Omastar (Communication Evolution Campaign promo): Difference between revisions

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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 ^{[create category]} 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.	Height	Weight
139	3'3" (1 m)	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 1 of 5 that could be obtained as part of the Communication Evolution Campaign, which began in April 1999. Participants who mailed an Omanyte card along with a copy of Bill's PC to MediaFactory during the campaign period would in turn receive copy of this card in the mail.

Gallery

In the video games

GB2

Trivia

The requirement of Bill's PC for the campaign led to the 5 available cards to become known colloquially as Masaki promos in reference to Bill's Japanese name.
Cards from the Extended 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.

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+|cardname=Omastar
-level=36 |
+|jname=オムスター
-jname=オムスター |
+|jtrans=Omstar
-jtrans=Omstar |
+|image=OmastarCommunicationEvolutionPromo.jpg
-image=OmastarCommunicationEvolutionPromo.jpg |
+|caption=Illus. [[Yukiko Baba]]
-caption=Illus. [[Yukiko Baba]] |
+|species=Omastar
-species=Omastar |
+|evostage=Stage 2
-evostage=Stage 2 |
+|evoicon=138
-evoicon=138 |
+|evospecies=Omanyte
-evospecies=Omanyte |
+|evoname=Omanyte
-evoname=Omanyte |
+|type=Water
-type=Water |
+|level=36
-hp=80 |
+|hp=80
-weakness=Grass |
+|weakness=Grass
-retreatcost=2 |
+|retreatcost=2
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 {{PokémoncardInfobox/Expansion|type=Water|jpexpansion={{TCG|Unnumbered Promotional cards}}|jprarity={{rar|Rare Holo}}}}
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 ==Card text==
-{{TCGAttack |
+{{Cardtext/Header|type=Water}}
-type=Water |
+{{Cardtext/Attack
-position=Top |
+|type=Water
-cost={{e|Water}} |
+|cost={{e|Water}}
-name=Tentacle Grip |
+|name=Tentacle Grip
-jname=しょくしゅをつかう |
+|jname=しょくしゅをつかう
-jtrans=Tentacle Grip |
+|jtrans=Tentacle Grip
-damage= |
+|damage=
-effect=Flip a number of coins equal to the number of {{e|Water}} Energy attached to {{tt|Omastar|this Pokémon}}. For each heads, draw 2 cards. |
+|effect=Flip a number of coins equal to the number of {{e|Water}} Energy attached to {{tt|Omastar|this Pokémon}}. For each heads, draw 2 cards.
 }}
-{{TCGAttack |
+{{Cardtext/Attack
-type=Water |
+|type=Water
-position=Bottom |
+|cost={{e|Water}}{{e|Water}}{{e|Water}}
-cost={{e|Water}}{{e|Water}}{{e|Water}} |
+|name=Corrosive Acid
-name=Corrosive Acid |
+|jname=ふしょくえき
-jname=ふしょくえき |
+|jtrans=Corrosive Acid
-jtrans=Corrosive Acid |
+|damage=40
-damage=40 |
+|effect=Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now {{TCG|Paralyzed}}. If tails, you can't use this attack during your next turn.
-effect=Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now {{TCG|Paralyzed}}. If tails, you can't use this attack during your next turn. |
 }}
+{{Cardtext/Footer}}
 ===Pokédex data===
-{{Carddex |
+{{Carddex
-type=Water |
+|type=Water
-name=Omastar |
+|name=Omastar
-species=Spiral |
+|species=Spiral
-ndex=139 |
+|ndex=139
-height=3'3" |
+|height=3'3"
-jheight=1.0 |
+|jheight=1
-weight=77 |
+|weight=77
-jweight=35.0 |
+|jweight=35
-jdex=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。 |
+|jdex=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。
-transdex=A prehistoric Pokémon that died out when its heavy shell made it impossible to catch prey. |
+|transdex=A prehistoric Pokémon that died out when its heavy shell made it impossible to catch prey.
 }}
 ==Release information==
-In Japan, this card was one of five that could be obtained through the Communication Evolution campaign, which began in April 1999. Participants had to send a {{TCG|Omanyte}} card along with {{TCG ID|Vending|Bill's PC|S3}} in the mail to MediaFactory. MediaFactory would then send back the 'evolved' form.
+In Japan, this card was 1 of 5 that could be obtained as part of the Communication Evolution Campaign, which began in April 1999. Participants who mailed an {{TCG|Omanyte}} card along with a copy of {{TCG ID|Vending|Bill's PC|S3}} to MediaFactory during the campaign period would in turn receive copy of this card in the mail.
+==Gallery==
+===In the video games===
+{{TCGGallery
+|type=Water
+|image1=TCG2 P07 Omastar.png
+|size1=64px
+|caption1=[[Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!|GB2]]
+}}
 ==Trivia==
-*Although the vending machine cards were all printed on glossy card stock, the Masaki promos were all printed on regular card stock.
+*The requirement of Bill's PC for the campaign led to the 5 available cards to become known colloquially as ''Masaki promos'' in reference to [[Bill]]'s Japanese name.
-*Despite the Masaki Evolution campaign cards being based on the concept that certain Pokémon have to be traded to evolve, Omastar is included even though its pre-evolved form, {{p|Omanyte}} does not require to be traded in order to evolve in the games.
+*Cards from the {{TCG|Vending Machine cards|Extended Sheet}}s 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 [[trade]]d to [[evolution|evolve]], {{p|Omastar}}'s pre-evolved form, {{p|Omanyte}}, does not require to be traded in order to evolve in the [[Pokémon games]].
 ===Origin===

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