AttackFishing Tail
Search your discard pile for a Basic Pokémon, Evolution card, or basic Energy card, show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand.
Slowpoke 72/115 · Unseen Forces
Unseen Forces is a set in the EX series. It was released on August 1, 2005. The printed size is 115. This checklist is longer, at 145 cards. Slowpoke is 72/115, in position 74 of 145 on this checklist. Before it is 71 Remoraid, and after it is 73 Slugma. The listed rarity is Common.
Slowpoke is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 50 HP. In the Pokédex this is Slowpoke (#079), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Slowbro, Slowbro (#080) and Slowking, Slowking (#199) under evolves to.
Midori Harada illustrated this card. The same name is on 352 other cards in the catalog.
Slowpoke (#079) has 39 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 35 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Slowpoke 55/62 in Fossil (1999). Both list 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Miki Tanaka illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 28 other cards of Slowpoke list a different HP.
The attack Fishing Tail lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Search your discard pile for a Basic Pokémon, Evolution card, or basic Energy card, show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand. Trip Over is another attack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1.
I keep a set binder for Unseen Forces, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Unseen Forces set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Slowpoke can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- 72/115
- Series
- EX
- Released
- August 1, 2005
- Rarity
- Common
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- HP
- 50
- Type
- Psychic
- Illustrator
- Midori Harada
- Pokédex
- Slowpoke (#079)
- Evolves to
- Slowbro, Slowking
- Weakness
- Psychic ×2
- Retreat
- 1
Attacks and card text
AttackTrip Over
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Slowpoke from?
Unseen Forces, in the EX series. It was released on August 1, 2005. The printed size is 115.
What is the collector number?
72/115. It is entry 74 of 145 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Midori Harada. The catalog lists 352 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Common.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Slowpoke #079, generation 1 (Kanto).
Which attacks are printed?
Fishing Tail and Trip Over (20+).