Omanyte 70/99 · 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. Omanyte is 70/99, in position 70 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 69 Nosepass, and after it is 71 Pikachu. The listed rarity is Common.

Omanyte is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 38. In the Pokédex this is Omanyte (#138), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Helix Fossil. The card lists Omastar, Omastar (#139) under evolves to.

Aya Kusube illustrated this card. The same name is on 127 other cards in the catalog.

Omanyte (#138) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Omanyte 52/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Aya Kusube illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Omanyte list a different HP.

The attack Collect lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Draw 3 cards. Tickle is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Grass +20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A Pokémon that was resurrected from a fossil using modern science. It swam in ancient seas."

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. Omanyte can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.