Slaking RS 12/109

Name: Slaking RS 12/109
Brand: Pokémon

RSHolo Rare

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Slaking has appeared in several sets: Ruby & Sapphire (RS 12) and Power Keepers (PK 13). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.

The market for this printing

Finish unspecified

No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: English. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

Ruby & Sapphire landed here on 1 July 2003.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 120
Type: Colorless
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 3
Weakness: ×2
Number: 12/109
Set: Ruby & SapphireRSSet guide
Illustrated by: Ken Sugimori

Its Ability

Lazy

As long as Slaking is your Active Pokémon, your opponent's Pokémon can't use any Poké-Powers.

Its attacks

Critical Move

100

Discard a basic Energy card attached to Slaking or this attack does nothing. Slaking can't attack during your next turn.

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.

A strength
120 HP, and nothing in Ruby & Sapphire goes higher. That is the wall your opponent has to break through before taking a Prize.
A strength
Critical Move hits for 100 on 4 Energy. Nothing in Ruby & Sapphire hits harder for that price.
A strength
It has an Ability, Lazy. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
Keep in mind
None of the 8,067 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.
Keep in mind
It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Vigoroth to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 8,067 tournament lists we have read, 1,724 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Every version of this card

Look at the number printed at the bottom of your card. That is what tells you which version you are holding. Tap yours to open its page.

Slaking RS 12/109Ruby & SapphireHolo RareThe one you are looking atHolo Rare
Slaking PK 13/108Power KeepersRareRare

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.

View all Slaking cards

Slaking RS 12/109

The market for this printing

When it came out