Pokémon · EX
Slowking
Delta Species · #28 · Rare · 2005
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Market reference
$4.00
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 28 / 114
- Release year
- 2005
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Slowpoke
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 199
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Strategy & play
How Slowking plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Psychic Option) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥40 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.
- Seen in 5% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Slowking
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 5% of decks
- 3.03 copies on average · 2444 decks
- Match win rate
- 49.8%
- +2.5 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.
More by Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Building around Slowking?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Power: Prize Shift
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may choose a card from your hand and put it as a Prize card face up. If you do, choose 1 of your face-down Prize cards without looking and put it into your hand. This power can't be used if Slowking is affected by a Special Condition or if all of your Prize cards are face up.
CCPsychic Option — 20+
If Slowking has a Water Energy card attached to it, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage. If Slowking has a Psychic Energy card attached to it, discard a Special Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon, if any.
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Slowking has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Slowking — Stellar Crown
Played in 887 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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $11.25 | $26.99 | $55.00 | $4.00 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $34.00 | $49.99 | $509.90 | $68.25 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.00 |
| 7-day average | €2.80 |
| 30-day average | €2.76 |
| Low | €0.25 |
| Trend price | €2.85 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo low | €2.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €20.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €21.42 |
| reverseHoloSell | €19.06 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.95 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €17.11 |
| Reverse holo trend | €23.63 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Slowking is real?
Slowking 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 Slowking worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Slowking is $4.00; 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 Slowking from?
Slowking is from the Pokémon set "Delta Species" in the EX series, released in 2005.
What rarity is Slowking?
Slowking is a Rare card in the Delta Species set.
Other Slowking printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
