Slowpoke

The Slowpoke card numbered 76/109 was released as part of the Team Rocket Returns expansion for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, which debuted in North America in late 2004. This set marked a return to the thematic focus of the original Team Rocket expansion, emphasizing the antagonistic Pokémon associated with the villainous organization. It notably introduced Pokémon-ex cards and featured 'Dark' variants of various Pokémon, reflecting the corruptive influence of Team Rocket's activities on the creatures in the wild.

The card was illustrated by Midori Harada, a prolific artist whose work has appeared on hundreds of Pokémon cards since the early 2000s. Harada's design for this particular Slowpoke captures the character's signature detached and vacant expression, rendered in the classic, clean illustrative style characteristic of the mid-EX series era. As a common card in the set, it was designed to serve as a standard building block for players, helping to flesh out the psychic-type options available to collectors during the period when the game mechanics were transitioning toward more complex synergistic archetypes.