Aerodactyl 1/62 · Fossil

Fossil is a set in the Base series. It was released on October 10, 1999. The printed size is 62, and the checklist is the same length. Aerodactyl is 1/62, in position 1 of 62 on this checklist. The next card is 2 Articuno. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Aerodactyl is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 28. In the Pokédex this is Aerodactyl (#142), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Mysterious Fossil.

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Aerodactyl (#142) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Aerodactyl 16/62 in Fossil (1999). Both list 60 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. 21 other cards of Aerodactyl list a different HP.

Prehistoric Power is listed as Pokémon Power. No more Evolution cards can be played. This power stops working while Aerodactyl is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed. The attack Wing Attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "A ferocious prehistoric Pokémon that goes for the enemy's throat with its serrated saw-like fangs."

I keep a set binder for Fossil, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Fossil set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Aerodactyl can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.