# Dark Slowking #9/109 — Team Rocket Returns

## Summary

Dark Slowking is a Team Rocket Returns Rare, a mid-tier pull in a set built around the villain-flavored Dark Pokémon that collectors still like for their theme. Slowking's Johto fan base plus the Cunning deck-peek power gave it a niche, quirky appeal, and Kouki Saitou is a respected name among Pokémon illustrators. The modelled guide sits at $60; PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it, and the slabbed population has not grown in 30 days, slower than 88% of tracked cards.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Team Rocket Returns |
| Number | 9/109 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Era | EX |
| Illustrator | Kouki Saitou |
| Release date | 2004-11-01 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage1 |
| Evolves from | Slowpoke |
| HP | 80 |
| Types | Psychic, Darkness |
| Ability: Cunning | Once during your turn (before your attack), you may look at the top card of your opponent's deck. Then, you may shuffle his or her deck. This power can't be used if Dark Slowking is affected by a Special Condition. |
| Attack: Litter | cost Psychic/Colorless — damage 20+ — You may discard a combination of up to 2 Pokémon Tool cards and Rocket's Secret Machine cards from your hand, and then do 20 damage plus 30 more damage for each card you discarded. |
| Weakness | Grass ×2 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Slowking #199](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/slowking) |
| Finishes | Holo, Reverse Holo, Normal |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$60.00** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-10-22T05:03:59.593Z
- 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 2026-10-22T05:03:59.593Z
- Floor delivered ask: $291.24 — as of 2026-10-22T05:03:59.593Z
- Quant score: 32/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-10-22T05:03:59.593Z — 3 of 11 inputs · 25% weight · -35% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2004-11-01T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-22T04:48:58.038Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-09-02T15:00:47.585Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-14T12:52:13.844Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/team-rocket-returns/dark-slowking-9)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aex7-9%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)