Slaking 34/123 · Mysterious Treasures

Mysterious Treasures is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on August 1, 2007. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. Slaking is 34/123, in position 34 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 33 Rampardos, and after it is 35 Sudowoodo. The listed rarity is Rare.

Slaking is a Stage 2 Colorless Pokémon with 140 HP. The card lists level 56. In the Pokédex this is Slaking (#289), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Vigoroth. In this catalog that name is Vigoroth (#288).

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Slaking (#289) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2024. The earliest other card is Slaking 12/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 15 other cards of Slaking list a different HP.

Energetic Impulse is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn (before your attack), if Slaking is your Active Pokémon, you may flip a coin. If heads, Slaking's Lazy Blow attack's base damage is 130 during this turn. If tails, Slaking can't attack or retreat during this turn. (If Slaking is no longer your Active Pokémon, this effect ends.) The attack Lazy Blow lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting +30. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "The world's laziest Pokémon. When it is lounging, it is actually saving energy for striking back."

I keep a set binder for Mysterious Treasures, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Mysterious Treasures set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Slaking can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.