Slowpoke

Slowpoke

Slowpoke appears in the English print of Fossil, released on October 10, 1999. Slowpoke is a common rarity and 50 HP. The Fossil set contains 62 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by Miki Tanaka.

Collector Insights

Slowpoke is a Psychic-type Pokémon with 50 HP and a Common rarity, featured in the Base set released as part of the Fossil series on October 10, 1999. Designed by artist Miki Tanaka, the card depicts a slow, dopey Pokémon that takes five seconds to feel pain when under attack, as indicated by its flavor text. It requires one Colorless Energy to retreat and has a retreat cost of one Colorless Energy. Slowpoke’s attacks include "Spacing Out," which costs one Colorless Energy and allows the player to flip a coin; if heads, a damage counter is removed from Slowpoke, though this attack cannot be used if the Pokémon has no damage counters. The second attack, "Scavenge," demands two Psychic Energy to discard one Psychic Energy card attached to Slowpoke and draw a Trainer card from the discard pile. The card has no resistances but is weak to Psychic-type attacks, dealing double damage. Its themecolor is a warm beige (#c9a07a), aligning with its overall design and thematic portrayal.

Incredibly slow and dopey. It takes 5 seconds for it to feel pain when under attack.

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