Collector’s Guide: Slowpoke (Team Rocket #67)

Quick Facts

• Pokémon: Slowpoke
• Set: Team Rocket (base5)
• Card Number: 67
• Rarity: Common
• HP: 50
• Type: Psychic
• Stage: Basic
• Illustrator: Sumiyoshi Kizuki
• Legality: unknown
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Key Printings

This exact printing of Slowpoke appears in the Team Rocket expansion, identified by the set code “base5” and card number 67. It features Psychic-type characteristics with 50 HP and two attacks: “Afternoon Nap,” which allows you to search your deck for a Psychic Energy card and attach it to Slowpoke, and “Headbutt,” dealing 10 damage. The card has no abilities and a retreat cost of 1.

Variants & Identifiers

• Set Name: Team Rocket
• Set Code: base5
• Card Number: 67
• Rarity: Common
• Illustrator: Sumiyoshi Kizuki
• Subtype: Basic
• Type: Psychic
• Weakness: Psychic ×2
• Retreat Cost: 1
• Flavor Text: “Although it knows how to fish, no other intelligent behavior has been detected in it.”
• Print Variants: None reported for this exact printing.

Care & Storage Tips

To preserve the condition of this Team Rocket Slowpoke card, store it in a protective sleeve and keep it away from direct sunlight, moisture, and extreme temperatures. Given its common rarity, maintaining mint condition can enhance its collector value. Avoid bending or scratching the card surface, especially the illustrated area by Sumiyoshi Kizuki.

Set-by-Set Micro-summaries

• Team Rocket (base5): This set introduced darker-themed cards featuring Pokémon associated with the villainous Team Rocket. Slowpoke #67 fits the Psychic type theme of the set and showcases simple but useful attacks. The card’s flavor text highlights Slowpoke’s slow-witted nature, consistent with its in-game character.

This guide covers the exact Team Rocket printing of Slowpoke, card number 67, with no known alternate print variants or updated legality status.