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Cards/Polteageist
Polteageist card from the Fantastical Parade set
Illustration by Shin Nagasawa. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Stage 1 Pokémon

Polteageist

A tricky Stage 1 Psychic Pokemon that disrupts the opponent's hand.

Psychic70 HPStage 1Intermediate to play

What this card does

Evolve from Sinistea to gain a unique ability.

Use Refreshing Tea to shuffle your opponent's cards back into their deck when you play it.

Attack with Spooky Shot for 40 damage.

Signature ability

Refreshing Tea

Once during your turn, when you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon, you may have your opponent shuffle their hand into their deck. For each remaining point that your opponent needs to win, they draw a card.

The Refreshing Tea ability lets you shuffle the opponent's hand into their deck once per turn. This removes their resources and forces them to draw new cards, which can slow down their strategy significantly.

Attacks

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Spooky Shot40

Abilities

AbilityRefreshing Tea

Once during your turn, when you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon, you may have your opponent shuffle their hand into their deck. For each remaining point that your opponent needs to win, they draw a card.

Which deck it belongs in

This card suits decks that rely on disruption and controlling the flow of the game. It works well in Psychic-type strategies where you want to hinder the opponent's options.

Strengths
  • Hand disruption
  • Resource denial
  • Strategic control
Watch out for
  • Low HP of 70
  • One-time ability use
  • Darkness weakness
Pro tip

Use the ability early to force the opponent to draw cards when they have few resources left.

From the Pokédex

Polteageist is a ghost-type Pokemon that resembles a teapot and is known for its mischievous nature.

Note for the parent

Explain to your child that this ability is a powerful tool for resetting the board state, but it can only be used once per turn.

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