Omanyte (EX Sandstorm 70)

Omanyte  
オムスター Omnite
Water
OmanyteEXSandstorm70.jpg
Illus. Kouki Saitou
Evolution stage
Bag Mysterious Fossil Sprite.png
Stage 1 Pokémon
Evolves from Mysterious Fossil
Card name Omanyte
Type Water
HP 70
weakness
Lightning×2
resistance
None
retreat cost
 
English expansion EX Sandstorm
Rarity Common
English card no. 70/100
Japanese expansion Magma VS Aqua: Two Ambitions
Japanese rarity Uncommon
Japanese card no. 023/080
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Omanyte.

Omanyte (Japanese: オムナイト Omnite) is a Water-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It is part of the EX Sandstorm expansion.

Card text

  Team Assembly [create category]
よんでくる
Search your deck for Omanyte, Kabuto, or any Basic Pokémon and put as many of them as you like onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward. Treat the new Benched Pokémon as Basic Pokémon.
   Bind
しめつける
20
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.


e-Reader data

This card's ID is I-10-#. The Dot Code strip contains Pokédex information, a TCG glossary snippet, and a brief area summary for Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.

Pokédex data

Omanyte - Spiral Pokémon
No. Height Weight
??? 1'4" (0.4 m) 17.0 lbs. (7.5 kg)
Pokédex entry
Revived from an ancient fossil, this Pokémon uses air stored in its shell to sink and rise in water.


Release information

This card is one of the 46 cards first released in September 2003 in the English EX Sandstorm expansion before the release of their Japanese prints. The Japanese print was later released on October 24 in the Magma VS Aqua: Two Ambitions expansion.

Trivia

Origin

Bind is a move in the Pokémon games that Omanyte can learn via Move Tutor in Black 2 and White 2. This card's e-Reader Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Gold.


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