Slowpoke (Fossil 55)

Slowpoke LV.18 ヤドン Yadon

Illus. Miki Tanaka

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Slowpoke Type Psychic HP 50 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Fossil Rarity English card no. 55/62 Japanese expansion Mystery of the Fossils Japanese rarity TCG GB1 set Laboratory TCG GB1 ID D29 TCG GB2 set Island of Fossil TCG GB2 ID C41 Expansion Legendary Collection Rarity English card no. 93/110 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Slowpoke.

Slowpoke (Japanese: ヤドン Yadon) is a Psychic-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Fossil expansion.

Card text

Spacing Out ぼーっとする

Flip a coin. If heads, remove a damage counter from Slowpoke. This attack can't be used if Slowpoke has no damage counters on it.

Scavenge ゴミあさり

Discard 1 Energy card attached to Slowpoke in order to use this attack. Put a Trainer card from your discard pile into your hand.

Pokédex data

Slowpoke - Dopey Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
079	3'11" (1.2 m)	79 lbs. (36 kg)
Pokédex entry
Incredibly slow and dopey. It takes 5 seconds for it to feel pain when under attack.
いつもボーッとしていて、何を考えているかわからない。尻尾でエサをつるのが得意。

Release information

This card was included in the English Fossil expansion, first released in the Japanese Mystery of the Fossils expansion. The illustrator's name, Miki Tanaka, was misspelled as "Miki Takana" on this print. It was later reprinted in the English Legendary Collection expansion.

Trivia

This card is extremely similar to another Slowpoke card released later in the Generations expansion, with the only significant playability difference being the effect of Scavenge. Due to the split of Trainer cards only taking effect for cards starting with the release of Diamond & Pearl, this Slowpoke is still able to retrieve Supporter cards and Stadium cards from the discard pile, while Generations Slowpoke can only retrieve Item cards.

Origin

This card's English Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue, whereas the Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Red and Green.

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