Skull Fossil (Mysterious Treasures 117)

Skull Fossil ずがいの化石 Helmet Fossil Trainer [Trainer]

Platinum print Illus. Ryo Ueda HP 50 Expansion Mysterious Treasures Rarity English card no. 117/123 Japanese Rarity Japanese Half Deck Rampardos Half Deck Expansion Platinum Rarity English card no. 120/127 Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 085/096

Skull Fossil (Japanese: ずがいの化石 Helmet Fossil) is a Trainer card. It debuted in the Mysterious Treasures expansion.

Card text

Play Skull Fossil as if it were a Basic Pokémon. (Skull Fossil counts as a Trainer card as well, but if Skull Fossil is Knocked Out, this counts as a Knocked Out Pokémon.) Skull 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 Skull Fossil from play. (This doesn't count as a Knocked Out Pokémon.)

Poké-BODY

	Skull Stone ずがいのせきしつ
During your opponent's turn, if Skull Fossil would be Knocked Out by damage from an opponent's attack, flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads, put 1 damage counter on the Attacking Pokémon.

Release information

Skull Fossil was reprinted in the Platinum expansion with new artwork by Ryo Ueda.

Gallery

Mysterious Treasures print

Platinum print

Trivia

Origin

Skull Fossil is an item in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl used to resurrect Cranidos.

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