Guide to Understanding Fossil Aerodactyl 1/62 Variants

Hello everyone,

This post serves to educate people on the many variants of Fossil Aerodactyl 15/62. I have seen a lot of confusion/mislabeling surrounding the variants of this card so I hope that this guide can set that straight for everyone.

There are a total of five variants of this card, outlined below.

Happy collecting
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1st Edition Aerodactyl


1st Edition Aerodactyl - PRERELEASE
Note: There is a PRERELEASE stamp on the bottom right of the card


1st Edition Aerodactyl - PRERELEASE Cosmos Holo
Note: There is a PRERELEASE stamp on the bottom right of the card, and the card has a Cosmos holofoil pattern instead of the traditional Galaxy holofoil pattern.


Aerodactyl - WOTC Employees Only
Note: This card has a Cosmos holofoil pattern instead of the standard Galaxy pattern. This card was only given out to WOTC Employees at the time of its release.


Aerodactyl

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There are non-holo versions of the 1st and Unlimited, but not the others as well.

I think most people use Brown and Gold stamp as the way to differentiate as well.

Are you sure you’re not confusing that with Aerodactyl 16/62? This guide is about Aerodactyl 1/62

Good to know about the reference names, thanks :blush: