Omastar (Communication Evolution Campaign promo)

This article is about a Pokémon Trading Card Game card which has not yet been officially released in English. As such, this article may contain translated Japanese terms instead of English terms.

Omastar LV.36
オムスター Omstar

Illus. Yukiko Baba

Evolution stage

Stage 2 Pokémon
Evolves from Omanyte

Card name

Omastar

Type

Water

HP

80

weakness ×2	resistance None	retreat cost

Japanese expansion	Unnumbered Promotional cards
Japanese rarity

TCG GB2 set	Promotion Card
TCG GB2 ID	P07

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Omastar.

Omastar (Japanese: オムスター Omstar) is a Water-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It is one of the Unnumbered Promotional cards.

Card text

Tentacle Grip

しょくしゅをつかう

Flip a number of coins equal to the number of

Energy attached to Omastar. For each heads, draw 2 cards.

Corrosive Acid

ふしょくえき

40

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, you can't use this attack during your next turn.

Pokédex data

Omastar - Spiral Pokémon

No.

139

Height

3'3" (1 m)

Weight

77 lbs. (35 kg)

Pokédex entry

するどいキバとしょくしゅを持ちながら、カラが大きすぎてエサをとれず、全滅したらしい。

Release information

In Japan, this card was one of five Holofoil Unnumbered Promotional cards that could be obtained as part of the Communication Evolution Campaign. The campaign launched with the release of the third Expansion Sheet on November 24, 1998 and ran until April 30, 1999. Participants who mailed a copy of any Omanyte card along with a copy of Bill's PC to Media Factory during the campaign period were sent a copy of Omastar in return. Approximately 21,000 applications were made for Omastar, making it the least popular of the five cards available.

Gallery

TCG GB2 Promotion Card sprite

Trivia

The requirement of Bill's PC for the campaign led to the five available cards to become known colloquially as Masaki promos in reference to Bill's Japanese name.
Cards from the Expansion Sheets are printed on glossy card stock, while those distributed as part of the Communication Evolution Campaign are printed on regular card stock.
Although the Communication Evolution Campaign cards are based on the concept that certain Pokémon have to be traded to evolve, Omastar's pre-evolved form, Omanyte, does not require to be traded in order to evolve in the Pokémon games.

Origin

This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Blue.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.