Platinum
Slaking
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What the card itself says
Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.
- HP
- 150
- Type
- Colorless
- Stage
- Stage 2
- Retreat cost
- 4
- Weakness
- +30
Its Ability
Lazy Paunch
If Slaking used any attacks during your last turn, Slaking can't attack.
Its attacks
Best Dash
150During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to Slaking by attacks is increased by 50 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
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.
WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT
- 150 HP, and nothing in Platinum goes higher. That is the wall your opponent has to break through before taking a Prize.
- Best Dash hits for 150 on 4 Energy. Nothing in Platinum hits harder for that price.
- It has an Ability, Lazy Paunch. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- Retreat cost 4. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
- None of the 3,299 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.
- It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Vigoroth to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
- Weakness Fighting +30. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 760 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 16 Slaking cards on one page, priciest first.