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Omanyte
Fossil 52/62 • common
- Set
- Fossil
- Number
- 52/62
- Rarity
- Common
- Released
- 1999
- Energy type
- water energy
- Market price
- $3.05
- Artist
- Kagemaru Himeno
What it does
Your opponent plays with his or her hand face up. This power stops working while Omanyte is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.
Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Omanyte but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. You can't add more than 20 damage in this way.
Although long extinct, in rare cases, it can be genetically resurrected from fossils.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- ExpandedNot legal
- UnlimitedLegal
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Where it came from
The Omanyte card was released as part of the Fossil expansion, the third main set of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, which debuted in Japan in 1997 and internationally in 1999. Following the success of the Base Set and Jungle, this expansion focused on the 'fossil' Pokémon introduced in the original Red and Blue video games, capturing the intrigue of prehistoric creatures resurrected through science within the series' lore.
The artwork for this card was created by Mitsuhiro Arita, one of the most prolific illustrators in the franchise's history. Arita utilized a clean, illustrative style that emphasizes the spiral shell of the ancient cephalopod, grounding the creature in a simple, aquatic environment. As a common card, it served as a foundational building block for players looking to evolve their deck into the powerful Omastar, reflecting the game's core mechanic of evolutionary progression.
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