Restored Pokémon (TCG): Difference between revisions

Only eleven Pokémon are currently classified as Restored Pokémon: {{TCG|Aerodactyl}}, {{TCG|Amaura}}, {{TCG|Anorith}}, {{TCG|Archen}}, {{TCG|Cranidos}}, {{TCG|Kabuto}}, {{TCG|Lileep}}, {{TCG|Omanyte}}, {{TCG|Shieldon}}, {{TCG|Tirtouga}}, and {{TCG|Tyrunt}}.

Introduced first in the {{TCG|Fossil}} expansion, there was the {{TCG|Item}} card {{TCG|Mysterious Fossil}} which could be put into play as if it were a Basic Pokémon with 10 HP that had no attacks or {{TCG|Pokémon Power}}, could not Retreat or be affected by {{TCG|Special Conditions}}, could be discarded at any time during your turn before your attack, and your opponent did not take a Prize when it was Knocked Out. {{TCG|Aerodactyl}}, {{TCG|Kabuto}}, and {{TCG|Omanyte}} cards released during this time until the mechanic was altered were Stage 1 Pokémon which could Evolve from Mysterious Fossil. As Mysterious Fossil did not count as a Pokémon while in your hand, it could not be your opening Pokémon.

Other ways of putting those cards into play were introduced as well in subsequent expansions, and Mysterious Fossil received multiple errata tweaking its effect, including periods where it could optionally count as a Pokémon while in hand (allowing you to open with it) and where it had to be treated as such. One alternative to Mysterious Fossil was not a shortcut (like {{TCG|Fossil Egg}} but a replacement known as {{TCG|Buried Fossil}}), but actually a Basic, Colorless Pokémon and behaved as such, and could Evolve into your choice of the same three Pokémon as Mysterious Fossil.

When the [[Generation_III|third generation]] of Pokémon video games were introduced, so were more cards using this original mechanic, except both of these newer Pokémon - {{TCG|Anorith}} and {{TCG|Lileep}} - had their own specific Fossil card - {{TCG|Claw Fossil}} and {{TCG|Root Fossil}}, respectively. Mysterious Fossil was reissued with updated text alongside these cards, and this trend continued until this mechanic was replaced with the current one that featured Restored Pokémon.

Despite the existence of Restored Pokémon, the Sun & Moon Series reverted how Fossil Pokémon worked to the original mechanic, introducing the [[Unidentified Fossil (Ultra Prism 134)|Unidentified Fossil]] card for Fossil Pokémon to evolve from.

 

* {{TCG ID|Dark Explorers|Aerodactyl|53}} ({{TCG|Dark Explorers}}) and {{TCG ID|Fates Collide|Aerodactyl|76}} ({{TCG|Fates Collide}}) Pokémon cards

 

 

* {{TCG ID|Steam Siege|Anorith|56}} ({{TCG|Steam Siege}}) Pokémon card

::*'''{{TCG|Armaldo}} (stage 1)'''

 

* {{TCG ID|Noble Victories|Archen|66}} ({{TCG|Noble Victories}}) and {{TCG ID|Plasma Blast|Archen|53}} ({{TCG|Plasma Blast}}) Pokémon cards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Despite being introduced to the Pokémon series before the implementation of Restored Pokémon cards, Cranidos is the only Fossil Pokémon (excluding Generation VIII) to not receive a Restored Pokémon stage card.

** Shieldon, the counterpart to Cranidos in Generation IV, was printed with a Restored Pokémon stage in {{TCG|Steam Siege}}, but was 'partnered' with Anorith instead, with Lileep being 'partnered' with both Archen and Tirtouga in {{TCG|Plasma Blast}}.