Dark Slowbro (Team Rocket 12)

Dark Slowbro LV.27 わるいヤドラン Bad Yadoran Team Plasma

Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita

Evolution stage Stage 1 Pokémon Evolves from Slowpoke Card name Dark Slowbro Type Psychic Hit Points 60 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Team Rocket Rarity English card no. 12/82 Japanese expansion Rocket Gang Japanese rarity Expansion Team Rocket Rarity English card no. 29/82 Card GB 2 set Team Rocket's Ambition Card GB 2 ID H24 Japanese expansion Pokémon Web Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 028/048 Expansion Legendary Collection Rarity English card no. 8/110 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Slowbro.

Dark Slowbro (Japanese: わるいヤドラン Bad Yadoran) is a Psychic-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It is part of the Team Rocket expansion.

Card text (Team Rocket print)

Pokémon Power: Reel In つりあげる

When you play Dark Slowbro from your hand, choose up to 3 Basic Pokémon and/or Evolution cards from your discard pile and put them into your hand.

Fickle Attack きまぐれこうげき 40

Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.

Pokédex data

Slowbro - Hermitcrab Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
080	5'3" (1.6 m)	173 lbs. (78.5 kg)
Pokédex entry
It loves nothing better than to be left alone, and so sometimes ends up being manipulated by unscrupulous people.
ぼーっとしているのが好きなだけに、人間に利用されてしまうことがある。

Card text (Pokémon Web print)

Reel In つりあげる

When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon, you may put 3 Pokémon from your discard pile into your hand.

Fickle Attack きまぐれこうげき 40

Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.

Release information

This card was first released in the Team Rocket expansion as both a Holofoil and Non Holofoil, originating from the Rocket Gang expansion where it was only released as a Holofoil card. It was later reprinted in Japan as a Non Holofoil in the Pokémon Web expansion. In English, the Holofoil print was reprinted in the Legendary Collection expansion.

Trivia

• Although this Pokémon is level 27, Slowpoke does not evolve into Slowbro until level 37.
• Slowbro's species name is mislabeled as "Hermitcrab Pokémon," while its actual species name is the "Hermit Crab Pokémon."

Origin

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.