Slaking

Slaking

Slaking appears in the English print of Platinum, released on February 11, 2009. Slaking is a rare holo rarity and 150 HP. The Platinum set contains 133 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by Masakazu Fukuda.

Collector Insights

Slaking is a Colorless-type Pokémon with 150 HP and a retreat cost of four Colorless energy. It features the Poké-Body ability Lazy Paunch, which prevents it from attacking if it used any attacks during the player’s last turn. Its primary attack, Best Dash, requires four Colorless energy to deal 150 damage and grants a secondary effect that increases damage taken by 50 during the opponent’s next turn. The card has a Fighting weakness with a value of +30, making it vulnerable to such attacks. Designed by artist Masakazu Fukuda, this card belongs to the Platinum series, released on February 11, 2009. It carries a Rare Holo rarity and is numbered 16 in its set. The flavor text highlights Slaking as the world’s laziest Pokémon, emphasizing its habit of conserving energy for future combat.

The world's laziest Pokémon. When it is lounging, it is actually saving energy for striking back.

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