Omastar 23/144 · Skyridge

Skyridge is a set in the E-Card series. It was released on May 12, 2003. The printed size is 144. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. Omastar is 23/144, in position 23 of 182 on this checklist. Before it is 22 Nidoqueen, and after it is 24 Piloswine. The listed rarity is Rare.

Omastar is a Stage 2 Water Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Omastar (#139), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Omanyte. In this catalog that name is Omanyte (#138).

Hajime Kusajima illustrated this card. The same name is on 206 other cards in the catalog.

Omastar (#139) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Omastar 40/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 16 other cards of Omastar list a different HP.

Primal Stare is listed as Poké-Body. As long as Omastar is your Active Pokémon, your opponent can't play Basic Pokémon or Evolution cards from his or her hand to evolve his or her Active Pokémon. The attack Spook lists 50 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

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