Slowpoke Dark Explorers #23

Card #23 · Illustrated by MAHOU

70 HPWaterPokémonBasic

Ungraded · blended

$27.78

▲ 3.9% · 30d

Range $22 → $28
Confidence high · How we price →

Slowpoke is a Common Pokémon card from Dark Explorers (#23), illustrated by MAHOU. It's a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 70 HP, weak to Lightning ×2. Its current blended market value is $27.78 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

#15 most valuable Slowpoke of 38 #20 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$27.78

LPLightly Played$12.24

MPModerately Played$10.19

7-dayflat

30-day▲ 3.9%

90-day▲ 40.2%

All-time high$28

All-time low$2

Other printingsNormal · $7.90

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$28

Normal$8

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

Graded prices

No graded sales tracked for this card yet — see the raw estimate above.

Price history · raw near-mint

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026

Current

$2.58

Period high

$3.29

Period low

$1.16

Change

▲ 109.8%

Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Population across graders

PSA3 gradedPSA 10 · 0 · 0% gem rate

CGC14 gradedCGC 10 · 4 · 29% gem rate

104

8.52

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

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Where to buy

Available to buy nowLive on eBay

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Cross-market prices

27% spread

PriceCharting · cheapest$22

TCGplayer · dearest$28

Currently 27% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. 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 +4%

Cross-marketSome gap 27% gap

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

🔥 Trending in the community

#28 on the radar

Mentions this week2

Slowpoke is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →

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Card text

Big Yawn

Colorless

Both this Pokémon and the Defending Pokémon are now Asleep.

Shot in the Dark20

Water · Colorless

Flip 2 coins. If either of them is tails, this attack does nothing.

Weakness Lightning ×2Retreat 3

“Although slow, it is skilled at fishing with its tail. It does not feel pain if its tail is bitten.”

About the Pokémon

Dopey PokémonGEN ISlowpoke → Slowbro

It is always so absent-minded that it won't react, even if its flavorful tail is bitten.

Card details

SetDark Explorers →

Number#23

RarityCommon

PokémonAll Slowpoke cards →

GenerationGen I · Kanto →

ArtistMAHOU →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesBasic

TypeWater

HP70

WeaknessLightning ×2

Retreat cost3

National Pokédex#79

Card IDbw5-23

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Slowpoke cards

There are 9 different Slowpoke printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Dark Explorers #23 (Common).