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Release date, card count, chase cards and how it compares with the WOTC era.
Fossil leads with Gengar and Dragonite, the two Rare cards at the top of its card list. It is an expansion in the WOTC era and the Base series of the English-language Pokémon TCG, released on October 10, 1999 under the set code FO. The set has 62 cards in its official count, with no secret cards above it. Several Pokémon appear in more than one version, among them Aerodactyl, Articuno, Ditto, Dragonite and Gengar, and the set leans on Water, Fighting, Psychic and Grass types.
Fossil's pull ladder is short: 16 commons, 16 uncommons and 30 rares, with 15 chase-tier cards and nothing numbered past the printed 62. Gengar is the most valuable card in the set, a Rare illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi, followed by the Rare Dragonite by Kagemaru Himeno, the Rare Haunter by Ken Sugimori and a second Gengar, also a Rare. Moltres, a Rare illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, makes up the rest of the leading five. The top five cards alone hold 43 percent of the set's total card value, so the Fossil chase cards carry a large share of what the set is worth.
Fossil was released October 10, 1999.
Fossil has 62 cards.
Fossil is part of the WOTC era.
15 cards in Fossil sit at one of its hit rarities. See this set's hits page for the full breakdown by rarity.
As of October 2026, Fossil ranks 16th of the 16 comparable WOTC sets by total card value, by its single most valuable card and by trading activity, and 105th across the whole game. Its master set value is about 0.2 times the era median, and at 62 printed cards it is smaller than the era median of 108. It followed Jungle, which holds more total value, and came before Base Set 2, which also holds more. Its cards first appeared in the Japanese set Mystery of the Fossils, released June 21, 1997, which shares 35 cards with it.
Written from market data as of October 22, 2026; the tables update live.
| Measure | This setFossil | Previous setJungle | Next setBase Set 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Oct 10, 1999 | Jun 16, 1999 | Feb 24, 2000 |
| Printed cards | 62 | 64 | 130 |
| Master set value | — | $2,291.06 | $1,673.20 |
| Most valuable card price | — | $272.28 | $414.78 |
| Priced cards | — | 64 of 64 | 130 of 130 |
A complete Fossil run is 62 catalog printings, and all 62 are priced. Because the top five cards hold 43 percent of the set's total card value, the cost of finishing the set depends mostly on a few Rare cards, with the commons and uncommons making up the bulk of the card count but little of the value. Sealed product for Fossil includes seven items, mainly booster boxes, booster packs, decks and a blister.
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