Arceus

Omastar AR 23/99

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Omastar AR 23

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read AR 23/99 there. Its illustration is signed Hajime Kusajima.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Arceus set, released here on 4 November 2009.

When it came out

Arceus landed here on 4 November 2009.

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
120
Type
Water
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
+30
Number
23/99
Set
ArceusAR
Illustrated by
Hajime Kusajima

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Its attacks

Time Spiral

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

30+

Does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Helix Fossil, Dome Fossil, and Old Amber in your discard pile.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,710 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  3. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Omanyte to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass +30. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,710 tournament lists we have read, 3,606 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

The other cards of this Pokémon

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