Slowking Dark Explorers #49

Card #49 · Illustrated by Shin Nagasawa

90 HPPsychicPokémonStage 1

Ungraded · blended

$6.27

▲ 15.3% · 30d

Range $6 → $7
1 grading company tracked
Confidence high · How we price →

Slowking is a Rare Pokémon card from Dark Explorers (#49), illustrated by Shin Nagasawa. It's a Stage 1 Psychic-type Pokémon with 90 HP, evolving from Slowpoke, weak to Psychic ×2. Its current blended market value is $6.27 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

#17 most valuable Slowking of 26 #47 most valuable in Dark Explorers of 111

Competitive play · Limitless

Played in 5% of competitive decks — 160 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

Raw price by condition

Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$6.27

MPModerately Played$0.45

7-dayflat

30-day▲ 15.3%

90-day▲ 71.8%

All-time high$6

All-time low$3

Other printingsNormal · $3.20

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$6

Normal$3

TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$6.27

CGC graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
CGC 9		$75$75–$75

“Sold” = median of real recent eBay sold listings at that grade. Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects the price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · raw near-mint

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026

Current

$3.99

Period high

$4.33

Period low

$1.39

Change

▲ 28.3%

Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Population across graders

PSA11 gradedPSA 10 · 1 · 9% gem rate

101

CGC22 gradedCGC 10 · 2 · 9% gem rate

102

8.52

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Slowking 10 is harder to pull.

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Where to buy

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Cross-market prices

12% spread

TCGplayer · cheapest$6

PriceCharting · dearest$7

Currently 12% cheaper on TCGplayer than PriceCharting. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Momentum · 30dRising +15%

Cross-marketSome gap 12% gap

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

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Card text

Evolves from Slowpoke.

Psy Bolt20

Psychic

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Hand Press50+

Psychic · Colorless · Colorless

If you have more cards in your hand than your opponent, this attack does 30 more damage.

Weakness Psychic ×2Retreat 2

“Being bitten by Shellder gave it intelligence comparable to that of award-winning scientists.”

About the Pokémon

Royal PokémonGEN IISlowpoke → Slowbro

It has incredible intellect and in tuition. Whatever the situation, it remains calm and collected.

Card details

SetDark Explorers →

Number#49

RarityRare

PokémonAll Slowking cards →

GenerationGen II · Johto →

ArtistShin Nagasawa →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesStage 1

TypePsychic

HP90

Evolves fromSlowpoke

WeaknessPsychic ×2

Retreat cost2

National Pokédex#199

Card IDbw5-49

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Slowking cards

There are 9 different Slowking printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Dark Explorers #49 (Rare).