Dark Slowbro - Pokemon Team Rocket #12
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Dark Slowbro Card Facts & History
5 facts about this card
Card History
Dark Slowbro is a true Team Rocket-era relic: the 2000 Team Rocket expansion was the fifth main Pokémon TCG set and the first to introduce Dark Pokémon, giving familiar Kanto favorites a villain-themed twist.
Set Lore
Collectors love Dark Slowbro because it comes from the same groundbreaking Team Rocket set that helped define the franchise’s darker side in cardboard form by debuting Dark Pokémon as a mechanic and theme.
In-Game
Dark Slowbro feels especially on-theme for Team Rocket because in Pokémon Gold and Silver, Team Rocket’s infamous Slowpoke Well plot revolves around exploiting Slowpoke for profit, making a corrupted Slowbro one of the set’s most fitting evolutions.
Card History
Slowbro has its own history of humiliating Team Rocket in the anime, including episodes where it defeats them with brute force or Confusion, which gives Dark Slowbro a fun alternate-universe vibe for fans who know the show.
Artist
This holo also carries extra prestige because it was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, one of the original defining artists of the Pokémon TCG who has contributed artwork since the game’s inception.