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Slowpoke · Fossil (FO) #55

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Slowpoke · 50 HP · {P}
Pokémon (Slowpoke) › Basic : Evolves into Slowking, Slowbro, , or Light Slowbro

{C} → Spacing Out
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.

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

weak: {P}×2 | resist: n/a | retreat: 1
illus. Miki Tanaka
Classic › Fossil (FO) › #55/62 : Common · ↘ Oct 10, 1999
Formats: Other: 1999–2001
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Incredibly slow and dopey. It takes 5 seconds for it to feel pain when under attack.

Rating

Overall: 29.41% (5 wins, 12 losses)

Within Set & Formats:

  • Fossil: n/a (0 wins, 0 losses)
  • BS-on (1999–2001): 0% (0 wins, 4 losses)

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5 comments

  1. EricDLee

    What a beautiful piece of artwork. The subtle and complex detail in the background is second to none.

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    • LoganEricDLee

      Why, the very sight of it pronounces to my heart an abundance of pleasing adjectives that I have never even known, this is truly outstanding, in its own field, if you know what i mean.

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  2. Logan

    Wow… This is so good someone had to copy it and stick it in their legendary collection.

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  3. Ambassador

    This is actually Slowpoke’s second card in the TCG. An unnumbered promo* beat its appearance in the JP set Fossil is based on by a few weeks at best (this card had a May 1997 debut vs. Mystery of the Fossil’s June 21, 1997 release date). That promo got a reprint in Pokémon Web, but it’s ultimately this Slowpoke that has left more of an impression in the TCG, with a spiritual reprint** in Generations for the TCG’s 20th Anniversary, and Miki Tanaka’s version Slowpoke & Psyduck GX possibly another follow-up reference to this card.

    * https://pokumon.com/card/slowpoke-playmat-insert-1997-unnumbered/
    ** This phrase sounds ridiculous to me anymore. I’m tempted to start borrowing from Yu-Gi-Oh’s vocabulary and call these sorts of cards ‘retrains’, but I don’t know if that language would stick around long-term or it’d just be jargon I incomprehensibly throw around that eventually gets forgotten.

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