Slowbro 43 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Slowbro 43
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Shinji Kanda

This card has 100 HP, a top attack printed at 60 damage and a Lightning weakness.

Water · Stage 1 · Scarlet & Violet · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Slowbro 43 do in a game?

Slowbro 43 is a Water Pokémon card with 100 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Its strongest attack, Bubble Drain, is printed at 60 damage for 2 Energy — 30 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Lightning weakness, any Lightning attack printed at 50 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Water Stage 1 Rare Regulation G Unlimited and Standard and Expanded #080 Slowbro

Slowbro 43Scarlet & Violet

100 HP · Water · Stage 1 · retreat 3 · Lightning weakness ×2

Top printed damage6030 per Energy Bubble Drain60 damage for 2 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points100 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage6022.0% of 16,246 in the 40~60 band

Retreat cost3 Energy12.6% of 17,240 in the 3 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 30 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2

Price trackRareScarlet & Violet31 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

Regulation markG

RarityRare

SetScarlet & Violet

Card number43

AbilityStrange Behavior

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$0.66Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by50 damage100 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness Turns of setup2 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it770 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name31 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line25 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #080 Where it can be playedUnlimited and Standard and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Slowbro 43 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Energy efficiency — top 32.9% of the archive. Weakest on Retreat lightness — bottom 16.8%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Slowbro 43 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	56.1%	100 HP
Top printed damage	57.4%	60 damage
Energy efficiency	67.1%	30 per Energy
Retreat lightness	16.8%	3 Energy
Attack cost lightness	43.8%	2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

2EBubble Drain30 damage per Energy card · has printed text60damage

1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 6,636of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 6,636 at 100 HP.

Water cardsNo. 900of 2,435 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 1,866of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardSlowbro 43Scarlet & Violet100 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 280 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Slowbro 43

Hit points 100 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 30 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Weakness A Lightning attack printed at 50 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 7 of the 26 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Slowbro 43 at a glance

What it is. A Water Pokémon card with 100 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Scarlet & Violet.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 60 damage for 2 Energy.
What it fears. A Lightning weakness at ×2, which means 50 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 3 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark G.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Slowbro 43 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 60 damage, which is 30 damage for every Energy card attached.

Slowbro 43 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Bubble Drain	1 Water + 1 Colorless	2	60	30	Heal 30 damage from this Pokémon.

Retreating costs a further 3 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Bubble Drain2 Energy cards

The Energy this attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Bubble Drain 2 Energy60 damage for 2 Energy — 30 per Energy card60

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (60).

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How does Slowbro 43 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Slowbro 43 — Scarlet & Violet — SlowbroScarlet & Violet 43

No.6,636by HP in the archive

Slowbro 43 prints 100 HP, which puts it at number 6,636 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

57% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 38%Where it sits on printed HP

This card100 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 1 card380 HP
Strongest Slowbro printed130 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 100 HP, which is 26% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~120 — this card33.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 100 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120 — this card	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~60 — this card22.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 60.

Cards in the 40~60 band typically have 101 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60 — this card	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

154.4%9,392 cards

2 — this card26.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 2 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically have 116 HP and print 65 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2 — this card	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

3 — this card12.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 3 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 3 typically have 150 HP and print 99 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1	49.3%	8,503 cards
2	28.6%	4,926 cards
3 — this card	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 1,866of 5,102

That is where Slowbro 43 stands highest on HP — number 1,866 of 5,102 cards in Stage 1 cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 6,636 of 17,290 by HP · No. 5,743 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 35% on damage
Water cards — 2,435 cards No. 900 of 2,435 by HP · No. 735 of 2,316 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 32% on damage
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 1,866 of 5,102 by HP · No. 1,904 of 4,958 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 38% on damage
Scarlet & Violet — 258 cards No. 93 of 209 by HP · No. 95 of 204 by damage · top by HP: Magnezone ex, 330

top 46% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 100 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 100
Top printed damage 60 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 60

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as Stage 1

5,102 on record

Cards in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,566 of 16,246 (22.0%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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What Slowbro 43 does without attacking

Slowbro 43 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.

Printed effects

Capped at once a turn

None

Read from the printed text quoted below, not counted anywhere else.

Strange Behavior — Ability

As often as you like during your turn, you may move 1 damage counter from 1 of your other Pokémon to this Pokémon.

Quoted from the card face. The label after the dash is how the card itself names the effect.

Why this sits apart from the attacks

An attack costs Energy and ends your turn. What is printed above does neither — it is available while the card is in play, so it is a different kind of cost to a deck. Attack costs are in the section above.

Every card mechanic in the archive

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Is Slowbro 43 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 60 damage attack that needs 2 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Slowbro 43 — this card30.060 damage for 2 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically return 32.5 damage per Energy card. This card returns 30.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Slowbro 43 — this card	30.0	60 damage for 2 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsBubble Drain 60 / 2

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Slowbro 43.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Bubble Drain	—	30	—

This card, per Energy card

30 damage

Typical for a 2 Energy attack

32.5 damage

Difference

-2.5 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 60 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Water card do for Slowbro 43?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 1,520 Lightning cards carry that type A Lightning attack printed at 50 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Slowbro 43 · Stage 1 100 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 60 damage.

Takes double from this card 1,574 cards in groups that print a Water weakness Against Fire, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Water — this cardmost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water — this card	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Waterweak to Lightning

Fireweak to Water

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Water weakness.

What being a Water card is worth

Groups that most often print a Water weakness: Fire (1,574 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Water cards are themselves most exposed to Lightning.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Slowbro 43 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Lightning attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 50 printed damage rather than 100.

Cards that remove it in one attack

770

Cards it removes in one attack

1,154

Lightning damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 100 HP against a Lightning weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackEelektrikAscended Heroes 6050 damage

×2Lightning weakness · 50 printed damage is enough
50 damage becomes 100 against this card

This cardSlowbro 43Scarlet & Violet 43100 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 765 cards in the archive that can remove Slowbro 43 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 50 printed damage against a bar of 50. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Slowbroweak to Lightning ×2

Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.

Lightning cards that remove Slowbro in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Pikachu ex (57)	Ascended Heroes	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (277)	Ascended Heroes	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (57)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (219)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (238)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (247)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600

100 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness means any Lightning attack printed at 50 damage or more is enough. 770 cards in the archive clear that bar.

120 HP Charizard [4]

120 HP Charizard [3]

120 HP Darmanitan [25]

120 HP Moltres [22]

120 HP Excadrill [57]

120 HP Arcanine [13]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

1,154 cards in the archive are weak to Water and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Slowbro as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Slowbro 43 is one print of Slowbro. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Slowbro has been printed 31 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Slowbro cards ever printedPokédex #080Prints on record 31Toughest print 330 HPThis card 100 HP

31prints

Legal in Standard7Older prints, not in Standard24

Every Slowbro print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Slowbro printed is 330 HP, and this card is 30.3% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Mega Slowbro ex 031/084the toughest Slowbro ever printedME05: Pitch Black330 HP
Slowbro 43against that record30.3% of the record100 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Slowbro print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Slowbro 43 can be?

Slowbro evolves from Slowpoke, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Slowbro line, oldest stage firstPokédex #080

Slowpoke28 prints on record · EX Unseen Forces

+50 HP · +100 damage

Slowbro15 prints on record · Aquapolis

Slowpoke → Slowbro

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Slowpoke.
The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 080.

1SlowpokeHardest attack printed at this stage: 60 damage80 HP
2SlowbroHardest attack printed at this stage: 160 damage. Evolving here adds 50 HP over the stage before it130 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (130 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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Is this the strongest Slowbro print, and can the older ones still be played?

31 prints carry this name in the archive, and 26 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (330 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

26 rows are shown of the 31 prints counted under this name.

Slowbro prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Mega Slowbro ex 031/084	ME05: Pitch Black	Mark J	Legal in Standard
M Slowbro-EX 27/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Slowbro V 099/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Slowbro-EX 26/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowbro 090/084	ME05: Pitch Black	Mark J	Legal in Standard
Galarian Slowbro 092/163	SWSH05: Battle Styles	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Slowbro 080/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Slowbro 030/084	ME05: Pitch Black	Mark J	Legal in Standard
Slowbro 43/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowbro 020/078	Pokemon GO	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Slowbro 49/145	SM - Guardians Rising	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowbro 117/091	SV: Paldean Fates	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Slowbro 043/198	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Slowbro 20/122	XY - BREAKpoint	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowbro 24/108	Dark Explorers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowbro 52/123	HeartGold SoulSilver	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowbro 38/90	Undaunted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowbro 033/147	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Light Slowbro 051/105	Neo Destiny	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowbro 54/106	Great Encounters	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sabrina's Slowbro 060/132	Gym Heroes	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Slowbro 008/110	Legendary Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Slowbro 12/82	Team Rocket	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowbro 14/112	EX FireRed & LeafGreen	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Slowbro 29/82	Team Rocket	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowbro 43/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

7 of the 26 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Slowbro 43?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Slowbro 43
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Gyarados	XY Black Star Promos	130	100	3
Gyarados	Base	100	50	3
Milotic ex	Emerald	130	70	2
Vaporeon	Skyridge	70	40	1
Piloswine	Skyridge	90	40	3
Misty's Gyarados	Gym Challenge	100	70	3

This card itself is 100 HP, 60 top damage and 3 retreat, and every card here is Water like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Slowbro 43 in Scarlet & Violet?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #43 in Scarlet & Violet. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Slowbro 43, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Slowbro 43
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Slowbro 43 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Legal	Can be played in this format
Expanded	Legal	Can be played in this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited and Standard and Expanded play. It carries regulation mark G, printed next to the card number. It was released on March 31, 2023.

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Which generation of cards does Slowbro 43 belong to?

The single letter printed beside the card number groups a card with everything issued under the same rules. Tournament formats are cut along those letters, so the size of a letter is the size of the pool a card sits in.

Cards carrying each regulation mark

Mark Dtypically 133 HP · 84 damage15.4%1,261 cards

Mark Etypically 150 HP · 87 damage14.7%1,202 cards

Mark Ftypically 142 HP · 88 damage14.4%1,180 cards

Mark G — this cardtypically 124 HP · 80 damage19.9%1,634 cards

Mark Htypically 132 HP · 88 damage15.7%1,283 cards

Mark Itypically 134 HP · 80 damage14.8%1,215 cards

Mark Jtypically 148 HP · 86 damage5.1%419 cards

8,194 cards in the archive carry a regulation mark. Older prints carry none at all, so this is not the whole archive.

The regulation mark is the single letter recorded with each modern card. Older prints carry no mark at all, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.

Cards carrying each regulation mark
Group	Share	Value
Mark D	15.4%	1,261 cards
Mark E	14.7%	1,202 cards
Mark F	14.4%	1,180 cards
Mark G — this card	19.9%	1,634 cards
Mark H	15.7%	1,283 cards
Mark I	14.8%	1,215 cards
Mark J	5.1%	419 cards

This card

Mark G

Cards sharing that mark

1,634

Typical HP for the mark

124 (this card 100)

Typical damage for the mark

80 (this card 60)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Slowbro 43 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Bubble Drain, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 30 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 3 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Slowpoke has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 6,636 of 17,290

Water cardsNo. 900 of 2,435

Stage 1 cardsNo. 1,866 of 5,102

Scarlet & VioletNo. 93 of 209

What actually removes it

A Lightning attack printed at 50 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 100 HP.
770 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 1,154 cards in one attack.

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Slowbro 43 card record

Slowbro 43 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	100 HP	Type	Water
Weakness	Lightning ×2	Retreat cost	3 Energy
Evolves from	Slowpoke	Card type	Stage 1
Regulation mark	Mark G	Pokédex number	#080
Set	Scarlet & Violet	Card number	43 of 198
Series	Scarlet & Violet	Released	March 31, 2023
Rarity	Rare	Illustrator	Shinji Kanda
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Slowbro 43 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$0.66

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Slowbro 43 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Slowbro 43?

Slowbro 43 has 100 HP and a Lightning weakness at ×2, so a Lightning attack printed at 50 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 100.

What is the strongest attack on Slowbro 43?

Bubble Drain, printed at 60 damage for 2 Energy — 30 damage per Energy card. Heal 30 damage from this Pokémon.

What is the retreat cost of Slowbro 43?

3 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

Can an older Slowbro print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 26 prints listed on this page, 7 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

What does Slowbro evolve from?

Slowpoke. It cannot be played straight from your hand onto an empty spot — the earlier stage has to be in play first.

Can Slowbro 43 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited and Standard and Expanded play, and it carries regulation mark G. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Slowbro 43 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Slowbro 43 — what does this card actually do?

What does Slowbro 43 do in a game?

Slowbro 43 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Slowbro 43 at a glance

What do the attacks on Slowbro 43 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Slowbro 43 compare with every other card?

What Slowbro 43 does without attacking

Is Slowbro 43 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Water card do for Slowbro 43?

What knocks out Slowbro 43 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Slowbro as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Slowbro 43 can be?

Is this the strongest Slowbro print, and can the older ones still be played?

What can you use instead of Slowbro 43?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Slowbro 43?

What was printed next to Slowbro 43 in Scarlet & Violet?

Which rules apply to Slowbro 43, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Slowbro 43 belong to?

Slowbro 43 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Slowbro 43 card record

What does Slowbro 43 cost?

Slowbro 43 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Slowbro 43?

What is the strongest attack on Slowbro 43?

What is the retreat cost of Slowbro 43?

Can an older Slowbro print be played in a tournament?

What does Slowbro evolve from?

Can Slowbro 43 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Slowbro 43 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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