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Cards/Holon Fossil
Holon Fossil card from the Holon Phantoms set
Illustration by Mitsuhiro Arita. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
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Holon Fossil

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A trainer card that summons fossil Pokemon to the bench.

ItemBeginner to play

What this card does

You flip a coin to decide how you get a fossil Pokemon onto your bench.

Heads lets you search your deck for one, while tails moves one from your hand there instead.

What it does

Holon Fossil

Flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for an Omanyte, Kabuto, Aerodactyl, Aerodactyl ex, Lileep, or Anorith and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward. If tails, put an Omanyte, Kabuto, Aerodactyl, Aerodactyl ex, Lileep, or Anorith from your hand onto your Bench. Treat the new Benched Pokémon as a Basic Pokémon.

This card acts as a flexible entry point for your strategy. It ensures you have a Basic Pokemon ready to fight without needing to draw it naturally.

Which deck it belongs in

It suits decks built around Omanyte, Kabuto, Aerodactyl, Lileep or Anorith. These cards often benefit from being on the bench early in the game.

Strengths
  • Fast setup
  • Bench presence
  • Basic status
Watch out for
  • Coin flip risk
  • Specific targets only
  • Deck search limit
Pro tip

Keep the listed Pokemon in your hand if you hope for tails, as that option requires them to be there already.

Good to know

Fossil Pokemon are revived from ancient remains found in the Holon region.

Note for the parent

Explain that the coin flip adds a chance element to their strategy.

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