Pokémon · Neo
Omastar
Neo Discovery · #43 · Uncommon · 2001
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$1.15
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 43 / 75
- Release year
- 2001
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Omanyte
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Shin-ichi Yoshida
- Pokédex #
- 139
- Series
- Neo
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Omastar plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Its main attack (Spike Barrage) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — note its own type is Fighting, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
- Fighting type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Omanyte first).
How to beat Omastar
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
More by Shin-ichi Yoshida
This card was illustrated by Shin-ichi Yoshida.
Building around Omastar?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Apparently, it cracked Shellder's shell with its sharp fangs and sucked out the insides."
WSqueeze — 10+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 20 more damage and the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, this attack does 10 damage.
WWWSpike Barrage — 20+
Flip a number of coins equal to the number of Water Energy attached to Omastar. This attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage for each heads.
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited | $0.36 | $1.00 | $96.95 | $1.15 | $2.99 |
| 1st Edition | $2.00 | $4.63 | $44.70 | $4.39 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.78 |
| 7-day average | €0.99 |
| 30-day average | €0.67 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.78 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.15 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €3.90 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €3.90 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.67 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.90 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.90 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Omastar is real?
Omastar is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Omastar worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Omastar is $1.15; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Omastar from?
Omastar is from the Pokémon set "Neo Discovery" in the Neo series, released in 2001.
What rarity is Omastar?
Omastar is a Uncommon card in the Neo Discovery set.
Other Omastar printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
