Slowpoke 42/214 · Unbroken Bonds

Unbroken Bonds is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 3, 2019. The printed size is 214. This checklist is longer, at 238 cards. Slowpoke is 42/214, in position 42 of 238 on this checklist. Before it is 41 Tentacruel, and after it is 43 Slowbro. The listed rarity is Common.

Slowpoke is a Basic Water Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Slowpoke (#079), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Slowbro, Slowbro (#080) and Slowking, Slowking (#199) under evolves to.

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 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). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Miki Tanaka illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 24 other cards of Slowpoke list a different HP.

The attack Growl lists no damage number. The cost is Water. During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon's attacks do 20 less damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance). Tail Whap is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "There are some places where Slowpoke is worshiped because of a long-standing belief that whenever Slowpoke yawns, it rains."

I keep a set binder for Unbroken Bonds, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Unbroken Bonds set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Slowpoke can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Slowpoke, Slowbro, and Slowking. I still need this card.