Slowpoke [1999-2000] - Pokemon Fossil #55
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Slowpoke [1999-2000]
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Slowpoke [1999-2000] Card Facts & History
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Card History
Slowpoke’s Fossil card is a memorable oddball in early competitive design because its attack Scavenge lets a Basic Pokémon recover a Trainer card from the discard pile, a surprisingly tricky utility effect for a Common in the Wizards era.
Set Lore
As card #55 in Fossil, this Slowpoke comes from the Pokémon TCG’s third English expansion, a 62-card set released on October 10, 1999, which gives the card instant early-WotC nostalgia.
Artist
This card is famous among vintage collectors for an illustrator credit error: the original Fossil printing misspelled Miki Tanaka’s name, a quirk that later drew attention again when Pokémon TCG Pocket revisited the artwork and corrected it.
In-Game
Slowpoke itself debuted in Pokémon Red and Blue, so this Fossil common captures one of the original 151 in the franchise’s earliest TCG years, long before later additions like Slowking expanded its evolution family.
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Slowpoke [1999-2000] Card Facts & History
4 facts about this card
Card History
Slowpoke’s Fossil card is a memorable oddball in early competitive design because its attack Scavenge lets a Basic Pokémon recover a Trainer card from the discard pile, a surprisingly tricky utility effect for a Common in the Wizards era.
Set Lore
As card #55 in Fossil, this Slowpoke comes from the Pokémon TCG’s third English expansion, a 62-card set released on October 10, 1999, which gives the card instant early-WotC nostalgia.
Artist
This card is famous among vintage collectors for an illustrator credit error: the original Fossil printing misspelled Miki Tanaka’s name, a quirk that later drew attention again when Pokémon TCG Pocket revisited the artwork and corrected it.
In-Game
Slowpoke itself debuted in Pokémon Red and Blue, so this Fossil common captures one of the original 151 in the franchise’s earliest TCG years, long before later additions like Slowking expanded its evolution family.
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