Old Amber (Genetic Apex 218)

Old Amber

ひみつのコハク

Secret Amber

HP	40

Expansions
Card no.	Pack(s)	Pack pts.
Genetic Apex
218/226	Mewtwo	35
Mythical Island
063/068	Any	35

Old Amber (Japanese: ひみつのコハク Secret Amber) is an Item card in Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket. It was first released as part of the Genetic Apex expansion.

Card text

Play this card as if it were a 40-HP Basic

Pokémon.
At any time during your turn, you may discard this card from play.
This card can't retreat.

You may play any number of Item cards during your turn.

Release information

This card was first included in the Genetic Apex expansion and was later reprinted with the same artwork in the Mythical Island expansion.

Gallery

Genetic Apex print
Illus. Toyste Beach

Mythical Island print
Illus. Toyste Beach

Trivia

This card's effect is similar to that of the Unidentified Fossil card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, but has 40 HP instead of 60 HP and only Aerodactyl can evolve from.
- Old Amber also exists in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, but has 50 HP and also has a Poké-Body.
The Mythical Island print of this card is exactly the same as the Genetic Apex print, and thus, unlike other cards, an Old Amber card from any booster packs would be considered for both, including for Missions. This was identified as a bug in an in-game notice published on December 17, 2024.^[1]

Origin

This card's illustration was first featured on Old Amber Aerodactyl from the Fates Collide expansion.
An Old Amber is a fossil in the Pokémon games which can be revived into Aerodactyl.

References

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The following issues occur with the Old Amber Trainer card:
- When obtaining the Old Amber Trainer card from either the Genetic Apex booster packs only or Mythical Island booster packs only, the correct behavior is for the card's quantity to be registered into the booster packs' respective card dex, but there is currently an issue where it is also registered into the other booster packs' card dex.
- When the Old Amber Trainer card is already obtained for either the Genetic Apex booster packs only or Mythical Island booster packs only, the correct behavior is for an animation sequence to trigger if the card is registered for the first time into the other booster packs' card dex, but there is currently an issue where the animation sequence does not trigger under this condition.
- When obtaining the Old Amber Trainer card from either the Genetic Apex booster packs only or Mythical Island booster packs only, progress should be made only toward the booster packs' respective dex mission, but there is currently an issue where both booster packs' dex missions progress.
The issues above are planned to be fixed soon.
Once fixed, quantities registered in the card dex will be updated to their correct values.
The fix will also affect dex missions that are applicable to the above even if they are in-progress. However, if those missions are already completed at the time of the fix, they will not be reverted to incomplete status.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

This article is part of both Project Sidegames and Project TCG, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on video games about the TCG.

[MythicalIslandNotices-1] The following issues occur with the Old Amber Trainer card:
When obtaining the Old Amber Trainer card from either the Genetic Apex booster packs only or Mythical Island booster packs only, the correct behavior is for the card's quantity to be registered into the booster packs' respective card dex, but there is currently an issue where it is also registered into the other booster packs' card dex.

When the Old Amber Trainer card is already obtained for either the Genetic Apex booster packs only or Mythical Island booster packs only, the correct behavior is for an animation sequence to trigger if the card is registered for the first time into the other booster packs' card dex, but there is currently an issue where the animation sequence does not trigger under this condition.

When obtaining the Old Amber Trainer card from either the Genetic Apex booster packs only or Mythical Island booster packs only, progress should be made only toward the booster packs' respective dex mission, but there is currently an issue where both booster packs' dex missions progress.

The issues above are planned to be fixed soon.
Once fixed, quantities registered in the card dex will be updated to their correct values.
The fix will also affect dex missions that are applicable to the above even if they are in-progress. However, if those missions are already completed at the time of the fix, they will not be reverted to incomplete status.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

[2] When obtaining the Old Amber Trainer card from either the Genetic Apex booster packs only or Mythical Island booster packs only, the correct behavior is for the card's quantity to be registered into the booster packs' respective card dex, but there is currently an issue where it is also registered into the other booster packs' card dex.

[3] When the Old Amber Trainer card is already obtained for either the Genetic Apex booster packs only or Mythical Island booster packs only, the correct behavior is for an animation sequence to trigger if the card is registered for the first time into the other booster packs' card dex, but there is currently an issue where the animation sequence does not trigger under this condition.

[4] When obtaining the Old Amber Trainer card from either the Genetic Apex booster packs only or Mythical Island booster packs only, progress should be made only toward the booster packs' respective dex mission, but there is currently an issue where both booster packs' dex missions progress.

[1]