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In Japan, this card was 1 of 5 that could be obtained as part of the Communication Evolution Campaign, which began in April 1999. Participants who mailed an {{TCG|Omanyte}} card along with a copy of {{TCG ID|Vending|Bill's PC|S3}} to MediaFactory during the campaign period would in turn receive copy of this card in the mail. | In Japan, this card was 1 of 5 that could be obtained as part of the Communication Evolution Campaign, which began in April 1999. Participants who mailed an {{TCG|Omanyte}} card along with a copy of {{TCG ID|Vending|Bill's PC|S3}} to MediaFactory during the campaign period would in turn receive copy of this card in the mail. | ||
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|caption1=[[Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!|GB2]] | |||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== |
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Omastar (Japanese: オムスター Omstar) is a Water-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It is one of the Unnumbered Promotional cards.
Card text
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, you can't use this attack during your next turn.
Pokédex data
Release information
In Japan, this card was 1 of 5 that could be obtained as part of the Communication Evolution Campaign, which began in April 1999. Participants who mailed an Omanyte card along with a copy of Bill's PC to MediaFactory during the campaign period would in turn receive copy of this card in the mail.
Gallery
In the video games
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Trivia
- The requirement of Bill's PC for the campaign led to the 5 available cards to become known colloquially as Masaki promos in reference to Bill's Japanese name.
- Cards from the Extended Sheets are printed on glossy card stock, while those distributed as part of the Communication Evolution Campaign are printed on regular card stock.
- Although the Communication Evolution Campaign cards are based on the concept that certain Pokémon have to be traded to evolve, Omastar's pre-evolved form, Omanyte, does not require to be traded in order to evolve in the Pokémon games.
Origin
This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Blue.
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Categories:
- Unreleased cards
- Cards
- Pokémon cards
- Omastar (TCG)
- Pokémon cards with 80 HP
- Pokémon cards with a Retreat Cost of 2
- Stage 2 Pokémon cards
- Evolution cards
- Water-type Pokémon cards
- Cards with Tentacle Grip
- Cards with Corrosive Acid
- Pokémon cards with attack damage 40
- Promotional cards
- Illus. by Yukiko Baba
- Holographic cards