Aerodactyl (Fossil 1)

Aerodactyl LV.28
プテラ Ptera

Evolution stage

Card name

60

weakness ×2	resistance -30	retreat cost

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Aerodactyl.

Aerodactyl (Japanese: プテラ Ptera) is a Fighting-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It is part of the Fossil expansion.

Card text

Pokémon Power:

Prehistoric Power
げんしのちから

No more Evolution cards can be played. This power stops working if Aerodactyl is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.

Wing Attack
つばさでうつ

30

Aerodactyl - Fossil Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
142	5'11" (1.8 m)	130 lbs. (59 kg)
Pokédex entry
A ferocious prehistoric Pokémon that goes for the enemy's throat with its serrated saw-like fangs.
コハクに残された恐竜の遺伝子から復活させた。高い声で鳴きながら飛ぶ。

This was the first Pokémon card to have a Resistance to its own type.
A prerelease version of this card was created as a Pokémon League promo. It featured the holographic version of this card.
There are 2 versions of the prerelease cards. One features the old US "starry foil" pattern that was used in the Base - Fossil sets and the other features a gold stamp and the "cosmic" foil pattern that was used in the Team Rocket set - on.

Prehistoric Power's Japanese name is that of AncientPower, a move that later appeared in Generation II of the Pokémon games that Aerodactyl can learn. Wing Attack is also a move in the games that Aerodactyl can learn. This card's English Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue, whereas the Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Red and Green.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.