Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Slowpoke
Scarlet & Violet · #204 · Illustration Rare · 2023
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Market reference
$46.85
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 204 / 258
- Release year
- 2023
- Rarity
- Illustration Rare
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- G
- Illustrator
- Toshinao Aoki
- Pokédex #
- 79
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Healing
- 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.
- Its main attack (Headbutt) 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 · 2337 decks
- Match win rate
- 50.1%
- +2.9 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Toshinao Aoki
This card was illustrated by Toshinao Aoki.
Building around Slowpoke?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It is always vacantly lost in thought, but no one knows what it is thinking about. It is good at fishing with its tail."
CRest
This Pokémon is now Asleep. Heal 30 damage from it.
WCHeadbutt — 20
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 Scarlet & Violet.
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The Stache Series
Aug 1, 2026
Redacted Chaos #9 (100 Codes)
Aug 1, 2026
OceanicTournamentSeries2026 18/20
Aug 2, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Slowpoke was legal.
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ASRcristiano # 178 - 60 codes prize pool!
today
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Winner Takes All TCG Live #17
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Nightshades Premier Circuit Challenge #18 25 Codes
today
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⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Super Series - 100 Codes
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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 854 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 2026/07/12| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $40.00 | $49.66 | $234.56 | $46.85 | $45.76 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/18| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €18.03 |
| 7-day average | €17.10 |
| 30-day average | €20.73 |
| Low | €5.99 |
| Trend price | €15.12 |
| Low (excellent+) | €9.70 |
| averageSellPrice | €20.38 |
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 $46.85; 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 "Scarlet & Violet" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2023.
What rarity is Slowpoke?
Slowpoke is a Illustration Rare card in the Scarlet & Violet 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.
