10-19 Votes)

45/46th - 10 Votes:

42nd-44th - 11 Votes:

39th-41st - 12 Votes:

38th - 13 Votes:

37th - 14 Votes:

35/36th - 16 Votes:

33rd/34th - 17 Votes:

31st/32nd - 18 Votes:

30th - 19 Votes:

17th-29th (20-29 Votes)

26-29th - 20 Votes:

23rd-25th - 21 Votes:

22nd - 23 Votes:

20th/21st - 24 Votes:

19th - 25 Votes:

18th - 28 Votes:

17th - 29 Votes:

Honorable Mentions (30-39 Votes)

14-16th - 31 Votes:

13th - 32 Votes:

11/12th - 33 Votes:

10th - 34 Votes:

8/9th - 35 Votes:

7th - 36 Votes:

6th - 38 Votes:

5th - 39 Votes:

Top 4 (40+ Votes)

4th - 40 Votes:

2nd / 3rd - 41 Votes:

1st - 43 Votes:

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Polls

Design

Voting Scale:

[ 1 The Worst ] ↔ [ 10 The Best ]

Gastly

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10

Haunter

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10

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Cards

Original Era

• 1996 - Gastly - Base Set

• 1996 - Haunter - Base Set

• 1997 - Gastly - Fossil

• 1997 - Haunter - Fossil

• 1998 - Gastly - Vending Sheet 3, Quick Starter Gift Set Green Deck

• 1998 - Haunter - Vending Sheet 3, Quick Starter Gift Set Green Deck

• 1998 - Haunter - Vending Sheet 3

• 1999 - Sabrina’s Gastly - Yamabuki City Gym (Sabrina Deck) / Gym Heroes

• 1999 - Sabrina’s Haunter - Gym 2 / Heroes

• 1999 - Sabrina’s Gastly - Yamabuki City Gym (Sabrina Deck) / Gym Challenge [#96]

• 1999 - Sabrina’s Haunter - Yamabuki City Gym (Sabrina Deck) / Gym Challenge

• 1999 - Sabrina’s Gastly - Gym 2 / Challenge [#97]

Neo

• 2001 - Gastly - Neo 4 / Destiny

• 2001 - Dark Haunter - Neo 4 / Destiny

VS / e Series

• 2001 - Gastly - e1 Base Expansion Pack / Expedition

• 2001 - Haunter - e1 Base Expansion Pack / Expedition

• 2002 - Gastly - e5 Mysterious Mountains / Skyridge

• 2002 - Haunter - e5 Mysterious Mountains / Skyridge

ADV-PCG / EX

• 2004 - Gastly - Flight of Legends / FireRed LeafGreen

• 2004 - Haunter - Flight of Legends / FireRed LeafGreen

• 2005 - Gastly - Mirage Forest / Legend Maker

• 2005 - Haunter - Mirage Forest / Legend Maker

DP / Pt

• 2006 - Gastly - DP1 / Diamond & Pearl

• 2006 - Haunter - DP1 / Diamond & Pearl

• 2008 - Gastly - Intense Fight in the Destroyed Sky / Stormfront

• 2008 - Haunter - Intense Fight in the Destroyed Sky / Stormfront

• 2009 - Gastly - Pt4 / Arceus [#36]

• 2009 - Haunter - Pt4 / Arceus [#41]

• 2009 - Gastly - Arceus LV.X Lightning & Psychic Deck / Arceus [#68]

• 2009 - Haunter - Arceus LV.X Lightning & Psychic Deck / Arceus [#42]

L / HGSS

• 2010 - Gastly - Lost Link / Triumphant

• 2010 - Haunter - Lost Link / Triumphant

BW

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XY

• 2015 - Gastly - XY8 Blue Shock / BREAKthrough

• 2015 - Haunter - XY8 Blue Shock / BREAKthrough

• 2015 - Gastly AA - Gym Promo / Fates Collide Blister

• 2016 - Gastly AA - 20th Break Starter Pack / Generations

SM

• 2017 - Gastly - sm4S / Crimson Invasion

• 2017 - Haunter - sm4S / Crimson Invasion

• 2019 - Gastly - sm10 [030] / Unbroken Bonds [#67]

• 2019 - Gastly - sm10 [031] / Unbroken Bonds [#68]

• 2019 - Haunter - sm10 / Unbroken Bonds

SwSh

• 2019 - Gastly - s1W / Sword & Shield

• 2019 - Haunter - s1W / Sword & Shield

• 2021 - Gastly - s6K / Chilling Reign

• 2021 - Haunter - s6K / Chilling Reign

• 2022 - Gastly - s10a / Lost Origin

• 2022 - Haunter - s10a / Lost Origin

SV

• 2023 - Gastly - sv2a / 151

• 2023 - Haunter - sv2a / 151

• 2023 - Gastly - sv3a / Paldean Fates

• 2023 - Haunter - sv3a / Paldean Fates

• 2024 - Gastly - sv5K / Temporal Forces

• 2024 - Haunter - sv5K / Temporal Forces

• 2024 - Gastly AR / IR w/Haunter Cameo - sv5K / Temporal Forces

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"E4's Favorite" Polls - Archive

Overview Why I began doing these polls in December 2023 as a way to see how the community here ranks cards of various Pokemon or types of cards. Sometimes we may have an idea of what is #1, but what might round out the top 10? It’s hard to guess, and we always end up surprised in the end. It is also a great avenue to learn about new cards of Pokemon we may not have seen before. As time goes on and the quantity of these becomes overwhelming, I figured it would be beneficial to have them all g…

[inertgeometry]

i tried my best to group up the vending and sabrina’s cards based on information from bulbapedia. i apologize if something is wrong

[inertgeometry]

maybe my favorite haunter

[c0ll3ct0r]

Love this one! Could compete with Fossil.

[Quuador]

@inertgeometry

This artwork always reminds me of the Black Lum André from Rayman 3. It doesn’t even look like it tbch, but it just reminds me of it every time I see it for some reason.

And thanks for doing this poll. Gengar may be the most popular, but I personally like them in the order Haunter, Gastly, Gengar.

Greetz,
Quuador

[decoypalmette]

Kusube + ghosts = great work

I love Kizuki as always.

[holahart]

Not relevant to the poll whatsoever but this Haunter art is giving strong “about to get punched by Markiplier” vibes

Much to think about…

[brendantheclayboy]

I have realized that these 2 have gotten the best treatment of all pokemon ever. Wow.

[SeasidePokemon]

I had to hold myself back from voting for all of them. Wow.

[thsigma]

I’m a Haunter > Gengar kinda guy.

[inertgeometry]

they should have stopped with Haunter for sure

[WailordEnthusiast]

Gengar is great and the fact it somehow managed against all odds to get a good looking mega and gigadynamax form makes it even better in my eyes. Great evo line start to finish.

[joponnes]

I’m echoing others, i think i voted 80-90% of them. Such great designs getting such good cards through all eras

[Dyl]

Haunter feels more hit-or-miss than Ghastly to me. I couldn’t believe how consistently great Ghastly was portrayed in comparison.

Dark Haunter is goated. I would kill for a holographic version of this card.

[tcgmaine]

Holly cow! As others said, I was surprised at just how many good cards there were. So many to give love to, but to pick one that no else has highlighted, I’ll go here:

Love that this art is pretty simple, yet the feel of the card meshes so well with Gastly’s vibe!

[pfm]

I’ve always liked this one and idk why

[holoshedinja]

THEY’RE JUST SO CUTE.

I may or may not have voted for basically all of them

[xileets]

Can’t get enough of this Lethal Company Gastly.

[bbobrob]

Gastly pretty much has all good cards, and Haunter has a lot of great ones. Hard to pick a favorite for each, but here are some that I really like (pretty much all of them have already been highlighted by others):

[inertgeometry]

a little less than one day left to get your votes in everyone!