Root Fossil

Legends Awakened 139/146 • common

Set: Legends Awakened
Number: 139/146
Rarity: Common
Released: 2008
Market price: $0.33
Artist: Ryo Ueda

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Market

What it's worth

$0.33market price via TCGplayer · Sep 10, 2026$0.26 – $0.33 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

This card serves as a foundational component for players looking to recover ancient species, acting as a functional tool to bring specific prehistoric creatures onto the field. As a common entry in this set, it remains a practical piece for those building themed decks focused on evolving fossils into powerful allies.

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Card face

What it does

40 HPItem

Poké-BodySpongy Stone

At any time between turns, remove 1 damage counter from Root Fossil.

Play Root Fossil as if it were a Colorless Basic Pokémon. (Root Fossil counts as a Trainer card as well, but if Root Fossil is Knocked Out, this counts as a Knocked Out Pokémon.) Root Fossil can't be affected by any Special Conditions and can't retreat. At any time during your turn before your attack, you may discard Root Fossil from play. (This doesn't count as a Knocked Out Pokémon.)

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
ExpandedNot legal
UnlimitedLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

The Root Fossil card was released in 2008 as part of the Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion Legends Awakened, which drew heavily from the Sinnoh region setting of the Diamond and Pearl video games. In the context of the game, this card functions as a Trainer item that allows players to search their deck for Lileep, reflecting the mechanic of reviving extinct prehistoric Pokémon from fossils found within the game world.

The design of this card follows the aesthetic standards established by The Pokémon Company during the Diamond and Pearl era, featuring artwork that highlights the rocky, mineralized appearance of the item. As a common rarity card, it was produced to be accessible for deck-building purposes, and it serves as a functional component of the fossil-archetype strategy, rather than being intended as a decorative or premium collector’s piece.

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Other printings

Others named Root Fossil

Same name, different printings and different cards — these sources have no shared id tying a reprint to its original.

Root FossilLegend Maker · #80/92 · common · 2006$0.35

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About

About Root Fossil

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