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This article is about a Pokémon Trading Card Game card which has not yet been officially released in English. As such, this article may contain translated Japanese terms instead of English terms.
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Omastar LV.36
オムスター Omstar
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| For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Omastar.
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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
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Tentacle Grip
しょくしゅをつかう
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| Flip a number of coins equal to the number of Energy attached to Omastar. For each heads, draw 2 cards.
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| Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, you can't use this attack during your next turn.
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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
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.
