Rare Fossil (Darkness Ablaze 167)

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Trainer Item
Rare Fossil
めずらしい化石 Rare Fossil
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Illus. 5ban Graphics
Hit Points 70
English expansion Darkness Ablaze
Rarity Uncommon
English card no. 167/189
Japanese expansion Infinity Zone
Japanese Rarity U
Japanese card no. 091/100
Japanese expansion Shiny Star V
Japanese card no. 165/190

Rare Fossil (Japanese: めずらしい化石 Rare Fossil) is an Item card. It was first released as part of the Darkness Ablaze expansion. It is a Fossil Trainer card.

Card text

All prints
ACE SPEC You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
ACE SPEC You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
Team Plasma
Team Plasma
ACE SPEC You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
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Prism Star (Prism Star) Rule
You can't have more than 1 Prism Star card with the same name in your deck. If a Prism Star card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.
TAG TEAM
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VSTAR Power
Play this card as if it were a 70-HP Basic Colorless Pokémon. At any time during your turn, you may discard this card from play.

This card can't be affected by any Special Conditions, and it can't retreat.

 
Do Nothing  
At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.
Ability
Do Nothing
 
At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.
 
Do Nothing  
At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.
You may play any number of Item cards during your turn.


Release information

This card was included in the Darkness Ablaze expansion, first released in the Japanese Infinity Zone expansion. It was reprinted in the Japanese Shiny Star V subset.

Trivia

  • This card operates much in the same way as Mysterious Fossil and Unidentified Fossil in that it can evolve into several different Fossil Pokémon.
  • This card currently has the highest HP out of all Fossil Item cards.

Origin

Fossils are items in the Pokémon games that can be revived into Pokémon. The Fossilized Bird, Fish, Drake, and Dino appear in the illustration of this card.


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