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Killing a Fossil counts as a Pokemon?

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

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  • L_LostWord
    L_LostWord Member Posts: 885 ✭✭✭
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    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
    TheJeffers Member Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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
    TheJeffers Member Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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
    aiedos Member Posts: 7
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    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
    L_LostWord Member Posts: 885 ✭✭✭
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    I think base form fossil Pokémon cards say they evolve from the fossil they came from, I only know this from Anorith's cards.

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  • Dr4zhar
    Dr4zhar Member Posts: 35
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    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
    OlderAngel11 Member Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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.