Slowpoke 32/83 · Generations

Generations is a set in the XY series. It was released on February 22, 2016. The printed size is 83. This checklist is longer, at 117 cards. Slowpoke is 32/83, in position 33 of 117 on this checklist. Before it is 31 Golbat, and after it is 33 Gastly. 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.

Miki Tanaka illustrated this card. The same name is on 192 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. 28 other cards of Slowpoke list a different HP.

The attack Spacing Out lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, heal 10 damage from this Pokémon. Scavenge is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Psychic, Psychic. Discard a Psychic Energy attached to this Pokémon. If you do, put an Item card from your discard pile into your hand. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It is always vacantly lost in thought, but no one knows what it is thinking about. It is good at fishing with its tail."

I keep a set binder for Generations, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Generations 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.