Slakoth 95/127 · Platinum

Platinum is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on 11 February 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. Slakoth is 95/127, in position 95 of 133 on this checklist. Before it is 94 Skuntank G, and after it is 96 Squirtle. The listed rarity is Common.

Slakoth is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 11. In the Pokédex this is Slakoth (#287), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Vigoroth, Vigoroth (#288) under evolves to.

Atsuko Nishida illustrated this card. The same name is on 408 other cards in the catalog.

Slakoth (#287) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2024. The earliest other card is Slakoth 45/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Slakoth list a different HP.

The attack Flail lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless. Does 10 damage times the number of damage counters on Slakoth. Slack Off is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Remove all damage counters from Slakoth. Slakoth can't attack during your next turn. Weakness is Fighting +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It spends nearly all its time in a day sprawled out. Just seeing it makes one drowsy."

I keep a set binder for Platinum, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Platinum set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Slakoth can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.