Slowpoke 79 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Slowpoke 79
Brand: Pokémon
Author: OKACHEKE

This card has 80 HP, a top attack printed at 20 damage and a Darkness weakness.

Psychic · Basic · 151 · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Slowpoke 79 do in a game?

Slowpoke 79 is a Psychic Pokémon card with 80 HP, printed as Basic.

Its strongest attack, Headbutt, is printed at 20 damage for 2 Energy — 10 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Darkness weakness, any Darkness attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Psychic Basic Common Regulation G Unlimited and Standard and Expanded #079 Slowpoke

Slowpoke 79151

80 HP · Psychic · Basic · retreat 2 · Darkness weakness ×2

Top printed damage2010 per Energy Headbutt20 damage for 2 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points80 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage2042.7% of 16,246 in the ~30 band

Retreat cost2 Energy28.6% of 17,240 in the 2 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 10 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackCommon15140 printsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classBasic

Regulation markG

RarityCommon

Set151

Card number79

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$0.35Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by40 damage80 HP against a Darkness ×2 weakness Turns of setup2 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it743 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name40 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line38 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #079 Where it can be playedUnlimited and Standard and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Slowpoke 79 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Energy efficiency — bottom 3.1%.

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 Slowpoke 79 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	38.6%	80 HP
Top printed damage	12.8%	20 damage
Energy efficiency	3.1%	10 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1ESea Bathinghas printed text—
2EHeadbutt10 damage per Energy card20damage

2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 9,046of 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 9,046 at 80 HP.

Psychic cardsNo. 1,148of 2,334 by printed HP 151No. 116of 188 by printed HP

This cardSlowpoke 7915180 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 300 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Slowpoke 79

Hit points 80 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 10 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Weakness A Darkness attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 9 of the 39 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Slowpoke 79 at a glance

What it is. A Psychic Pokémon card with 80 HP printed as Basic, printed in 151.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 20 damage for 2 Energy.
What it fears. A Darkness weakness at ×2, which means 40 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 2 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 Slowpoke 79 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 20 damage, which is 10 damage for every Energy card attached.

Slowpoke 79 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Sea Bathing	1 Psychic	1	—	—	Heal 30 damage from this Pokémon, and it recovers from all Special Conditions.
Headbutt	2 Colorless	2	20	10	No extra effect.

Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Sea Bathing1 Energy card

Headbutt2 Energy cards

What each 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.

Headbutt 2 Energy20 damage for 2 Energy — 10 per Energy card20

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (20).

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How does Slowpoke 79 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.

No.9,046by HP in the archive

Slowpoke 79 prints 80 HP, which puts it at number 9,046 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).

13% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Bottom 48%Where it sits on printed HP

This card80 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Slowpoke printed80 HP

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

This card prints 80 HP, which is 21% 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 80 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

~30 — this card42.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%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 20.

Cards in the ~30 band typically have 70 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30 — this card	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	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

1 — this card54.4%9,392 cards

226.4%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 1 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1 — this card	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	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

2 — this card28.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 2 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 2 typically have 132 HP and print 79 damage.

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

No. 1,148of 2,334

That is where Slowpoke 79 stands highest on HP — number 1,148 of 2,334 cards in Psychic 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. 9,046 of 17,290 by HP · No. 11,559 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 71% on damage
Psychic cards — 2,335 cards No. 1,148 of 2,334 by HP · No. 1,313 of 1,992 by damage · top by HP: Mega Gardevoir ex, 360

top 66% on damage
151 — 207 cards No. 116 of 188 by HP · No. 133 of 176 by damage · top by HP: Venusaur ex, 340

top 75% 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 80 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 80
Top printed damage 20 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 20

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 in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Cards with this much printed damage

6,938 of 16,246 (42.7%)

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

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Slowpoke 79 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 20 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

Slowpoke 79 — this card10.020 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 1 typically return 49.0 damage per Energy card. This card returns 10.

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
Slowpoke 79 — this card	10.0	20 damage for 2 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsHeadbutt 20 / 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 Slowpoke 79.
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
Headbutt	—	10	—

This card, per Energy card

10 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

-39.0 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 20 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Psychic card do for Slowpoke 79?

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 1,249 Darkness cards carry that type A Darkness attack printed at 40 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Slowpoke 79 · Basic 80 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 20 damage.

Takes double from this card 2,335 cards in groups that print a Psychic weakness Against Psychic, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychic — this cardmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost 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 — this card	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	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

Psychicweak to Darkness

Psychicweak to Psychic

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

What being a Psychic card is worth

Groups that most often print a Psychic weakness: Psychic (2,335 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Psychic cards are themselves most exposed to Darkness.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Slowpoke 79 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Darkness attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 40 printed damage rather than 80.

Cards that remove it in one attack

743

Cards it removes in one attack

Darkness damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 80 HP against a Darkness weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackHaunterPhantasmal Flames 5540 damage

×2Darkness weakness · 40 printed damage is enough
40 damage becomes 80 against this card

This cardSlowpoke 79151 7980 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 739 cards in the archive that can remove Slowpoke 79 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 40 printed damage against a bar of 40. 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.

Slowpokeweak to Darkness ×2

Slowpokeresists Fighting -30

Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.

What the Fighting resistance changes

Damage from Fighting attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack printed high enough to knock this card out on paper may not do it. Resistance is a flat subtraction, not a multiplier — it does not scale with the attack.

Darkness cards that remove Slowpoke in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (126)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (225)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (226)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (245)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Drapion VSTAR (119)	Lost Origin	270	250	500
Drapion VSTAR (200)	Lost Origin	270	250	500

80 HP against a Darkness ×2 weakness means any Darkness attack printed at 40 damage or more is enough. 743 cards in the archive clear that bar.

Cards this one removes in a single attack

86 cards in the archive are weak to Psychic 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 Slowpoke as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Slowpoke 79 is one print of Slowpoke. 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.

Slowpoke has been printed 40 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 Slowpoke cards ever printedPokédex #079Prints on record 40Toughest print 250 HPThis card 80 HP

40prints

Legal in Standard9Older prints, not in Standard31

Every Slowpoke 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 Slowpoke printed is 250 HP, and this card is 32% of it

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

Slowpoke & Psyduck-GX 218/236the toughest Slowpoke ever printedSM - Unified Minds250 HP
Slowpoke 79against that record32% of the record80 HP

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

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

40 prints carry this name in the archive, and 39 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 (250 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

39 rows are shown of the 40 prints counted under this name.

Slowpoke prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Slowpoke & Psyduck-GX 218/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke & Psyduck-GX 239/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke & Psyduck-GX 217/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke & Psyduck-GX 35/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 057/142	SV07: Stellar Crown	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Slowpoke 079/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Slowpoke 085/193	SV02: Paldea Evolved	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Slowpoke 204/198	SV01: Scarlet & Violet Base Set	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Slowpoke 005/012	McDonald's Promos 2018	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 116/091	SV: Paldean Fates	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Slowpoke 23/108	Dark Explorers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 19/122	XY - BREAKpoint	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Slowpoke SWSH126	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 018/131	SV: Prismatic Evolutions	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Slowpoke 48/145	SM - Guardians Rising	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 42/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 54/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 12/68	Hidden Fates	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Slowpoke 054/163	SWSH05: Battle Styles	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Slowpoke 054/198	SWSH06: Chilling Reign	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 019/078	Pokemon GO	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Slowpoke 042/198	SV01: Scarlet & Violet Base Set	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Slowpoke 029/084	ME05: Pitch Black	Mark J	Legal in Standard
Slowpoke 66/90	Undaunted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 82/106	Great Encounters	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 81/123	HeartGold SoulSilver	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 70/95	Call of Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 032/083	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 72/115	EX Unseen Forces	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 108/147	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 80/112	EX FireRed & LeafGreen	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 45/95	EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 073/111	Neo Genesis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 76/109	EX Team Rocket Returns	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sabrina's Slowpoke 095/132	Gym Heroes	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 55/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 67/82	Team Rocket	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 83/113	EX Delta Species	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slowpoke 093/110	Legendary Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

9 of the 39 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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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 Slowpoke 79 in 151?

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 #79 in 151. 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 Slowpoke 79, 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 Slowpoke 79
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.

Slowpoke 79 — 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 September 22, 2023.

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Which generation of cards does Slowpoke 79 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 80)

Typical damage for the mark

80 (this card 20)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Slowpoke 79 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, Headbutt, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 10 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 9,046 of 17,290

Psychic cardsNo. 1,148 of 2,334

151No. 116 of 188

What actually removes it

A Darkness attack printed at 40 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 80 HP.
743 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 86 cards in one attack.
Damage from Fighting attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.

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Slowpoke 79 card record

Slowpoke 79 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	80 HP	Type	Psychic
Weakness	Darkness ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Card type	Basic	Regulation mark	Mark G
Pokédex number	#079	Set	151
Card number	79 of 165	Series	Scarlet & Violet
Released	September 22, 2023	Rarity	Common
Illustrator	OKACHEKE
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 Slowpoke 79 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

$0.35

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One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.

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Slowpoke 79 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Slowpoke 79?

Slowpoke 79 has 80 HP and a Darkness weakness at ×2, so a Darkness attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 80.

What is the strongest attack on Slowpoke 79?

Headbutt, printed at 20 damage for 2 Energy — 10 damage per Energy card.

What is the retreat cost of Slowpoke 79?

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

Can an older Slowpoke print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 39 prints listed on this page, 9 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.

Can Slowpoke 79 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 Slowpoke 79 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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Slowpoke 79 — what does this card actually do?

What does Slowpoke 79 do in a game?

Slowpoke 79 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Slowpoke 79 at a glance

What do the attacks on Slowpoke 79 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Slowpoke 79 compare with every other card?

Is Slowpoke 79 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Psychic card do for Slowpoke 79?

What knocks out Slowpoke 79 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

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

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Slowpoke 79?

What was printed next to Slowpoke 79 in 151?

Which rules apply to Slowpoke 79, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Slowpoke 79 belong to?

Slowpoke 79 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

Slowpoke 79 card record

What does Slowpoke 79 cost?

Slowpoke 79 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Slowpoke 79?

What is the strongest attack on Slowpoke 79?

What is the retreat cost of Slowpoke 79?

Can an older Slowpoke print be played in a tournament?

Can Slowpoke 79 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Slowpoke 79 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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