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Fossil Pokémon cards — how many are there and what are they worth?

There are 62 Fossil cards on file, 62 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $12.95.

Set · 62 cards · 62 with a price · $0.97 to $601.49 · read August 14, 2026

How much is a Fossil Pokémon card worth?

The typical Fossil card costs $12.95. Across the 62 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $0.97 and the dearest is $601.49 — Gengar 5, at $601.49. That spread is why the group price is a starting point and not a valuation of any one card.

Card facts are read from openly published card files; prices are read once a day from public marketplace listings into this site's own archive. Figures on this page were read on August 14, 2026.

All setsRarityPrint variantPokédex numberRegulation markEnergy typeArtistEvolution stageCard mechanicAttack costAttack damageRetreat cost

Fossil 62 cardsSet

Fossil price summary

62 with a price · $0.97 to $601.49 · No. 34 of 145 sets by typical price · +215.9% in 11 months · 63 HP on average · weak to Psychic

Typical price, last 11 months$12.95+215.9% from $4.10
Card price ladder$601.49$3.45 to $601.49
Place among setsNo. 34CheapestMiddleDearestTypical price $12.95 · No. 34 of 145
111 sets cost less than this one
Cards on file6262 carry a priceMost expensive card$601.49Gengar 5Cheapest on record$0.97across all 62 priced cardsPrice rose+215.9%over the last 11 monthsPlace by priceNo. 34of 145 sets

What stands out about Fossil cards

  • Scale 62 cards carry this set — 0.3% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
  • Price Half of the priced cards cost under $12.95, but the dearest reaches $601.49 — a gap of 46×.
  • Place By typical price this is No. 34 of 145 sets; 111 of them cost less.
  • Record 62 of the 62 cards have a price on file. The rest are counted but left out of every price figure rather than guessed at.

How 20,444 English cards narrow down to these 62

Full bar = that step's denominator · filled = what carries over
  • English cards on file 20,44420,033 cardsonly cards that record a set remain · 98.0% of 20,444
  • Cards with a set 20,03362 cardsonly Fossil remain · 0.3% of 20,033
  • The 62 cards on this page62 cards0.3% of every English card on file

The middle step counts every card that records a set, including sets too small to have a page of their own. That is why its figure is larger than the totals on the set list, which only counts the groups it can open.

Fossil Pokémon cards at a glance

  • What this group is. 62 cards share the set base3. A set is the expansion a card was printed in, and every card in the card files this site reads names exactly one. Sorting by set puts each release back together the way it was sold, so a card can be read next to the cards it shared a pack with.
  • What they cost. The typical card is $12.95. Across the 62 priced cards the range runs $0.97 to $601.49.
  • Where it stands. No. 34 of 145 sets by typical price, with 111 of them cheaper.
  • What the cards are like. They average 63 HP and 33 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Psychic.
  • What is listed below. The 50 most expensive of the 62 cards that carry a price, each with its own price page. Cards without a price are counted in the total but are not listed.
  • When it was read. Every figure on this page comes from the archive as it stood on August 14, 2026.
Source: Counted from 62 cards on file, 62 of them with a price

Every Fossil card with a price on file

The 50 dearest Fossil cards, each one opening its own price page.
1Gengar 5 — FossilMarket $601.49Gengar [5]2Dragonite 4 — FossilMarket $461.75Dragonite [4]3Articuno 2 — FossilMarket $202.49Articuno [2]4Moltres 12 — FossilMarket $192.61Moltres [12]5Zapdos 15 — FossilMarket $147.37Zapdos [15]6Haunter 6 — FossilMarket $143.38Haunter [6]7Raichu 14 — FossilMarket $118.63Raichu [14]8Kabutops 9 — FossilMarket $115.14Kabutops [9]9Ditto 3 — FossilMarket $113.47Ditto [3]10Lapras 10 — FossilMarket $110.04Lapras [10]11Gengar 20 — FossilMarket $102.88Gengar [20]12Dragonite 19 — FossilMarket $101.62Dragonite [19]13Aerodactyl 1 — FossilMarket $89.63Aerodactyl [1]14Hitmonlee 7 — FossilMarket $88.45Hitmonlee [7]15Hypno 8 — FossilMarket $79.54Hypno [8]16Muk 13 — FossilMarket $58.58Muk [13]17Magneton 11 — FossilMarket $48.27Magneton [11]18Moltres 27 — FossilMarket $29.30Moltres [27]19Articuno 17 — FossilMarket $28.27Articuno [17]20Lapras 25 — FossilMarket $26.72Lapras [25]21Raichu 29 — FossilMarket $25.66Raichu [29]22Haunter 21 — FossilMarket $24.86Haunter [21]23Zapdos 30 — FossilMarket $24.26Zapdos [30]24Aerodactyl 16 — FossilMarket $23.34Aerodactyl [16]25Ditto 18 — FossilMarket $22.87Ditto [18]26Kabutops 24 — FossilMarket $22.24Kabutops [24]27Kabuto 50 — FossilMarket $21.73Kabuto [50]28Hypno 23 — FossilMarket $16.98Hypno [23]29Muk 28 — FossilMarket $14.46Muk [28]30Magneton 26 — FossilMarket $13.93Magneton [26]31Hitmonlee 22 — FossilMarket $13.78Hitmonlee [22]32Psyduck 53 — FossilMarket $12.11Psyduck [53]33Mr. Fuji 58 — FossilMarket $11.80Mr. Fuji [58]34Slowbro 43 — FossilMarket $11.75Slowbro [43]35Magmar 39 — FossilMarket $8.77Magmar [39]36Gastly 33 — FossilMarket $8.69Gastly [33]37Sandslash 41 — FossilMarket $8.08Sandslash [41]38Golem 36 — FossilMarket $7.20Golem [36]39Arbok 31 — FossilMarket $6.58Arbok [31]40Slowpoke 55 — FossilMarket $6.51Slowpoke [55]41Golduck 35 — FossilMarket $6.50Golduck [35]42Omastar 40 — FossilMarket $6.16Omastar [40]43Tentacruel 44 — FossilMarket $6.08Tentacruel [44]44Cloyster 32 — FossilMarket $5.83Cloyster [32]45Weezing 45 — FossilMarket $5.74Weezing [45]46Seadra 42 — FossilMarket $5.15Seadra [42]47Golbat 34 — FossilMarket $5.14Golbat [34]48Graveler 37 — FossilMarket $4.93Graveler [37]49Gambler 60 — FossilMarket $4.78Gambler [60]50Geodude 47 — FossilMarket $3.45Geodude [47]

The 50 most expensive Fossil cards on file, dearest first. The badge on each card is its market price.

0 of the 62 cards on file carry no published price, so they are counted in every total on this page but are not drawn here rather than shown with a guessed figure.

The grid above runs dearest first. This list runs in printing order — by card number inside the set — so a card can be found the way it sits in a binder rather than by what it costs.

Each row opens that card's own price page.

The same 50 cards in printing orderCard number · name · rarity · market price
Aerodactyl 1 — Fossil price page1Aerodactyl#1 · Rare Holo$89.63FightingArticuno 2 — Fossil price page2Articuno#2 · Rare Holo$202.49WaterDitto 3 — Fossil price page3Ditto#3 · Rare Holo$113.47ColorlessDragonite 4 — Fossil price page4Dragonite#4 · Rare Holo$461.75ColorlessGengar 5 — Fossil price page5Gengar#5 · Rare Holo$601.49PsychicHaunter 6 — Fossil price page6Haunter#6 · Rare Holo$143.38PsychicHitmonlee 7 — Fossil price page7Hitmonlee#7 · Rare Holo$88.45FightingHypno 8 — Fossil price page8Hypno#8 · Rare Holo$79.54PsychicKabutops 9 — Fossil price page9Kabutops#9 · Rare Holo$115.14FightingLapras 10 — Fossil price page10Lapras#10 · Rare Holo$110.04Water
Show the rest of the list40 more cards in printing order+40
Magneton 11 — Fossil price page11Magneton#11 · Rare Holo$48.27LightningMoltres 12 — Fossil price page12Moltres#12 · Rare Holo$192.61FireMuk 13 — Fossil price page13Muk#13 · Rare Holo$58.58GrassRaichu 14 — Fossil price page14Raichu#14 · Rare Holo$118.63LightningZapdos 15 — Fossil price page15Zapdos#15 · Rare Holo$147.37LightningAerodactyl 16 — Fossil price page16Aerodactyl#16 · Rare$23.34FightingArticuno 17 — Fossil price page17Articuno#17 · Rare$28.27WaterDitto 18 — Fossil price page18Ditto#18 · Rare$22.87ColorlessDragonite 19 — Fossil price page19Dragonite#19 · Rare$101.62ColorlessGengar 20 — Fossil price page20Gengar#20 · Rare$102.88PsychicHaunter 21 — Fossil price page21Haunter#21 · Rare$24.86PsychicHitmonlee 22 — Fossil price page22Hitmonlee#22 · Rare$13.78FightingHypno 23 — Fossil price page23Hypno#23 · Rare$16.98PsychicKabutops 24 — Fossil price page24Kabutops#24 · Rare$22.24FightingLapras 25 — Fossil price page25Lapras#25 · Rare$26.72WaterMagneton 26 — Fossil price page26Magneton#26 · Rare$13.93LightningMoltres 27 — Fossil price page27Moltres#27 · Rare$29.30FireMuk 28 — Fossil price page28Muk#28 · Rare$14.46GrassRaichu 29 — Fossil price page29Raichu#29 · Rare$25.66LightningZapdos 30 — Fossil price page30Zapdos#30 · Rare$24.26LightningArbok 31 — Fossil price page31Arbok#31 · Uncommon$6.58GrassCloyster 32 — Fossil price page32Cloyster#32 · Uncommon$5.83WaterGastly 33 — Fossil price page33Gastly#33 · Uncommon$8.69PsychicGolbat 34 — Fossil price page34Golbat#34 · Uncommon$5.14GrassGolduck 35 — Fossil price page35Golduck#35 · Uncommon$6.50WaterGolem 36 — Fossil price page36Golem#36 · Uncommon$7.20FightingGraveler 37 — Fossil price page37Graveler#37 · Uncommon$4.93FightingMagmar 39 — Fossil price page38Magmar#39 · Uncommon$8.77FireOmastar 40 — Fossil price page39Omastar#40 · Uncommon$6.16WaterSandslash 41 — Fossil price page40Sandslash#41 · Uncommon$8.08FightingSeadra 42 — Fossil price page41Seadra#42 · Uncommon$5.15WaterSlowbro 43 — Fossil price page42Slowbro#43 · Uncommon$11.75PsychicTentacruel 44 — Fossil price page43Tentacruel#44 · Uncommon$6.08WaterWeezing 45 — Fossil price page44Weezing#45 · Uncommon$5.74GrassGeodude 47 — Fossil price page45Geodude#47 · Common$3.45FightingKabuto 50 — Fossil price page46Kabuto#50 · Common$21.73FightingPsyduck 53 — Fossil price page47Psyduck#53 · Common$12.11WaterSlowpoke 55 — Fossil price page48Slowpoke#55 · Common$6.51PsychicMr. Fuji 58 — Fossil price page49Mr. Fuji#58 · Uncommon$11.80Gambler 60 — Fossil price page50Gambler#60 · Common$4.78
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Which Fossil cards share a name across several printings?

16 of the 50 cards listed above are reprints of just 8 names. Buying by name alone is how people end up with the wrong printing, because these share a name but not a set, a rarity or a price.

Gengar2 printings · 1 set

Gengar [5]Rare Holo · FossilMarket $601.49Gengar [20]Rare · FossilMarket $102.88

Dragonite2 printings · 1 set

Dragonite [4]Rare Holo · FossilMarket $461.75Dragonite [19]Rare · FossilMarket $101.62

Articuno2 printings · 1 set

Articuno [2]Rare Holo · FossilMarket $202.49Articuno [17]Rare · FossilMarket $28.27

Moltres2 printings · 1 set

Moltres [12]Rare Holo · FossilMarket $192.61Moltres [27]Rare · FossilMarket $29.30

Zapdos2 printings · 1 set

Zapdos [15]Rare Holo · FossilMarket $147.37Zapdos [30]Rare · FossilMarket $24.26

Haunter2 printings · 1 set

Haunter [6]Rare Holo · FossilMarket $143.38Haunter [21]Rare · FossilMarket $24.86

Raichu2 printings · 1 set

Raichu [14]Rare Holo · FossilMarket $118.63Raichu [29]Rare · FossilMarket $25.66

Kabutops2 printings · 1 set

Kabutops [9]Rare Holo · FossilMarket $115.14Kabutops [24]Rare · FossilMarket $22.24
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Are Fossil Pokémon cards going up in value?

This is the middle price of the whole set on each reading day, so it answers the question for Fossil as a set rather than for one card.

What one Fossil card cost over the readings on file

Middle price of one card · 13 readings · latest $12.95
Sep 12, 2025Middle price of one card$4.10Jul 17, 2026Middle price of one card$13.46From start+228.3%From previous+0.7%Aug 14, 2026Middle price of one card$12.95From start+215.9%From previous-3.8%
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Every point is a reading taken on that date, joined without smoothing. Cards that carry no price are left out of every point rather than counted as zero.
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How Fossil Pokémon card prices are spread

One number cannot describe a set whose cards run from pocket change to several hundred dollars. These points and the two ends below show the shape of it.

An average hides the shape of a set. These points say where the money actually sits among Fossil cards.

A typical Fossil card$12.95medianThat is 2.2% of the dearest single card at $601.49. "Fossil cards are expensive" is a story about one card.
The cheapest Fossil card$0.97Fossil #59That is 7.5% of the typical price, so this set has cards you can buy for pocket change.
One in four costs less than this$5.14lower quarterA quarter of the priced cards sit under $5.14.
One in ten costs more than this$118.28upper tenthThat is 9.1× the typical price. This bar is the longest one here, and the tiles above are measured against it.

The two ends of that spread are both Fossil cards. Put side by side, they show what you are actually paying for.

Dearest on fileGengarFossil #5One card carries the reputation of the whole set at $601.49.
620 times apartBoth were opened out of the same packs.
A quarter of the set costs under $5.14.
62 of the 62 cards carry a price at all.
Cheapest on fileEnergy SearchFossil #59The same set, in print, for $0.97.
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What Fossil Pokémon cards are made of, and which of them hold the value

Fossil prints 4 rarities across its 62 cards, and the biggest of them is Common with 16 cards.
4rarities printed
Common16 · 25.8%Uncommon16 · 25.8%Rare15 · 24.2%Rare Holo15 · 24.2%

The rarities printed in Fossil, counted across all 62 cards on file.

Every rarity in Fossil, most printed first
Common25.8%$2.93 typical16 cards
Uncommon25.8%$6.33 typical16 cards
Rare24.2%$24.26 typical15 cards
Rare Holo24.2%$115.14 typical15 cards

Each bar is measured against the biggest rarity, Common with 16 cards, so the bars compare the rarities with one another. The percentage on each row is that rarity's share of all 62 cards.

The price on each row is the middle price inside that rarity, not the price of any single card.

Every rarity in Fossil, most printed first
GroupShareValue
Common25.8%16 cards
Uncommon25.8%16 cards
Rare24.2%15 cards
Rare Holo24.2%15 cards
7energy types
Water16 · 25.8%Fighting11 · 17.7%Psychic9 · 14.5%Grass8 · 12.9%Lightning6 · 9.7%Colorless4 · 6.5%The rest8 · 12.9%

The energy types printed in Fossil. 57 of the 62 cards carry a type; the rest are cards with no energy type printed on them.

Every energy type in Fossil, most printed first
Water25.8%$5.96 typical16 cards
Fighting17.7%$21.73 typical11 cards
Psychic14.5%$24.86 typical9 cards
Grass12.9%$5.44 typical8 cards
Lightning9.7%$36.97 typical6 cards
Colorless6.5%$107.55 typical4 cards
Fire4.8%$29.30 typical3 cards

Bars are measured against the most printed type. Adding the rows gives 57 cards; the other 5 carry no energy type, which is why the rows do not add up to 62.

A wide spread of types means a set can supply the start of almost any deck. A set that leans on two or three types only helps those decks.

Every energy type in Fossil, most printed first
GroupShareValue
Water25.8%16 cards
Fighting17.7%11 cards
Psychic14.5%9 cards
Grass12.9%8 cards
Lightning9.7%6 cards
Colorless6.5%4 cards
Fire4.8%3 cards
5rule box cards
Rule box cards5 · 8.1%The rest57 · 91.9%
Rule box
5cards
8.1% · gives up an extra prize
The rest
57cards
91.9% · one prize when knocked out
Basic Pokémon
24cards
playable straight from hand
Highest HP
100
the real reason to run one

A rule box card carries a printed rule that hands the opponent an extra prize card when it is knocked out. 5 of the 62 cards in Fossil carry one.

The count is read from the printed rule on the card face, so it covers ex, V, GX and every other rule box wording without needing a list of names.

Holo, reverse holo or plain — how Fossil cards were printed
1st Edition75.8%$6.58 typical47 cards
1st Edition Holofoil24.2%$115.14 typical15 cards

The printing finish of each card, with the middle price inside each finish beside it.

Holo, reverse holo or plain — how Fossil cards were printed
GroupShareValue
1st Edition75.8%47 cards
1st Edition Holofoil24.2%15 cards
How far up the evolution line Fossil cards sit
Stage 140.3%$13.93 typical25 cards
Basic38.7%$12.95 typical24 cards
Stage 212.9%$102.25 typical8 cards

Basic cards can be played straight from hand; Stage 1 and Stage 2 need the card below them on the board first.

How far up the evolution line Fossil cards sit
GroupShareValue
Stage 140.3%25 cards
Basic38.7%24 cards
Stage 212.9%8 cards
An evolution line printed inside Fossil3 steps · every one of them in this set
GastlyBasic · Fossil #33 · $8.69
HaunterStage 1 · Fossil #6 · $143.38
GengarStage 2 · Fossil #5 · $601.49
Gastly → Haunter → Gengar
  • Every card in this line was printed in Fossil itself, so the whole line can be put together out of the same set.
  • The card at the end of the line costs $601.49, against $8.69 for the one it starts from — a gap of 69.2×.
  • 31 of the 50 cards listed on this page name an earlier Pokémon they evolve from.
What Fossil cards are played on top of6 named earlier Pokémon · most cards first
4 cardsMysterious Fossil6.5% of the set
DragonairNo image2 cardsDragonair3.2% of the set
DrowzeeNo image2 cardsDrowzee3.2% of the set
2 cardsGastly3.2% of the set
2 cardsGrimer3.2% of the set
2 cardsHaunter3.2% of the set
Who drew the Fossil cards
Kagemaru Himeno29.0%$5.96 typical18 cards
Ken Sugimori29.0%$21.99 typical18 cards
Mitsuhiro Arita27.4%$24.26 typical17 cards
Keiji Kinebuchi12.9%$13.83 typical8 cards
Miki Tanaka1.6%1 cards

The 5 illustrators with the most cards in this set, out of 5 credited in total.

Who drew the Fossil cards
GroupShareValue
Kagemaru Himeno29.0%18 cards
Ken Sugimori29.0%18 cards
Mitsuhiro Arita27.4%17 cards
Keiji Kinebuchi12.9%8 cards
Miki Tanaka1.6%1 cards
Fossil Pokémon cards by rarity
RarityCardsShare of the setTypical price
Common16 25.8%$2.93
Uncommon16 25.8%$6.33
Rare15 24.2%$24.26
Rare Holo15 24.2%$115.14

Counted across all 62 Fossil cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row.

The most common rarity alone covers 25.8% of the set. The thicker that layer is, the less it costs to put a first deck together — the frame gets built out of cards that fall out of packs, and the scarce ones are kept for the slots that decide a game.

Fossil prints 4 rarities, and the top three fill 75.8% of the set between them. The other 1 split the remaining 15 cards, which is the usual shape: the scarcer the tier, the more tiers there are and the fewer cards sit in each.

By energy type the set leans on Water with 16 cards, and the thinnest type on file is Fire with 3. A gap of 13 cards between the widest and the narrowest type is what decides whether this set can start a deck of any colour or only feeds two of them.

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How much HP and damage Fossil Pokémon cards print

An average hides the shape of a group: it reads the same whether every Fossil card prints the same number or they run from one end of the scale to the other. These five points show which of the two is happening.
Fossil Pokémon cards — how far apart the numbers on the cards sit
MeasureLowestLower quarterTypicalUpper quarterHighestCards counted
HP1050607810058
Biggest attack1010304010053

Trainer and energy cards carry no HP or attack, so they are left out of these counts rather than entered as zero. "Biggest attack" is the largest printed damage number on the card, before any condition the attack text adds.

The five points that describe Fossil card HP
Lowest10.0% of the highest10 HP
Lower quarter50.0% of the highest50 HP
Typical60.0% of the highest60 HP
Upper quarter78.0% of the highest78 HP
Highest100.0% of the highest100 HP

HP printed on the 58 Fossil cards that carry one. The typical card is 60 HP. Bar length is that HP against the highest in the group.

Half of these cards sit between 50 and 78 HP. The distance between the two ends is what a single average would have hidden.

The five points that describe Fossil card HP
GroupShareValue
Lowest10.0% of the highest10 HP
Lower quarter50.0% of the highest50 HP
Typical60.0% of the highest60 HP
Upper quarter78.0% of the highest78 HP
Highest100.0% of the highest100 HP
The five points that describe the biggest attack on a Fossil card
Lowest10.0% of the highest10 damage
Lower quarter10.0% of the highest10 damage
Typical30.0% of the highest30 damage
Upper quarter40.0% of the highest40 damage
Highest100.0% of the highest100 damage

The largest printed damage number on each of the 53 Fossil cards that print one. The typical card hits for 30. Bar length is that number against the hardest hitter in the group.

Half of these cards hit between 10 and 40. Attack text that adds a condition is not counted here — only the printed number.

The five points that describe the biggest attack on a Fossil card
GroupShareValue
Lowest10.0% of the highest10 damage
Lower quarter10.0% of the highest10 damage
Typical30.0% of the highest30 damage
Upper quarter40.0% of the highest40 damage
Highest100.0% of the highest100 damage
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What are Fossil Pokémon cards weak to?

Weakness is the one printed number that doubles incoming damage, so it decides more matches than HP does. Across the 44 Fossil cards that print one, the most common is Psychic on 14 of them.

What Fossil Pokémon cards are weak to

What Fossil Pokémon cards are weak to — 44 cards counted.
Share across 5 items. The largest is Psychic at 32%.32%Psychic
  • Psychic32%
  • Lightning27%
  • Grass25%
  • Fighting14%
  • Water2%

An attack of this type does double damage to the card. Counted across the 44 Fossil cards that print a weakness.

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Which Fossil Pokémon cards print a resistance?

Resistance is the rarer of the two printed match-ups: only 20 of the 62 Fossil cards on file carry one at all, and the rest simply leave the box empty.

What Fossil Pokémon cards resist

What Fossil Pokémon cards resist — 20 cards counted.
Share across 3 items. The largest is Fighting at 85%.85%Fighting
  • Fighting85%
  • Psychic10%
  • Lightning5%

Resistance cuts incoming damage from that type. Only some Fossil cards print one, which is why this count is smaller than the card total.

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How do Fossil Pokémon cards evolve?

Evolution stage decides how many turns a card costs you before it can attack. These are the 57 Fossil cards that print a stage.

How Fossil Pokémon cards evolve

How Fossil Pokémon cards evolve — 57 cards counted.
Share across 3 items. The largest is Stage 1 at 44%.44%Stage 1
  • Stage 144%
  • Basic42%
  • Stage 214%

Basic cards are played straight from the hand; the later stages have to evolve from the card before them.

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Can you still play Fossil Pokémon cards, and what do they cost to retreat?

Retreat cost is the energy discarded to move a Pokémon back to the bench, and 2 of the 62 Fossil cards cost three or more.
What it costs to retreat a Fossil card
Retreat cost 012.9%discards nothing8 cards
Retreat cost 143.5%27 cards
Retreat cost 232.3%20 cards
Retreat cost 31.6%1 cards
Retreat cost 41.6%1 cards

Retreat cost is the number of energy cards discarded to move a Pokémon back to the bench. Counted across the 57 Fossil cards that print one.

What it costs to retreat a Fossil card
GroupShareValue
Retreat cost 012.9%8 cards
Retreat cost 143.5%27 cards
Retreat cost 232.3%20 cards
Retreat cost 31.6%1 cards
Retreat cost 41.6%1 cards
3.2%effectively stuck
Retreat cost 08 · 12.9%Retreat cost 127 · 43.5%Retreat cost 220 · 32.3%Retreat cost 31 · 1.6%Retreat cost 41 · 1.6%The rest5 · 8.1%

2 of the 62 cards on file cost three energy or more to retreat, which is where a Pokémon starts to be stuck in the active spot.

Cards that print no retreat cost at all are not Pokémon, so they never retreat and are counted in "the rest".

Can you still play Fossil Pokémon cards in a tournament?
QuestionCardsShare of the group
Legal in Standard today11.6%
Legal in Expanded today23.2%
Cards with an Ability1625.8%
Cards with a special rule58.1%

Standard and Expanded are the two tournament formats. A card leaves Standard when its set rotates out, so this share moves each year while the card itself does not change.

How much of the group each answer covers, out of 62 cards
Legal in Standard today1.6%1 cards
Legal in Expanded today3.2%2 cards
Cards with an Ability25.8%16 cards
Cards with a special rule8.1%5 cards

Each track is the whole of the 62 Fossil cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share the answer does not cover.

These rows are not slices of one whole — a card can be legal in Standard and carry an Ability at the same time, so each bar is read on its own.

How much of the group each answer covers, out of 62 cards
GroupShareValue
Legal in Standard today1.6%1 cards
Legal in Expanded today3.2%2 cards
Cards with an Ability25.8%16 cards
Cards with a special rule8.1%5 cards

A card that costs three energy or more to retreat is stuck in practice: paying it empties the board of the energy that was meant to attack. 2 of the 62 cards here sit at that level, which is the argument for packing switch cards alongside them.

At the other end, 8 cards retreat for free. Those are the ones that open a game, because moving them out costs nothing that was going to be spent on an attack.

The rows above add up to 57 cards. The remaining 5 print no retreat cost at all — they never stand in the active spot, so they never retreat.

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Which Fossil Pokémon cards moved most this year

The set line is made of single cards, and they do not all move together. These are the two ends of that spread over the last twelve months.

Biggest risers over 12 months

Biggest fallers over 12 months

Counted on the 53 cards that carried a price on both the first and the last reading, so a card that only appeared recently is not in here.

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The cheapest Fossil Pokémon cards you can buy

The opposite end of the list above — the 6 Fossil cards with the lowest price on file.
Energy SearchCommon · FossilMarket $0.97RecycleCommon · FossilMarket $0.97Mysterious FossilCommon · FossilMarket $1.36TentacoolCommon · FossilMarket $1.75ShellderCommon · FossilMarket $1.83EkansCommon · FossilMarket $1.88

Read on the same day as every other figure on this page. A cheap card is not a broken card — most of a set sits down here, which is what makes a set collectable at all.

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How Fossil compares with the other sets

Where Fossil sits among the 145 sets on file, measured by what an ordinary card in each one costs.

"Which set is the most expensive" has more than one answer depending on what you measure, so this ladder keeps to one: what an ordinary card in each set costs.

Ranked by what an ordinary card costs, Fossil is number 34 of 145 sets, with 111 of them cheaper.

Ranked by what an ordinary card costs, Fossil is number 34

Every bar is measured against No. 1 Legendary Collection at $80.30
  • Legendary CollectionNo. 1 by price · 110 cardsbaseline$80.30
  • Nintendo Black Star PromosNo. 2 by price · 40 cards$57.33
  • Team Rocket ReturnsNo. 3 by price · 111 cards$54.85
  • FossilNo. 34 by price · 62 cardsYou are here$12.95
  • Team RocketNo. 35 by price · 83 cards$12.81
  • Crown Zenith Galarian GalleryNo. 36 by price · 70 cards$12.15

These are the sets that sit next to Fossil on that ladder.

Legendary Collection — 110 cards110 with a pricetypical $80.30Nintendo Black Star Promos — 40 cards26 with a pricetypical $57.33Team Rocket Returns — 111 cards92 with a pricetypical $54.85Team Rocket — 83 cards83 with a pricetypical $12.81Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery — 70 cards70 with a pricetypical $12.15
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The three dearest Fossil cards, side by side

The cards that carry this set's reputation, with the plain facts of the set beside them.
The 3 dearest Fossil cards on file — hover to draw one out
Middle · Dragonite Fossil #4Most drawn by Kagemaru Himeno
Fossil cards
62on file
62 of them carry a price
Rarities printed
4
Most often Common
Illustrators
5
Most often Kagemaru Himeno
Typical card
$12.95median
One in ten costs over $118.28
Typical HP60Typical attack30Weak toPsychicMost printed typeWater

Fossil Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions

How many Fossil Pokémon cards are there?

There are 62 Fossil cards in this archive, and 62 of them carry a price. A set is the expansion a card was printed in, and every card in the card files this site reads names exactly one. Sorting by set puts each release back together the way it was sold, so a card can be read next to the cards it shared a pack with.

How much is a Fossil Pokémon card worth?

The typical one costs $12.95. Across the 62 priced cards the range runs from $0.97 to $601.49, so the group price is a starting point rather than a valuation of any one card.

What is the most expensive Fossil Pokémon card?

Gengar 5 from Fossil, at $601.49. It is 46× the typical price of the group.

Are Fossil Pokémon cards rare?

By price they rank No. 34 of 145 sets, with 111 cheaper than this one. By size the group holds 62 of the 20,444 English cards on file, or 0.3%. Those two together are what "rare" usually means in practice — few of them, and dear because of it.

Do all Fossil Pokémon cards have a price?

No. 62 of the 62 carry a price on file. The rest have never been listed at a price this archive could read, so they are counted in the card total but left out of every price figure rather than guessed at.

Where can I see every Fossil Pokémon card?

The list on this page holds the 50 most expensive of them, dearest first, and each card opens its own price page. The remaining 12 carry no published price, which is why they are not drawn.

How often are Fossil Pokémon card prices updated?

Prices are read once a day from public marketplace listings. The figures on this page were read on August 14, 2026. Which cards belong to this group comes from openly published card files and changes only when a new set is added.

Are Fossil Pokémon cards going up in value?

Over the last 11 months the typical Fossil card rose from $4.10 to $12.95, a change of +215.9%. That is the middle of the whole group, so it describes an ordinary card of this kind rather than the headline one at the top.

How much does a cheap Fossil Pokémon card cost?

One in four Fossil cards costs $5.14 or less and the cheapest on file is $0.97. Three in four cost $56.00 or less, so the cards past that point are the exception rather than the rule for this group.

Which Fossil Pokémon cards are worth the most?

Sorted by rarity, Rare Holo is the dearest kind of Fossil card: 15 of them are on file and the middle one costs $115.14. The table on this page lists every rarity in the group beside its own typical price.

What is the highest HP on a Fossil Pokémon card?

The highest printed HP among Fossil cards is 100, and the lowest is 10. The typical one is 60 HP, with half of them between 50 and 78 — figures counted from the 58 cards in this group that print an HP value.

Are Fossil Pokémon cards legal in tournaments?

1 of the 62 Fossil cards are legal in Standard today and 2 in Expanded — 1.6% and 3.2% of the group. A card leaves Standard when its set rotates out, so this share moves each year even though the cards do not change.

What are Fossil Pokémon cards weak to?

Most often Psychic — 14 of the 44 Fossil cards that print a weakness take double damage from it, with Lightning next at 12 cards. Weakness is printed per card, so the group tendency is a guide and the card itself is the answer.

Which Fossil Pokémon card rose the most this year?

Kabuto 50 from Fossil, which went from $2.52 to $21.73 — a change of +762.3% between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026. It is one of 53 Fossil cards that carried a price on both days.

How these Fossil figures are collected, and where you can check them

Every figure on this page is counted from the 62 Fossil cards this site holds on file — 62 of them with a price read once a day from public marketplace listings into this site's own archive. Nothing here is estimated: a card with no price is left out of the price columns rather than filled in. The places below are where the same card information can be checked.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

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The Pokémon Company International — official tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

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Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, rarity, types, regulation mark, illustrator credits) github.com
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TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set listings and printed names) github.com

Before you rely on these figures

Note: Prices on this page are asking and market prices for ungraded English Fossil cards, taken from a daily snapshot of public marketplace listings read on August 14, 2026. They are not offers, they exclude shipping, duty and marketplace fees, and they move. Counts cover only the English cards this site holds on file. Graded prices, population counts, sealed product values and pack odds are not published on this site because no free commercial source provides them.

Last updated: 2026-08-14