Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Slowpoke
Prismatic Evolutions · #18 · Common · 2025
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Market reference
$0.16
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 18 / 180
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Slowbro
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Pokédex #
- 79
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
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 (Tail Whap) 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 · 3411 decks
- Match win rate
- 50.3%
- +3.1 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.
Building around Slowpoke?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
WWater Gun — 10
WCTail Whap — 30
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 Prismatic Evolutions.
LING TV ARENA (Late registration Available)
Aug 22, 2026
Redacted Chaos #12 (100 Codes)
Aug 22, 2026
SEASAC League Challenge #21 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
Aug 23, 2026
Tournoi amical LEAGUE canto N62° SPECIAL
Aug 23, 2026
ITA Weekly #3
Aug 23, 2026
Deep Sea Draw - Sei's Community Tourney (8/2026)
Aug 23, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Slowpoke was legal.
SEASAC League Cup #4 (SEASON 4) [150 CODES]
today
TOURNAMENT OF DOOM! SEASON 3 STARTS NOW!
today
🎁Premio ETB y sellados 🏆BO1🏆META
today
Amyverse Webcam Wonders #24 💙 Cash Prize!
today
Full Bench Fridays PTCGL Cash Event $20 #10
today
ASRcristiano # 182 - 60 codes prize pool!
today
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 1,312 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 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.16 | $100.00 | $0.16 | $0.01 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.20 | $19.98 | $0.20 | $0.10 |
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 $0.16; 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 "Prismatic Evolutions" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Slowpoke?
Slowpoke is a Common card in the Prismatic Evolutions 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.
