Pokémon · EX
Slowpoke
Delta Species · #83 · Common · 2005
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$3.16
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 83 / 114
- Release year
- 2005
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Slowbro, Slowking
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 79
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Slowpoke plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Its main attack (Tackle) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Slowpoke
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 5% of decks
- 3.94 copies on average · 2654 decks
- Match win rate
- 50.1%
- +3.0 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
More by Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Building around Slowpoke?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CYawn
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
CCTackle — 20
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Slowpoke has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Slowpoke — Stellar Crown
Played in 932 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $1.30 | $3.67 | $19.43 | $3.16 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $71.94 | $75.00 | $779.50 | $66.47 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.20 |
| 7-day average | €0.52 |
| 30-day average | €0.68 |
| Low | €0.03 |
| Trend price | €0.83 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.04 |
| Reverse holo low | €2.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €16.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €12.41 |
| reverseHoloSell | €10.96 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.79 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €10.97 |
| Reverse holo trend | €13.33 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Slowpoke is real?
Slowpoke is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Slowpoke worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Slowpoke is $3.16; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Slowpoke from?
Slowpoke is from the Pokémon set "Delta Species" in the EX series, released in 2005.
What rarity is Slowpoke?
Slowpoke is a Common card in the Delta Species set.
Slowpoke in the news
Recent posts from card communities and trading-card press mentioning Slowpoke.
Other Slowpoke printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
