Ruling Aerodactyl's Issues

[ArnaldoAF]

There's some Aerodactyls that come to play by diferent ways.

One evolve from Mysterious Fossil, one evolves from Old Amber and the other uses the effect of Old Amber Aerodactyl.

I have some questions about them:

1- Which of them I can put on my bench with Holon Fossil?

2- Which of them I can put on my bench with Fossil Egg?

3- Which of them I can put on my bench with Strange Cave?

4- Which of them I can put in my hand with Fossil Excavator?

5- Which of them I can put on my bench with Old Amber Aerodactyl?

6- Which of them I can put onto my Old Amber?

7- Which of them I can put onto my Buried Fossil?

 

[PMJ]

Names are what's important here.

1. All of them. Holon Fossil is looking for a card called Aerodactyl and that is what those cards are.
2. Fossil Aerodactyl only. Holon Egg is looking for a card that "evolves from Mysterious Fossil" and the fossil Aerodactyl is the only one that does.
3. All of them, see #1
4. see below post
5. All of them, see #1
6. Arceus Aerodactyl only. "Old Amber" and "Old Amber Aerodactyl" are two different cards and they are not interchangeable with recent Aerodactyl.
7. see below post

 

[PMJ]

@ArnaldoAF I need to amend my ruling.

4. I misread Fossil Excavator and since it is looking for a card that "Evolves from a Fossil" you cannot use the Arceus Aerodactyl with Fossil Excavator because Old Amber is not a card with Fossil in its name, which is the intent of the phrase "evolves from a Fossil". So Fossil Aerodactyl is the only one you may pick in this case.

7. This was simpler than I thought. Buried Fossil states exactly what you may evolve it into. It must "evolve from Mysterious Fossil". So you could only use the Fossil Aerodactyl in this case. (You could also use Aerodactyl ex since it, too, "Evolves from Mysterious Fossil."

Shoutouts to RiverShock for the assist

 

[ArnaldoAF]

@PMJ

Hey, thank you for the reply!

But i have one more question, with the new Fates Colide expansion(with new/old restored pokemons), the omastar and kabuto are in the same situation that aerodactyl(evolve from mysterious Fossil, Dome/Helix Fossil and Dome/Helix Fossil Kabuto/Omanyte), so... Witch one can i put on my bench with Underground Lake?

 

[PMJ]

Any card named "Omanyte" or "Kabuto" just like the card calls for. I'm pretty sure this covers every print ever, as they all have the same name.

 

[ArnaldoAF]

@PMJ

OK, Thank you!