Slaking ex 227 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Slaking ex 227
Brand: Pokémon

This card has 340 HP, a top attack printed at 280 damage and a Fighting weakness.

Colorless · Stage 2 ex · Surging Sparks · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Slaking ex 227 do in a game?

Slaking ex 227 is a Colorless Pokémon card with 340 HP, printed as Stage 2 ex.

Its strongest attack, Great Swing, is printed at 280 damage for 2 Energy — 140 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Fighting weakness, any Fighting attack printed at 170 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Colorless Stage 2 ex Ultra Rare (UR)Regulation H Unlimited and Standard and Expanded #289 Slaking

Slaking ex 227Surging Sparks

340 HP · Colorless · Stage 2 ex · retreat 4 · Fighting weakness ×2

Top printed damage280140 per Energy Great Swing280 damage for 2 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points340 HP0.5% of 17,290 in the 340+ band

Printed damage2800.8% of 16,246 in the 260+ band

Retreat cost4 Energy4.2% of 17,240 in the 4 band

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 140 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2

Price trackUltra Rare (UR)Surging Sparks17 printsranked among ex cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 2 ex

Regulation markH

RarityUltra Rare (UR)

SetSurging Sparks

Card number227

AbilityBorn to Slack

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$1.12Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by170 damage340 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness Turns of setup2 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it161 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name17 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line14 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #289 Where it can be playedUnlimited and Standard and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Slaking ex 227 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Energy efficiency — top 0.1% of the archive. Weakest on Retreat lightness — bottom 4.2%.

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 Slaking ex 227 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	99.5%	340 HP
Top printed damage	99.5%	280 damage
Energy efficiency	99.9%	140 per Energy
Retreat lightness	4.2%	4 Energy
Attack cost lightness	43.8%	2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

2EGreat Swing140 damage per Energy card · has printed text280damage

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

Where it stands

No. 45of 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 45 at 340 HP.

Colorless cardsNo. 1of 2,171 by printed HP ex cardsNo. 45of 942 by printed HP

This cardSlaking ex 227Surging Sparks340 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 40 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Slaking ex 227

Hit points 340 HP puts it in the 340+ band, where 0.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 140 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Weakness A Fighting attack printed at 170 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 4 of the 15 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Slaking ex 227 at a glance

What it is. A Colorless Pokémon card with 340 HP printed as Stage 2 ex, printed in Surging Sparks.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 280 damage for 2 Energy.
What it fears. A Fighting weakness at ×2, which means 170 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 4 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark H.
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 Slaking ex 227 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 280 damage, which is 140 damage for every Energy card attached.

Slaking ex 227 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Great Swing	2 Colorless	2	280	140	Discard an Energy from this Pokémon.

Retreating costs a further 4 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Great Swing2 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.

Great Swing 2 Energy280 damage for 2 Energy — 140 per Energy card280

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (280).

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How does Slaking ex 227 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.

Slaking ex 227 — Surging Sparks — Slaking exSurging Sparks 227

No.45by HP in the archive

Slaking ex 227 prints 340 HP, which puts it at number 45 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).

100% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 1%Where it sits on printed HP

This card340 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest ex card380 HP

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

This card prints 340 HP, which is 90% 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

80~12033.1%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+ — this card0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 340 HP.

Cards in the 340+ band typically print 189 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120	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+ — this card	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%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+ — this card0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 280.

Cards in the 260+ band typically have 287 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	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+ — this card	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

312.6%2,168 cards

4 — this card4.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 4 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 4 typically have 175 HP and print 121 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	12.6%	2,168 cards
4 — this card	4.2%	729 cards

No. 1of 2,171

That is where Slaking ex 227 stands highest on HP — number 1 of 2,171 cards in Colorless 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. 45 of 17,290 by HP · No. 58 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 0% on damage
Colorless cards — 2,173 cards No. 1 of 2,171 by HP · No. 1 of 2,018 by damage · top by HP: Slaking ex, 340

top 0% on damage
ex cards — 942 cards No. 45 of 942 by HP · No. 26 of 906 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 3% on damage
Surging Sparks — 252 cards No. 1 of 207 by HP · No. 5 of 196 by damage · top by HP: Slaking ex, 340

top 2% 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 340 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 340
Top printed damage 280 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 280

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 ex

942 on record

Cards in the same HP band

90 of 17,290 (0.5%)

Cards with this much printed damage

125 of 16,246 (0.8%)

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 Slaking ex 227 does without attacking

Slaking ex 227 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.

Born to Slack — Ability

If your opponent has no Pokémon ex or Pokémon V in play, this Pokémon can't attack.

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.

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Is Slaking ex 227 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 280 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

Slaking ex 227 — this card140.0280 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 140.

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
Slaking ex 227 — this card	140.0	280 damage for 2 Energy

3001500 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsGreat Swing 280 / 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 Slaking ex 227.
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
Great Swing	—	140	—

This card, per Energy card

140 damage

Typical for a 2 Energy attack

32.5 damage

Difference

+107.5 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 280 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Slaking ex 227 strong for a ex card?

ex cards are built large to begin with, so measuring this one against the whole archive mixes up what the mechanic gives it with what the card itself gives it. Measured inside its own group, the two come apart.

Hit points340 HPtypical for the group is 243 HP — this card is 40% above

Top printed damage280 damagetypical for the group is 144 damage — this card is 94% above

Retreat cost4 Energytypical for the group is 2 Energy — this card is 100% above

The group is every ex card in the archive — 942 of them. Each figure is compared with what that group typically prints, not with the archive as a whole.

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What does being a Colorless card do for Slaking ex 227?

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 1,884 Fighting cards carry that type A Fighting attack printed at 170 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Slaking ex 227 · Stage 2 ex 340 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 280 damage.

Takes double from this card — no group most often prints a Colorless weakness This type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.

How the archive splits by energy type

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

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorless — this cardmost 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	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless — this card	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

Colorlessweak to Fighting

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

What being a Colorless card is worth

No group in the archive most often prints a Colorless weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule. Going the other way, Colorless cards are themselves most exposed to Fighting.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Slaking ex 227 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Fighting attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 170 printed damage rather than 340.

Cards that remove it in one attack

161

Cards it removes in one attack

113

Fighting damage needed to knock it out

170

Counted across the whole card archive. 340 HP against a Fighting weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackAnnihilapeScarlet & Violet 109170 damage

×2Fighting weakness · 170 printed damage is enough
170 damage becomes 340 against this card

This cardSlaking ex 227Surging Sparks 227340 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 160 cards in the archive that can remove Slaking ex 227 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 170 printed damage against a bar of 170. 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.

Slaking exweak to Fighting ×2

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

Fighting cards that remove Slaking ex in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mega Lucario ex (77)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (160)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (179)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (188)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (113)	Ascended Heroes	340	270	540
Toxtricity ex (100)	Paradox Rift	260	270	540

340 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness means any Fighting attack printed at 170 damage or more is enough. 161 cards in the archive clear that bar.

160 HP Salamence ex δ [98]

160 HP Salamence ex [96]

160 HP Salamence ex [103]

150 HP Flygon ex [87]

150 HP Flygon ex [94]

150 HP Dragonite ex [90]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

113 cards in the archive are weak to Colorless 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 Slaking as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Slaking ex 227 is one print of Slaking. 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.

Slaking has been printed 17 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 Slaking cards ever printedPokédex #289Prints on record 17Toughest print 340 HPThis card 340 HP

17prints

Legal in Standard4Older prints, not in Standard13

Every Slaking 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.

Slaking ex 227 is the toughest Slaking ever printed

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

Slaking ex 227/191the toughest Slaking ever printedSV08: Surging Sparks340 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Slaking ex 227 can be?

Slaking ex evolves from Vigoroth, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Slaking line, oldest stage first

Slakoth11 prints on record · EX Sandstorm

+20 HP · +10 damage

Vigoroth13 prints on record · EX Power Keepers

+90 HP · +170 damage

Slaking12 prints on record · EX Deoxys

Slakoth → Vigoroth → Slaking

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Vigoroth.
The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.

1SlakothHardest attack printed at this stage: 60 damage70 HP
2VigorothHardest attack printed at this stage: 70 damage. Evolving here adds 20 HP over the stage before it90 HP
3SlakingHardest attack printed at this stage: 240 damage. Evolving here adds 90 HP over the stage before it180 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (180 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 Slaking print, and can the older ones still be played?

17 prints carry this name in the archive, and 15 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 (340 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

15 rows are shown of the 17 prints counted under this name.

Slaking prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Slaking ex 227/191	SV08: Surging Sparks	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Slaking ex 147/191	SV08: Surging Sparks	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Slaking V 077/078	Pokemon GO	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Slaking 18/18	Detective Pikachu	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slaking 170/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slaking 131/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Slaking 162/193	SV02: Paldea Evolved	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Slaking 115/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slaking 16/127	Platinum	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slaking 103/124	Dragons Exalted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slaking 83/111	XY - Furious Fists	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slaking 34/123	Mysterious Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slaking 15/107	EX Deoxys	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slaking 12/109	EX Ruby and Sapphire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Slaking 13/108	EX Power Keepers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

4 of the 15 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 Slaking ex 227?

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 Slaking ex 227
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Mega Kangaskhan ex	Mega Evolution	300	200	3
Mega Lopunny ex	Phantasmal Flames	330	160	1
Mega Kangaskhan ex	Mega Evolution	300	200	3
Blissey ex	Twilight Masquerade	300	180	4
Mega Lopunny ex	Phantasmal Flames	330	160	1
Mega Kangaskhan ex	Mega Evolution	300	200	3

This card itself is 340 HP, 280 top damage and 4 retreat, and every card here is Colorless 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 Slaking ex 227 in Surging Sparks?

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.

280 Palossand ex [221]

310 Flygon ex [222]

330 Hydreigon ex [223]

300 Archaludon ex [224]

Alolan Exeggutor ex 225 — Surging Sparks

300 Alolan Exeggutor ex [225]

160 Tatsugiri ex [226]

210 Cyclizar ex [228]

Clemont's Quick Wit [229]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #227 in Surging Sparks. 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 Slaking ex 227, 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.

The rule printed on this card

“Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.”

Prize cards your opponent takes when it is knocked out

Every knockout carries the opponent 2 steps closer to winning, and that is the cost of putting this card on the field whatever it cost to buy.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Slaking ex 227
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.

Slaking ex 227 — 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 H, printed next to the card number. It was released on November 8, 2024.

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Which generation of cards does Slaking ex 227 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 Gtypically 124 HP · 80 damage19.9%1,634 cards

Mark H — this cardtypically 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	19.9%	1,634 cards
Mark H — this card	15.7%	1,283 cards
Mark I	14.8%	1,215 cards
Mark J	5.1%	419 cards

This card

Mark H

Cards sharing that mark

1,283

Typical HP for the mark

132 (this card 340)

Typical damage for the mark

88 (this card 280)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Slaking ex 227 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, Great Swing, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 140 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 4 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Vigoroth has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 45 of 17,290

Colorless cardsNo. 1 of 2,171

ex cardsNo. 45 of 942

Surging SparksNo. 1 of 207

What actually removes it

A Fighting attack printed at 170 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 340 HP.
161 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 113 cards in one attack.

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Slaking ex 227 card record

Slaking ex 227 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	340 HP	Type	Colorless
Weakness	Fighting ×2	Retreat cost	4 Energy
Evolves from	Vigoroth	Card type	Stage 2 ex
Regulation mark	Mark H	Pokédex number	#289
Set	Surging Sparks	Card number	227 of 191
Series	Scarlet & Violet	Released	November 8, 2024
Rarity	Ultra Rare (UR)
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only
Printed rule	Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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

Every set in the archive

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What does Slaking ex 227 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

$1.12

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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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Slaking ex 227 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Slaking ex 227?

Slaking ex 227 has 340 HP and a Fighting weakness at ×2, so a Fighting attack printed at 170 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 340.

What is the strongest attack on Slaking ex 227?

Great Swing, printed at 280 damage for 2 Energy — 140 damage per Energy card. Discard an Energy from this Pokémon.

What is the retreat cost of Slaking ex 227?

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

Can an older Slaking print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 15 prints listed on this page, 4 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 Slaking ex evolve from?

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

Can Slaking ex 227 be played in a tournament?

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

What does the rule on Slaking ex 227 mean?

The card reads “Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.” That sentence is printed on the card itself, so it applies wherever the card is played.

Does this page say how good Slaking ex 227 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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Slaking ex 227 — what does this card actually do?

What does Slaking ex 227 do in a game?

Slaking ex 227 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Slaking ex 227 at a glance

What do the attacks on Slaking ex 227 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Slaking ex 227 compare with every other card?

What Slaking ex 227 does without attacking

Is Slaking ex 227 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Slaking ex 227 strong for a ex card?

What does being a Colorless card do for Slaking ex 227?

What knocks out Slaking ex 227 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Slaking ex 227 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Slaking ex 227?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Slaking ex 227?

What was printed next to Slaking ex 227 in Surging Sparks?

Which rules apply to Slaking ex 227, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Slaking ex 227 belong to?

Slaking ex 227 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

Slaking ex 227 card record

What does Slaking ex 227 cost?

Slaking ex 227 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Slaking ex 227?

What is the strongest attack on Slaking ex 227?

What is the retreat cost of Slaking ex 227?

Can an older Slaking print be played in a tournament?

What does Slaking ex evolve from?

Can Slaking ex 227 be played in a tournament?

What does the rule on Slaking ex 227 mean?

Does this page say how good Slaking ex 227 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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