Slowpoke 42/198 · Scarlet & Violet

Slowpoke is Pokédex #079, generation 1 (Kanto). Slowpoke is a Basic Water Pokémon with 70 HP.

Slowpoke sits at 42/198 in Scarlet & Violet, position 42 of 258. Before it is 41 Armarouge, and after it is 43 Slowbro. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on March 31, 2023. The printed size is 198. This checklist is longer, at 258 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Rest lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. This Pokémon is now Asleep. Heal 30 damage from it. Headbutt is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. 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." The regulation mark is G.

Slowpoke (#079) has 39 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 36 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 Narumi Sato illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 24 other cards of Slowpoke list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Narumi Sato. I count 44 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Scarlet & Violet set binder is where a full Scarlet & Violet set goes. This card fills one slot there. 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 Pink Pokémon, Modern living dex: the 151, and Slowpoke, Slowbro, and Slowking. I still need this card.