Buried Fossil 47 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 30 HP.
Colorless · Basic · Skyridge · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Buried Fossil 47 do in a game?
Buried Fossil 47 is a Colorless Pokémon card with 30 HP, printed as Basic.
Buried Fossil 47Skyridge
Buried Fossil 47 performance summary
30 HP · Colorless · Basic · retreat 1
Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 17,062 at 30 HP.
Buried Fossil 4730 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 350 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Buried Fossil 47
- Hit points 30 HP puts it in the ~70 band, where 38.6% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Buried Fossil 47 at a glance
- What it is. A Colorless Pokémon card with 30 HP printed as Basic, printed in Skyridge.
- What it costs to move. 1 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
- Where it can be played. Unlimited only.
- What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.
How does Buried Fossil 47 compare with every other card?
Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.
The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.
This card prints 30 HP, which is 8% of that ceiling.
Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.
17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 30 HP.
Cards in the ~70 band typically print 23 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~70 — this card | 38.6% | 6,669 cards |
| 80~120 | 33.1% | 5,725 cards |
| 130~180 | 15.5% | 2,679 cards |
| 190~230 | 6.6% | 1,148 cards |
| 240~280 | 3.3% | 567 cards |
| 290~330 | 2.4% | 412 cards |
| 340+ | 0.5% | 90 cards |
17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 1 Energy to retreat.
Cards with a retreat cost of 1 typically have 81 HP and print 40 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5.3% | 914 cards |
| 1 — this card | 49.3% | 8,503 cards |
| 2 | 28.6% | 4,926 cards |
| 3 | 12.6% | 2,168 cards |
| 4 | 4.2% | 729 cards |
That is where Buried Fossil 47 stands highest on HP — number 151 of 156 cards in Skyridge. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 30 HP
middle half 60–130 HP
- Lowest to highest printed in the archive
- Middle half of the archive
- This card
Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.
Open the group this card falls into
Back to summaryWhat Buried Fossil 47 does without attacking
Buried Fossil 47 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.
Why this sits apart from the attacks
An attack costs Energy and ends your turn. What is printed above does neither — it is available while the card is in play, so it is a different kind of cost to a deck. Attack costs are in the section above.
Reconstruction can only be used once a turn
The words once during your turn are printed in it, which caps it at one use per turn on that one card. Two copies of the card in play are two separate Pokémon, so each carries its own use.
What does being a Colorless card do for Buried Fossil 47?
Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.
17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Psychic | 13.5% | 2,335 cards |
| Water | 14.1% | 2,435 cards |
| Colorless — this card | 12.6% | 2,173 cards |
| Fire | 9.1% | 1,574 cards |
| Fighting | 10.9% | 1,884 cards |
| Lightning | 8.8% | 1,520 cards |
| Grass | 13.8% | 2,387 cards |
| Metal | 5.4% | 925 cards |
| Darkness | 7.2% | 1,249 cards |
| Dragon | 3.1% | 530 cards |
| Fairy | 1.4% | 237 cards |
What being a Colorless card is worth
No group in the archive most often prints a Colorless weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.
What was printed next to Buried Fossil 47 in Skyridge?
A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.
60
Omanyte [41]
70
Persian [42]
80
Piloswine [43]
70
Starmie [44]
70
Wobbuffet [45]
40
Abra [46]
30
Cleffa [48]
50
Delibird [49]
40
Diglett [50]
50
Ditto [51]
70
Dugtrio [52]
40
Dunsparce [53]
These are the cards numbered either side of #47 in Skyridge. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
Which rules apply to Buried Fossil 47, and where can it be played?
Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.
The rule printed on this card
“Evolves into Omanyte, Kabuto, Aerodactyl You may play a Pokémon card that evolves from Mysterious Fossil on top of Buried Fossil. (This counts as evolving Buried Fossil.) Buried Fossil can't be affected by Special Conditions.”
| Clause | What the rulebook says | Cards it applies to | Share of the archive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retreat | Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn). | 17,244 cards | 84.3% |
Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.
| Format | Status | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | Not listed | This card is not listed for this format |
| Expanded | Not listed | This card is not listed for this format |
| Unlimited | Legal | Can be played in this format |
Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.
Where this card can be played
This card is legal in Unlimited play. It was released on May 12, 2003.
Buried Fossil 47 card record
| Hit points | 30 HP | Type | Colorless |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retreat cost | 1 Energy | Card type | Basic |
| Set | Skyridge | Card number | 47 of 144 |
| Series | E-Card | Released | May 12, 2003 |
| Rarity | Common | Illustrator | Atsuko Ujiie |
| Tournament legality | Unlimited only | ||
| Printed rule | Evolves into Omanyte, Kabuto, Aerodactyl You may play a Pokémon card that evolves from Mysterious Fossil on top of Buried Fossil. (This counts as evolving Buried Fossil.) Buried Fossil can't be affected by Special Conditions. | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Buried Fossil 47 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Buried Fossil 47 — frequently asked questions
What is the retreat cost of Buried Fossil 47?
How often can you use Reconstruction?
Can Buried Fossil 47 be played in a tournament?
What does the rule on Buried Fossil 47 mean?
Does this page say how good Buried Fossil 47 is in a deck?
Where these card facts come from
Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.
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