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*This was the first Pokémon card to have a Resistance to its own type.
*This was the first Pokémon card to have a Resistance to its own type.
*A [[prerelease cards|prerelease]] version of this card was created as a Pokémon League promo. It featured the holographic version of this card.
*A [[prerelease cards|prerelease]] version of this card was created as a Pokémon League promo. It featured the holographic version of this card.
*There are 2 versions of the [[prerelease cards|prerelease]] cards. One features the old US "starry foil" pattern that was used in the Base - Fossil sets and the other features a gold stamp and the "cosmic" foil pattern that was used in the Team Rocket set - on.
===Origin===
===Origin===
Prehistoric Power's Japanese name is that of {{m|AncientPower}}, a [[move]] that later appeared in [[Generation II]] of the [[Pokémon games]] that {{p|Aerodactyl}} can learn. {{m|Wing Attack}} is also a move in the games that Aerodactyl can learn. This card's English [[Pokédex]] entry comes from {{game|Red and Blue|s}}, whereas the Japanese entry comes from {{game|Red and Green|s}}.
Prehistoric Power's Japanese name is that of {{m|AncientPower}}, a [[move]] that later appeared in [[Generation II]] of the [[Pokémon games]] that {{p|Aerodactyl}} can learn. {{m|Wing Attack}} is also a move in the games that Aerodactyl can learn. This card's English [[Pokédex]] entry comes from {{game|Red and Blue|s}}, whereas the Japanese entry comes from {{game|Red and Green|s}}.

Revision as of 20:08, 21 January 2012

Aerodactyl LV.28
プテラ Ptera
Fighting
File:AerodactylFossil1.jpg
Illus. Kagemaru Himeno
Evolution stage
File:Mysterious FossilMS.png
Stage 1 Pokémon
Evolves from Mysterious Fossil
Card name Aerodactyl
Type Fighting
HP 60
weakness
Grass×2
resistance
Fighting-30
retreat cost
  
English expansion Fossil
Rarity Rare Holo
English card no. 1/62
Japanese expansion Mystery of the Fossils
Japanese rarity Rare Holo
Expansion Fossil
Rarity Rare
English card no. 16/62
TCG GB1 set Mystery
TCG GB1 ID C34
TCG GB2 set We Are Team Rocket
TCG GB2 ID G33
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Aerodactyl.

Aerodactyl (Japanese: プテラ Ptera) is a Fighting-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It is part of the Fossil expansion.

Card text

Pokémon Power:
Prehistoric Power
げんしのちから
 
 
No more Evolution cards can be played. This power stops working if Aerodactyl is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.


ColorlessColorlessColorless
Wing Attack
つばさでうつ
30


Pokédex data

Fighting
Fighting
Aerodactyl - Fossil Pokémon
No. Height Weight
142 5'11" (1.8 m) 130 lbs. (59 kg)
Pokédex entry
A ferocious prehistoric Pokémon that goes for the enemy's throat with its serrated saw-like fangs.
コハクに残された恐竜の遺伝子から復活させた。高い声で鳴きながら飛ぶ。


Trivia

  • This was the first Pokémon card to have a Resistance to its own type.
  • A prerelease version of this card was created as a Pokémon League promo. It featured the holographic version of this card.
  • There are 2 versions of the prerelease cards. One features the old US "starry foil" pattern that was used in the Base - Fossil sets and the other features a gold stamp and the "cosmic" foil pattern that was used in the Team Rocket set - on.

Origin

Prehistoric Power's Japanese name is that of AncientPower, a move that later appeared in Generation II of the Pokémon games that Aerodactyl can learn. Wing Attack is also a move in the games that Aerodactyl can learn. This card's English Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue, whereas the Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Red and Green.


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