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Fossil Card List

Released on 10 October 1999, in German as Fossil. The list shows every card with its number, rarity and illustrator. Each card also appears with its name in all 3 languages our database carries this set in.

62cards in the official numbering

62cards in this list, secret rares included

3different rarities

How the set breaks down

Rare: 30 Uncommon: 16 Common: 16

The cards

All 62 cards of the expansion.

Aerodactyl, card 1 from Fossil — **Aerodactyl** 1 · Rare

Articuno, card 2 from Fossil — **Articuno** 2 · Rare

Ditto, card 3 from Fossil — **Ditto** 3 · Rare

Dragonite, card 4 from Fossil — **Dragonite** 4 · Rare

Gengar, card 5 from Fossil — **Gengar** 5 · Rare

Haunter, card 6 from Fossil — **Haunter** 6 · Rare

Hitmonlee, card 7 from Fossil — **Hitmonlee** 7 · Rare

Hypno, card 8 from Fossil — **Hypno** 8 · Rare

Kabutops, card 9 from Fossil — **Kabutops** 9 · Rare

Lapras, card 10 from Fossil — **Lapras** 10 · Rare

Magneton, card 11 from Fossil — **Magneton** 11 · Rare

Moltres, card 12 from Fossil — **Moltres** 12 · Rare

Muk, card 13 from Fossil — **Muk** 13 · Rare

Raichu, card 14 from Fossil — **Raichu** 14 · Rare

Zapdos, card 15 from Fossil — **Zapdos** 15 · Rare

Aerodactyl, card 16 from Fossil — **Aerodactyl** 16 · Rare

Articuno, card 17 from Fossil — **Articuno** 17 · Rare

Ditto, card 18 from Fossil — **Ditto** 18 · Rare

Dragonite, card 19 from Fossil — **Dragonite** 19 · Rare

Gengar, card 20 from Fossil — **Gengar** 20 · Rare

Haunter, card 21 from Fossil — **Haunter** 21 · Rare

Hitmonlee, card 22 from Fossil — **Hitmonlee** 22 · Rare

Hypno, card 23 from Fossil — **Hypno** 23 · Rare

Kabutops, card 24 from Fossil — **Kabutops** 24 · Rare

Lapras, card 25 from Fossil — **Lapras** 25 · Rare

Magneton, card 26 from Fossil — **Magneton** 26 · Rare

Moltres, card 27 from Fossil — **Moltres** 27 · Rare

Muk, card 28 from Fossil — **Muk** 28 · Rare

Raichu, card 29 from Fossil — **Raichu** 29 · Rare

Zapdos, card 30 from Fossil — **Zapdos** 30 · Rare

Arbok, card 31 from Fossil — **Arbok** 31 · Uncommon

Cloyster, card 32 from Fossil — **Cloyster** 32 · Uncommon

Gastly, card 33 from Fossil — **Gastly** 33 · Uncommon

Golbat, card 34 from Fossil — **Golbat** 34 · Uncommon

Golduck, card 35 from Fossil — **Golduck** 35 · Uncommon

Golem, card 36 from Fossil — **Golem** 36 · Uncommon

Graveler, card 37 from Fossil — **Graveler** 37 · Uncommon

Kingler, card 38 from Fossil — **Kingler** 38 · Uncommon

Magmar, card 39 from Fossil — **Magmar** 39 · Uncommon

Omastar, card 40 from Fossil — **Omastar** 40 · Uncommon

Sandslash, card 41 from Fossil — **Sandslash** 41 · Uncommon

Seadra, card 42 from Fossil — **Seadra** 42 · Uncommon

Slowbro, card 43 from Fossil — **Slowbro** 43 · Uncommon

Tentacruel, card 44 from Fossil — **Tentacruel** 44 · Uncommon

Weezing, card 45 from Fossil — **Weezing** 45 · Uncommon

Ekans, card 46 from Fossil — **Ekans** 46 · Common

Geodude, card 47 from Fossil — **Geodude** 47 · Common

Grimer, card 48 from Fossil — **Grimer** 48 · Common

Horsea, card 49 from Fossil — **Horsea** 49 · Common

Kabuto, card 50 from Fossil — **Kabuto** 50 · Common

Krabby, card 51 from Fossil — **Krabby** 51 · Common

Omanyte, card 52 from Fossil — **Omanyte** 52 · Common

Psyduck, card 53 from Fossil — **Psyduck** 53 · Common

Shellder, card 54 from Fossil — **Shellder** 54 · Common

Slowpoke, card 55 from Fossil — **Slowpoke** 55 · Common

Tentacool, card 56 from Fossil — **Tentacool** 56 · Common

Zubat, card 57 from Fossil — **Zubat** 57 · Common

Mr. Fuji, card 58 from Fossil — **Mr. Fuji** 58 · Uncommon

Energy Search, card 59 from Fossil — **Energy Search** 59 · Common

Gambler, card 60 from Fossil — **Gambler** 60 · Common

Recycle, card 61 from Fossil — **Recycle** 61 · Common

Mysterious Fossil, card 62 from Fossil — **Mysterious Fossil** 62 · Common

About the images: The images are loaded from assets.tcgdex.net and are not stored on our server. The card artwork is protected by copyright and belongs to The Pokémon Company. It is shown here to identify each card.

Every card from Fossil as a list

Sorted by card number. Numbers above 62 are secret rares: printed more rarely than anything else in the set.

No.	Card	Rarity	Illustration	In other languages
1	Aerodactyl	Rare	Kagemaru Himeno	Aerodactyl DE · Ptéra FR
2	Articuno	Rare	Mitsuhiro Arita	Arktos DE · Artikodin FR
3	Ditto	Rare	Keiji Kinebuchi	Ditto DE · Métamorph FR
4	Dragonite	Rare	Kagemaru Himeno	Dragoran DE · Dracolosse FR
5	Gengar	Rare	Keiji Kinebuchi	Gengar DE · Ectoplasma FR
6	Haunter	Rare	Ken Sugimori	Alpollo DE · Spectrum FR
7	Hitmonlee	Rare	Ken Sugimori	Kicklee DE FR
8	Hypno	Rare	Ken Sugimori	Hypno DE · Hypnomade FR
9	Kabutops	Rare	Ken Sugimori	Kabutops DE FR
10	Lapras	Rare	Ken Sugimori	Lapras DE · Lokhlass FR
11	Magneton	Rare	Ken Sugimori	Magneton DE · Magnéton FR
12	Moltres	Rare	Mitsuhiro Arita	Lavados DE · Sulfura FR
13	Muk	Rare	Mitsuhiro Arita	Sleimok DE · Grotadmorv FR
14	Raichu	Rare	Mitsuhiro Arita	Raichu DE FR
15	Zapdos	Rare	Mitsuhiro Arita	Zapdos DE · Élector FR
16	Aerodactyl	Rare	Kagemaru Himeno	Aerodactyl DE · Ptéra FR
17	Articuno	Rare	Mitsuhiro Arita	Arktos DE · Artikodin FR
18	Ditto	Rare	Keiji Kinebuchi	Ditto DE · Métamorph FR
19	Dragonite	Rare	Kagemaru Himeno	Dragoran DE · Dracolosse FR
20	Gengar	Rare	Keiji Kinebuchi	Gengar DE · Ectoplasma FR
21	Haunter	Rare	Ken Sugimori	Alpollo DE · Spectrum FR
22	Hitmonlee	Rare	Ken Sugimori	Kicklee DE FR
23	Hypno	Rare	Ken Sugimori	Hypno DE · Hypnomade FR
24	Kabutops	Rare	Ken Sugimori	Kabutops DE FR
25	Lapras	Rare	Ken Sugimori	Lapras DE · Lokhlass FR
26	Magneton	Rare	Ken Sugimori	Magneton DE · Magnéton FR
27	Moltres	Rare	Mitsuhiro Arita	Lavados DE · Sulfura FR
28	Muk	Rare	Mitsuhiro Arita	Sleimok DE · Grotadmorv FR
29	Raichu	Rare	Mitsuhiro Arita	Raichu DE FR
30	Zapdos	Rare	Mitsuhiro Arita	Zapdos DE · Élector FR
31	Arbok	Uncommon	Ken Sugimori	Arbok DE FR
32	Cloyster	Uncommon	Kagemaru Himeno	Austos DE · Crustabri FR
33	Gastly	Uncommon	Mitsuhiro Arita	Nebulak DE · Fantominus FR
34	Golbat	Uncommon	Kagemaru Himeno	Golbat DE · Nosferalto FR
35	Golduck	Uncommon	Kagemaru Himeno	Entoron DE · Akwakwak FR
36	Golem	Uncommon	Kagemaru Himeno	Geowaz DE · Grolem FR
37	Graveler	Uncommon	Kagemaru Himeno	Georok DE · Gravalanch FR
38	Kingler	Uncommon	Kagemaru Himeno	Kingler DE · Krabboss FR
39	Magmar	Uncommon	Mitsuhiro Arita	Magmar DE FR
40	Omastar	Uncommon	Ken Sugimori	Amoroso DE · Amonistar FR
41	Sandslash	Uncommon	Ken Sugimori	Sandamer DE · Sablaireau FR
42	Seadra	Uncommon	Ken Sugimori	Seemon DE · Hypocéan FR
43	Slowbro	Uncommon	Kagemaru Himeno	Lahmus DE · Flagadoss FR
44	Tentacruel	Uncommon	Kagemaru Himeno	Tentoxa DE · Tentacruel FR
45	Weezing	Uncommon	Mitsuhiro Arita	Smogmog DE · Smogogo FR
46	Ekans	Common	Kagemaru Himeno	Rettan DE · Abo FR
47	Geodude	Common	Kagemaru Himeno	Kleinstein DE · Racaillou FR
48	Grimer	Common	Mitsuhiro Arita	Sleima DE · Tadmorv FR
49	Horsea	Common	Mitsuhiro Arita	Seeper DE · Hypotrempe FR
50	Kabuto	Common	Ken Sugimori	Kabuto DE FR
51	Krabby	Common	Mitsuhiro Arita	Krabby DE FR
52	Omanyte	Common	Kagemaru Himeno	Amonitas DE · Amonita FR
53	Psyduck	Common	Kagemaru Himeno	Enton DE · Psykokwak FR
54	Shellder	Common	Mitsuhiro Arita	Muschas DE · Kokiyas FR
55	Slowpoke	Common	Miki Tanaka	Flegmon DE · Ramoloss FR
56	Tentacool	Common	Kagemaru Himeno	Tentacha DE · Tentacool FR
57	Zubat	Common	Kagemaru Himeno	Zubat DE · Nosferapti FR
58	Mr. Fuji	Uncommon	Ken Sugimori	Mr. Fuji DE · M. Fuji FR
59	Energy Search	Common	Keiji Kinebuchi	Energiesuche DE · Recherche d'Énergie FR
60	Gambler	Common	Keiji Kinebuchi	Spieler DE · Joueur FR
61	Recycle	Common	Keiji Kinebuchi	Wiederverwertung DE · Recyclage FR
62	Mysterious Fossil	Common	Keiji Kinebuchi	Geheimnis-Fossil DE · Mystérieux Fossile FR

Data: Our own evaluation of the open tcgdex/cards-database dataset on GitHub, last synced on 8 October 2026.

This set in other languages

What the same expansion is called in the other languages, and how many of its cards we list there.

Language	Name	cards
German	Fossil	62
English	Fossil This page	62
French	Fossile	62

The Base series at a glance

6 sets of this series were released in English, Fossil is number 4.

Set	Released	cards
Base Set	9 January 1999	102
Jungle	16 June 1999	64
Wizards Black Star Promos	1 July 1999	53
Fossil This page	10 October 1999	62
Base Set 2	24 February 2000	130
Team Rocket	24 April 2000	83

Released before and after

The neighbours on the timeline, across series.

Base Set Base, 9 January 1999
Jungle Base, 16 June 1999
Wizards Black Star Promos Base, 1 July 1999
Fossil This page Base, 10 October 1999
Base Set 2 Base, 24 February 2000
Team Rocket Base, 24 April 2000
Gym Heroes Gym, 14 August 2000