Slaking ex 227/191 · Surging Sparks

Slaking is Pokédex #289, generation 3 (Hoenn). Slaking ex is a Stage 2 ex Colorless Pokémon with 340 HP. The card says it evolves from Vigoroth. In this catalog that name is Vigoroth (#288).

Slaking ex sits at 227/191 in Surging Sparks, position 227 of 252. Before it is 226 Tatsugiri ex, and after it is 228 Cyclizar ex. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on November 8, 2024. The printed size is 191. This checklist is longer, at 252 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 191. The listed rarity is Ultra Rare.

Born to Slack is listed as Ability. If your opponent has no Pokémon ex or Pokémon V in play, this Pokémon can't attack. The attack Great Swing lists 280 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Discard an Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The card text says: Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is H.

Slaking (#289) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2024. The earliest other card is Slaking 12/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card is named Slaking, while this one is Slaking ex. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 340 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Ultra Rare. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 14 other cards of Slaking list a different HP.

Surging Sparks set binder is where a full Surging Sparks set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Slaking can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.