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Dark Slowbro
Team Rocket 29/82 • rare
- Set
- Team Rocket
- Number
- 29/82
- Rarity
- Rare
- Released
- 2000
- Energy type
- psychic energy
- Market price
- $20.13
- Artist
- Mitsuhiro Arita
What it does
When you play Dark Slowbro from your hand, choose up to 3 Basic Pokémon and/or Evolution cards from your discard pile and put them into your hand.
Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.
It loves nothing better than to be left alone, and so sometimes ends up being manipulated by unscrupulous people.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- ExpandedNot legal
- UnlimitedLegal
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Where it came from
Dark Slowbro was released in 2000 as part of the Team Rocket expansion, the first Pokémon Trading Card Game set to introduce the 'Dark' mechanic. This concept reflected the sinister influence of Team Rocket within the game’s lore, turning familiar creatures into more aggressive, shadowy iterations. The set sought to capitalize on the franchise's peak popularity by offering a thematic departure from the standard gym-leader-focused mechanics of previous releases.
The card features artwork by Kagemaru Himeno, a prolific illustrator whose work defined much of the early TCG aesthetic. Himeno was tasked with depicting the Slowbro in a more menacing light while maintaining the creature's characteristic vacant, slightly humorous expression. The design was received favorably by collectors, who appreciated how the 'Dark' evolution line mirrored the narrative stakes of the Team Rocket arc in the animated series and Game Boy titles.
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About Dark Slowbro
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