Whats the difference between a Base Set, the Jungle expansion set and the Fossil expansion set?
The base set came out in January 1999 and has a total of 102 cards. The Jungle expansion came out in June 1999 and has a total of 64 new cards. The Fossil set came out in October 1999 and has 62 new cards. The Jungle set and the Fossil set were designed to work seamlessly with the base set; you can make a deck containing cards from all sets, and the more powerful decks certainly will. There are no Jungle Starter decks, but there are 2 Jungle Theme Decks as well as Jungle Booster packs. There are 2 Fossil theme decks and also Fossil booster packs. The prices are the same: a theme deck from any set retails for $10, and a booster pack from any set retails for $3.29. All cards from the Jungle set have a little symbol to the bottom-right of the card image: it looks like a lily pad but I guess it’s supposed to be the top of a palm tree. All cards from the Fossil set have a bony-foot symbol instead of the Jungle symbol.
