Omastar 23/99 · Arceus

Arceus is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on November 4, 2009. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Omastar is 23/99, in position 23 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 22 Manectric, and after it is 24 Pelipper. The listed rarity is Rare.

Omastar is a Stage 2 Water Pokémon with 120 HP. The card lists level 55. 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 120 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Omastar list a different HP.

The attack Time Spiral lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Choose 1 of your opponent's Evolved Pokémon. Remove the highest Stage Evolution card from that Pokémon and have your opponent shuffle that card into his or her deck. Primal Tentacles is another attack lists 30+ damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Helix Fossil, Dome Fossil, and Old Amber in your discard pile. Weakness is Grass +30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It is thought that this Pokémon became extinct because its spiral shell grew too large."

I keep a set binder for Arceus, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Arceus 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.