Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Slowbro
Unbroken Bonds · #43 · Rare Holo · 2019
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$2.80
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 43 / 234
- Release year
- 2019
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Slowpoke
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 80
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 100 damage
- 33.33 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Slowbro plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Its main attack (Three Strikes) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥60 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Slowpoke; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
How to beat Slowbro
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥60 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- 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
- 0% of decks
- 3.63 copies on average · 8 decks
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Slowbro?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Spacing out is basically all it does. It turns back into Slowpoke if its tail, along with Shellder, breaks off."
WYawn
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep.
WCCThree Strikes — 100×
Flip 3 coins. This attack does 100 damage for each heads. If all of them are tails, you lose this game.
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Slowbro was legal.
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 2026/07/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $1.69 | $2.96 | $34.20 | $2.80 | $4.97 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.50 | $4.83 | $95.66 | $3.57 | $36.42 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/04| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.24 |
| 7-day average | €1.00 |
| 30-day average | €1.30 |
| Low | €0.49 |
| Trend price | €1.05 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.49 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €3.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.90 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.75 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.59 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.14 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Slowbro is real?
Slowbro 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 Slowbro worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Slowbro is $2.80; 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 Slowbro from?
Slowbro is from the Pokémon set "Unbroken Bonds" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2019.
What rarity is Slowbro?
Slowbro is a Rare Holo card in the Unbroken Bonds set.
Other Slowbro printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
