Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Slowpoke
Prismatic Evolutions · #18 · Common · 2025
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.16
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 18 / 180
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Slowbro
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Pokédex #
- 79
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
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.
- Its main attack (Tail Whap) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 5% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 4 copies.
How to beat Slowpoke
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 5% of decks
- 3.95 copies on average · 2407 decks
- Match win rate
- 50.1%
- +2.8 pts vs the 47.3% 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.
Building around Slowpoke?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
WWater Gun — 10
WCTail Whap — 30
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Slowpoke or Prismatic Evolutions.
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Super Series - 100 Codes
Aug 3, 2026
SEASAC League Challenge #7 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
Aug 3, 2026
🏆Moujii's Dojo🏆 (Late Registration Available!)
Aug 3, 2026
Sunny's Weekly #267 Return of the Kingdra!
Aug 3, 2026
🇧🇷 Hit Challenge #17 | TCG Live
Aug 3, 2026
🇧🇷 33° Torneio Padrão do Zap! Especial Códigos
Aug 4, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Slowpoke was legal.
Rare Candy Club Showdown #35 (50 CODES)
today
Turn Zero Rising! #6 (100 Codes)
today
Kearney Free Entry Standard Tournament
today
Pokemon TCG Katowice #10
today
Tournoi amical LEAGUE canto N61°
today
SEASAC League Challenge #6 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
today
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
4
ran Slowpoke
Tournaments scanned
287
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Slowpoke
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 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.16 | $100.00 | $0.16 | $0.01 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.20 | $19.98 | $0.20 | $0.10 |
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 $0.16; 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 "Prismatic Evolutions" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Slowpoke?
Slowpoke is a Common card in the Prismatic Evolutions 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.
