Omastar (EX Sandstorm 19)

Omastar   オムスター Omstar

EX Sandstorm print Illus. Kouki Saitou

Evolution stage Stage 2 Pokémon Evolves from Omanyte Card name Omastar Type Water HP 110 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion EX Sandstorm Rarity English card no. 19/100 Japanese expansion Magma VS Aqua: Two Ambitions Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 024/080 English expansion EX Power Keepers Rarity English card no. 20/108 Japanese expansion World Champions Pack Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 017/108 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Omastar.

Omastar (Japanese: オムスター Omstar) is a Water-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the EX Sandstorm expansion.

Card text

Pull Down ひきもどす

If your opponent has any Evolved Pokémon in play, remove the highest Stage Evolution card from each of them and put those cards back into his or her hand.

Hydrocannon ハイドロキャノン 30+

Does 30 damage plus 20 more damage for each Energy attached to Omastar but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. You can't add more than 40 damage in this way.

e-Reader data

The EX Sandstorm print has the card ID I-71-#. The Dot Code strip contains Pokédex information, a TCG glossary snippet, and a brief area summary for Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.

Pokédex data

Omastar - Spiral Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
???	3'03" (1.0 m)	77.0 lbs. (35.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
Apparently, it cracked Shellder's shell with its sharp fangs and sucked out the insides.

Release information

This card is one of the 46 cards first released in September 2003 in the English EX Sandstorm expansion before the release of their Japanese prints. The Japanese print was later released on October 24 in the Magma VS Aqua: Two Ambitions expansion. It was later reprinted in the English EX Power Keepers expansion with new artwork by Ken Sugimori, which was later released in the Japanese World Champions Pack.

Gallery

EX Sandstorm print Illus. Kouki Saitou	EX Power Keepers print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

Origin

Hydro Cannon is a move in the Pokémon games, though Omastar cannot learn it. The Japanese name of Hydro Cannon is spelled ハイドロキャノン rather than ハイドロカノン as in the video games. This card's e-Reader Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Gold.

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