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Slowpoke
Water Pokémon Common Dark Explorers
Card profile
Card year
2012
May 9, 2012
Set release
DEX
Dark Explorers · Black & White
Catalog appearances
30
29 sets · 1999-2025
Pokemon debut
Generation I
Kanto · 1996
Evolution
Card details
Released
May 9, 2012
Year
2012
Series
Black & White
Set size
108 / 111
Card number
#23 of 108
Stage
Basic
National Dex
#079
Artist
MAHOU
#079 Slowpoke
Generation I · Kanto · introduced 1996 in Red, Green, Blue, Yellow
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Screen appearances
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Catalog appearances
Prismatic Evolutions
Jan 17, 2025 · #18 · Common
$0.18
Stellar Crown
Sep 13, 2024 · #57 · Common
$0.49
Paldean Fates
Jan 26, 2024 · #116 · Shiny Rare
$21.22
151
Sep 22, 2023 · #79 · Common
$0.34
Paldea Evolved
Jun 9, 2023 · #85 · Common
$0.26
Scarlet & Violet
Mar 31, 2023 · #204 · Illustration Rare
$49.32
Scarlet & Violet
Mar 31, 2023 · #42 · Common
$0.29
Pokémon GO
Jul 1, 2022 · #19 · Common
$0.41
Hidden Fates
Aug 23, 2019 · #12 · Common
$0.54
Unbroken Bonds
May 3, 2019 · #42 · Common
$1.61
Lost Thunder
Nov 2, 2018 · #54 · Common
$18.53
McDonald's Collection 2018
Oct 16, 2018 · #5
No quote
Guardians Rising
May 5, 2017 · #48 · Common
$1.86
Generations
Feb 22, 2016 · #32 · Common
$2.16
BREAKpoint
Feb 3, 2016 · #19 · Common
$6.40
Dark Explorers
May 9, 2012 · #23 · Common
$27.31
Call of Legends
Feb 9, 2011 · #70 · Common
$40.00
HS—Undaunted
Aug 18, 2010 · #66 · Common
$99.97
38 total CardsCloud cards share National Dex #079.
Attacks
Big Yawn
C
Both this Pokémon and the Defending Pokémon are now Asleep.
Shot in the Dark
WC
20 Flip 2 coins. If either of them is tails, this attack does nothing.
Battle stats
Weakness
Lightning ×2
Retreat cost
●●●
Market value
Price history
Flavor text
Although slow, it is skilled at fishing with its tail. It does not feel pain if its tail is bitten.
Legality
Unlimited
Legal
Expanded
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