# Slugma #83/106 — Great Encounters

## Summary

Slugma is a bulk common from the Diamond & Pearl years, a Johto Fire type with a small but affectionate following for its oddball lava-slug design. Masakazu Fukuda is a long-serving Pokémon illustrator, and with no tournament footprint, demand here is nostalgia and set completion. A $0.38 modelled guide with 1 copy traded in 30 days says bulk, and the economics stop there: PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it, and the same card plays for $0.05 out of Twilight Masquerade.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Great Encounters |
| Number | 83/106 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Era | DP |
| Illustrator | Masakazu Fukuda |
| Release date | 2008-02-01 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 60 |
| Types | Fire |
| Attack: Steady Firebreathing | cost Fire — damage 10 |
| Attack: Body Slam | cost Colorless/Colorless — damage 20 — Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. |
| Weakness | Water +10 |
| Retreat | 2 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Slugma #218](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/slugma) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$0.38** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-01T12:37:43.960Z
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-11-01T12:37:43.960Z
- Floor delivered ask: $1.35 — as of 2026-11-01T12:37:43.960Z
- Quant score: 24/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-01T12:37:43.960Z — 3 of 11 inputs · 29% weight · -35% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-16T07:28:49.422Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-01T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-16T07:28:49.422Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-09-10T01:52:59.170Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-16T07:28:49.422Z, confidence 70%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/great-encounters/slugma-83)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Adp4-83%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)