Phantump and Trevenant Collector's Guide 2026: The Lock Deck, the Ghost/Grass Gap, and Every Price Tier
By Dexhaul Team · September 22, 2026
The card that defined item-lock control in the XY competitive era sells for under $2 raw in 2026.
Phantump (#708) and Trevenant (#709) arrived in Generation 6 with a typing combination that still appears on only three Pokémon in the entire franchise: Ghost/Grass, shared with Hisuian Decidueye introduced in 2021. That narrow overlap makes them one of the most precisely defined niches in Ghost-type collecting.
This guide maps the full product landscape: TCG tiers from XY Base through Evolving Skies VMAX, the Japan-exclusive mascot that commands a 5x secondary-market premium, and the sealed-product gap that defines what collecting this line actually looks like.
The Lore That Made Them Memorable
Phantump's Pokédex entry sets the tone immediately.
In Pokémon X, the text reads that Phantump is "the spirit of a child who died in the forest while lost, possessing a tree stump." It is among the franchise's most explicitly dark origin stories, giving the line a lore weight that Misdreavus or Shuppet collectors rarely have to contend with. That anchor is part of why Phantump merch, especially the Japan-exclusive releases, carries collector context beyond the card alone.
Trevenant extends the story into a territorial forest protector, described on Bulbapedia as a Pokémon that controls other trees and traps those who would harm its forest. The Ghost/Grass duality is unusually coherent for the TCG: tree that haunts versus haunter that is a tree.
The XY Item-Lock Era
Trevenant's competitive peak runs from late 2014 through the 2016–2017 season. The engine was the "Forest's Curse" Ability on Trevenant XY 55/146: while Trevenant was your Active Pokémon, your opponent could not play Item cards from their hand. When Wally (a supporter card) allowed a first-turn evolution from Phantump into Trevenant before the opponent could set up, the lock came down before most decks could respond.
XY BREAKpoint (2016) introduced Trevenant BREAK, card 66/122, which extended the deck's offensive reach. The "Wicked Vine" attack on the BREAK card gave the deck a spread-damage finisher to complement the lock. Trevenant BREAK Item Lock placed in major regional and international events through the 2016–2017 Standard season before rotation removed Wally and the XY base Trevenant.
The result is a card tier with real tournament history and no collector premium attached to it. The BREAK card in Near Mint raw condition lists at CA$5.60–CA$7.00.
The base Trevenant holo XY 55/146 runs around $1.60 USD. A competitive deck-defining pair for under $10.
The V and VMAX Generation
Trevenant received V and VMAX cards in Evolving Skies (August 2021). The V Full Art 013/203 lists at $1.99 raw. The VMAX 014/203 comes in at CA$2.49.
Both prices reflect a structural reality of Evolving Skies: the set's Eeveelution Vs attracted so much collector attention that non-Eeveelution Vs and VMAXs in the same release were reprinted into very low price floors. Trevenant's Ghost/Grass type did not have the Eeveelution pull factor, and supply caught up with demand.
There is no Trevenant ex, IR, or SIR in any English SV main-series set as of September 2026. The VMAX is the current English apex for collectors building a single-character set run. The SV era has not yet revisited the character in an alternate-art treatment.
The YonayonaGhost Mascot and the Japan Premium
YonayonaGhost is a Japan-exclusive Pokémon Center merchandise line built around Ghost-type Pokémon. The Phantump mascot keychain from that series lists used at $32.99 on the secondary market.
The standard National Pokédex metal charm keychain featuring both Phantump (#708) and Trevenant (#709) runs $6.00 USD. That is a 5x price gap between the two Japan-exclusive keychain products for the same character, driven entirely by distribution: the YonayonaGhost line was sold only through Pokémon Center Japan locations and has no domestic reprint.
Trevenant has no Pokémon Fit plush and no Sitting Cuties entry as of September 2026. Phantump has the Paragoni plush in the European market (around €17.99) and the YonayonaGhost mascot as the Japan secondary option, but the evolved form is absent from the main plush product lines entirely. For Ghost/Grass plush collectors, this line is a procurement exercise, not a catalogue browse.
The Sealed Product Gap
No dedicated Phantump or Trevenant premium collection box exists as of September 2026.
There is no ETB headliner, no V Box, no Pin Collection, and no Tin featuring either character. For context, Trevenant had a competitive deck pedigree comparable to Shaymin EX's "Set Up" era, yet Shaymin received dedicated products while Trevenant did not. The VMAX and V cards appeared in standard Evolving Skies packs alongside 200-plus other cards.
The only sealed avenue is Trick or Trade BOOster sets, which have included Phantump and Trevenant with Holo treatment across multiple years. That makes October the documented buy window for this line: BOOster supply is typically at its deepest point in September before Halloween demand shifts pricing through the first week of November.
Collecting Across the Tiers: Where to Start
For TCG entry, the Trevenant XY Base Set holo (55/146) at around $1.60 is the piece with the most history. It is the actual item-lock card from the competitive deck, not a reprint or a V-era variant. At that price it is a more historically grounded buy than most cards in its cost tier.
For BREAK collectors: 66/122 in raw NM at CA$5–7 is the ceiling for XY-era Trevenant and the competitive apex of the character's TCG presence. The BREAK foil treatment holds up visually and prices have not moved significantly since 2020.
For modern SV collectors: the character has no English SV alt-art. The VMAX from 2021 is the current apex, and it trades under CA$3 raw. A PSA 10 graded VMAX may be worth pursuing purely from a population perspective given the card's low raw cost and Evolving Skies' documented centering issues on pack-pulled condition.
For merch collectors: the YonayonaGhost Phantump mascot ($32.99 used secondary) is the standout item. The metal charm pair ($6.00) fills the gap as the only officially licensed item that features Trevenant alongside Phantump in the same product.
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