Root Fossil (EX Sandstorm 92)

Trainer

Root Fossil ねっこの化石 Root Fossil

EX Sandstorm print Illus. Ryo Ueda Hit Points 40 English expansion EX Sandstorm Rarity English card no. 92/100 Japanese expansion Miracle of the Desert Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 048/053 English expansion EX Legend Maker Rarity English card no. 80/92 Japanese expansion Mirage Forest Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 079/086 Expansion EX Holon Phantoms Rarity English card no. 93/110 English expansion EX Power Keepers Rarity English card no. 86/108 Japanese expansion World Champions Pack Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 088/108 English expansion Legends Awakened Rarity English card no. 139/146 Japanese expansion Cry from the Mysterious Japanese Rarity

Root Fossil (Japanese: ねっこの化石 Root Fossil) is a Trainer card. It is part of the EX Sandstorm expansion.

Card text

EX Sandstorm print

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

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VSTAR Power

Play Root Fossil as if it were a Basic Pokémon. While in play, Root Fossil counts as a Pokémon (instead of a Trainer card). Root Fossil has no attacks of its own, can't retreat, and can't be affected by any Special Conditions. If Root Fossil is Knocked Out, it doesn't count as a Knocked Out Pokémon. (Discard it anyway.) At any time during your turn before your attack, you may discard Root Fossil from play.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Spongy Stone すいとるせきしつ

At any time between turns, remove 1 damage counter from Root Fossil.

EX Legend Maker print

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

{{{ruletext}}}

VSTAR Power

Play Root Fossil as if it were a Basic Pokémon. While in play, Root Fossil counts as a Pokémon (as well as a Trainer card). Root Fossil has no attacks of its own, can't retreat, and can't be affected by any Special Conditions. If Root Fossil is Knocked Out, it doesn't count as a Knocked Out Pokémon. (Discard it anyway.) At any time during your turn before your attack, you may discard Root Fossil from play.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Spongy Stone すいとるせきしつ

At any time between turns, remove 1 damage counter from Root Fossil.

Legends Awakened print

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

{{{ruletext}}}

VSTAR Power

Play Root Fossil as if it were a Basic Pokémon. (Root Fossil counts as a Trainer card as well, but if Root Fossil is Knocked Out, this counts as a Knocked Out Pokémon.) Root Fossil can't be affected by any Special Conditions and can't retreat. At any time during your turn before your attack, you may discard Root Fossil from play. (This doesn't count as a Knocked Out Pokémon.)

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Spongy Stone すいとるせきしつ

At any time between turns, remove 1 damage counter from Root Fossil.

Release information

This card was reprinted in EX Legend Maker with new artwork by the same artist, and again in EX Holon Phantoms and EX Power Keepers. It was reprinted again in Legends Awakened with another new artwork by the same artist.

Gallery

EX Sandstorm print Illus. Ryo Ueda	EX Legend Maker print Illus. Ryo Ueda	Legends Awakened print Illus. Ryo Ueda
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

Origin

Root Fossils are fossils in the Pokémon games which can be revived into Lileep.

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