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Dark Slowking

TRFR9· Rare
Dark Slowking TR 9

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What the card itself says

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HP
80
Type
PsychicDarkness
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2

Its Ability

Cunning

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may look at the top card of your opponent's deck. Then, you may shuffle his or her deck. This power can't be used if Dark Slowking is affected by a Special Condition.

Its attacks

Litter

20+

You may discard a combination of up to 2 Pokémon Tool cards and Rocket's Secret Machine cards from your hand, and then do 20 damage plus 30 more damage for each card you discarded.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Cunning. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,402 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,402 tournament lists we have read, 2,084 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 26 Slowking cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Slowking card and its price