Dark Slowking 9/109 · Team Rocket Returns

Team Rocket Returns is a set in the EX series. It was released on November 1, 2004. The printed size is 109. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Dark Slowking is 9/109, in position 9 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 8 Dark Octillery, and after it is 10 Dark Steelix. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Dark Slowking is a Stage 1 Psychic Darkness Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Slowking (#199), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Slowpoke. In this catalog that name is Slowpoke (#079).

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

Slowking (#199) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Slowking 14/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card is named Slowking, while this one is Dark Slowking. Both list 80 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 1. 18 other cards of Slowking list a different HP.

Cunning is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may look at the top card of your opponent's deck. Then, you may shuffle his or her deck. This power can't be used if Dark Slowking is affected by a Special Condition. The attack Litter lists 20+ damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless. You may discard a combination of up to 2 Pokémon Tool cards and Rocket's Secret Machine cards from your hand. If you do, this attack does 20 damage plus 30 more damage for each card you discarded. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: This Pokémon is both Psychic Darkness type.

I keep a set binder for Team Rocket Returns, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Team Rocket Returns set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Slowking can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.