Slowbro 52/123 · HeartGold & SoulSilver

HeartGold & SoulSilver is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on February 10, 2010. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. Slowbro is 52/123, in position 52 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 51 Skiploom, and after it is 53 Starmie. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Slowbro is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Slowbro (#080), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Slowpoke. In this catalog that name is Slowpoke (#079).

Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this card. The same name is on 212 other cards in the catalog.

Slowbro (#080) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Slowbro 43/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 25 other cards of Slowbro list a different HP.

The attack Big Yawn lists 30 damage. The cost is Water. Both Slowbro and the Defending Pokémon are now Asleep. Madkinesis is another attack lists 30+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Does 30 damage plus 20 more damage for each Psychic Energy attached to Slowbro. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "If the tail-biting Shellder is thrown off in a harsh battle, it reverts to being an ordinary Slowpoke."

I keep a set binder for HeartGold & SoulSilver, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HeartGold & SoulSilver set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Slowbro can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.