Killing a Fossil counts as a Pokemon?

aiedos · February 13

Hi, why does killing a fossil count as a Pokemon when Marshadow uses the Revenge ability? It's not really a pokemon is it?

L_LostWord · February 13

Is it like say a Claw Fossil, which if you killed would mean that you 1. Shatter the rock and 2. Make it so resurrecting it would be impossible.

TheJeffers · February 14

Are you speaking from a flavour perspective?

Because from a game balance perspective, it makes sense that taking out a fossil counts as a Pokémon.

Fossils used to be considered strictly items in the TCG, but it was open to abuse.

TheJeffers · February 14

Are you speaking from a flavour perspective?

Because from a game balance perspective, it makes sense that taking out a fossil counts as a Pokémon.

Fossils used to be considered strictly items in the TCG, but it was open to abuse.

aiedos · February 15

Purely from a logical perspective. A fossil is not alive and therefore you taking it out shouldn't constitute as defeating it. And therefore, the Revenge ability shouldn't trigger.

L_LostWord · February 15

I think base form fossil Pokémon cards say they evolve from the fossil they came from, I only know this from Anorith's cards.

Dr4zhar · February 18

I guess it's a balancing element. People are already using fossils as easy decoys since you can just discard them without a retreat cost. If they didn't give a point, every deck would slot them as decoys.

OlderAngel11 · February 18

I agree I was confused by this. I wish you didn't take a point off of it so that it could be a decoy.

Killing a Fossil counts as a Pokemon?

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