Fossils are some of the most curious and difficult to understand cards in the Pokémon Pocket TCG.
Although there are very strong Pokémon among the best cards in the game, there are fossils that are very necessary to build the best decks and start winning more games. And if you have followed our complete guide to the card game with tips to get free packs, you will already be close to a new collection achievement and its rewards.
So it’s very likely that you have several fossils in your collection that you don’t know how to best use in the Pokémon Pocket TCG. Here we will tell you all the keys so that you can implement them in your best strategies.
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What are fossils used for in Pokémon Pocket TCG?
The main use of fossils in the Pokémon Pocket TCG is to restore them to one of the fossil pokemon such as Omanyte, Kabuto and Aeordactyl. These are creatures that lived millions of years ago and can still evolve, giving rise to Omastar, Kabutops and others.
In Pokémon TCG Pocket, a fossil card can act as a basic Pokémon that cannot attack due to being fossilized. These are all the characteristics of a fossil letter:
- Fossil cards can evolve.
- They have 40 PS.
- They don’t have a specific type.
- They award a point when knocked down.
- You can discard them at any time without losing points.
- They can accumulate energy.
- They have the rarity of a diamond.
- Technically they are Item cards, not basic Pokémon.
What are the advantages of using fossil cards?
Fossil cards in the Pokémon Pocket TCG have the advantage that they cannot be recovered by a Poké Ball. This means that you can add them to your deck without hindering the start of an important evolutionary line.
It is for this reason that fossil cards serve more as support than as a main strategy. They may take a while to appear and go straight to the bench to build up energy. Some players use fossils to counter Sabrina: instead of losing a main Pokémon, you can discard a fossil for a point.
Another advantage of fossil cards is the powerful prehistoric Pokémon:
- Aerodactyl has the trolliest deck in the game, with one of the most unique and unbalanced abilities.
- Kabutops, for its part, has 140 HP and its attack recovers in HP the same points that it took from its rival.
- Omastar is one of the most oppressive Pokémon, since its attack does 70 damage and prevents the opponent from attacking on their turn.
But there are also disadvantages to using fossil cards in the Pokémon Pocket TCG. If you use them too early, an opponent can use Sabrina to defeat them and gain a easy point, since 40 HP is quite low. Not being able to recover them with Poké Balls means that you can’t count on them. And some like Kabutops and Omastar are a Phase 2, so they go into slow and risky strategies.
One of the safest ways to get fossils is to use Old Amber to get Aerodactyl, who is a Phase 1 and his powerful ability only costs one energy. This is one of the reasons why Aerodactyl is used in a wide variety of Pokémon Pocket TCG tournament decks as a support card.
