Slaking 131/203 · Evolving Skies

Evolving Skies is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 27, 2021. The printed size is 203. This checklist is longer, at 237 cards. Slaking is 131/203, in position 131 of 237 on this checklist. Before it is 130 Vigoroth, and after it is 132 Swablu. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Slaking is a Stage 2 Single Strike Colorless Pokémon with 180 HP. In the Pokédex this is Slaking (#289), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Vigoroth. In this catalog that name is Vigoroth (#288).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

Slaking (#289) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 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 lists 120 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 12 other cards of Slaking list a different HP.

Act Freely is listed as Ability. If a Stadium is in play, this Pokémon can't attack. The attack Rout lists 120+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 30 more damage for each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "It is the world's most slothful Pokémon. However, it can exert horrifying power by releasing pent-up energy all at once." The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for Evolving Skies, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Evolving Skies set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Slaking can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.