How many Slaking cards are there?

There are 16 Slaking cards, printed between 2003 and 2024 across 14 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.

Which Slaking card has the best artwork?

That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Slaking art first, however common or rare the card.

Who illustrates Slaking cards?

12 illustrators have drawn Slaking. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 2, followed by Mitsuhiro Arita and PLANETA Igarashi.

What was the first Slaking card?

Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Ruby & Sapphire, released in 2003. 9 of its 16 cards are Rare.

No. 289 · Hoenn · Normal

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Slaking is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Hoenn, number 289 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2003 to 2024. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.

Cards: 16
Sets: 14
Printed: 2003–2024
Illustrators: 12
Sightings: 2

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The strongest Slaking art

01/06
Slaking ex
Surging Sparks · 2024
Drawn by PLANETA Igarashi
Ultra Rare
02/06
Slaking V
Pokémon GO · 2022
Drawn by Saki Hayashiro
Ultra Rare
03/06
Slaking ex
Surging Sparks · 2024
Drawn by PLANETA Igarashi
Double rare
04/06
Slaking
Unified Minds · 2019
Drawn by Akira Komayama
Rare
05/06
Slaking
Furious Fists · 2014
Drawn by PLANETA
Rare
06/06
Slaking
Dragons Exalted · 2012
Drawn by Naoki Saito
Rare

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Which is the better picture?

Two Slaking cards, side by side.

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Slaking by scene

Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Slaking cards, the artwork that shows it most first.

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How Slaking gets drawn

Slaking is usually drawn funny, often reclining.

Across 15 Slaking artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.

Moods

funny33%2.5× more than most Pokémon
tense47%
fierce40%
peaceful33%
epic27%

Reclining4 of 15 artworks Lounging4 of 15 artworks Lying5 of 15 artworks Sleeping5 of 15 artworks

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2003–2024

Slaking through the years

Its strongest card of each year it was printed.

2003 Ruby & Sapphire
2005 Deoxys
2007 Mysterious Treasures
2009 Platinum
2012 Dragons Exalted
2014 Furious Fists
2018 Celestial Storm
2019 Unified Minds
2021 Evolving Skies
2022 Pokémon GO
2023 Paldea Evolved
2024 Surging Sparks

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Slaking sightingsspotted in 2 other cards

Cards where Slaking turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.

Every Slaking card

16 cards, strongest artwork first.

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Slaking in numbers

Cards: 16
Sets: 14since Ruby & Sapphire
Illustrators: 12most by Ken Sugimori
Printed: 2003–2024
Printed as: Basic, Stage 2
Sightings: 2in other cards' art
HP on card: 120–340

They span 14 sets, from Ruby & Sapphire to Surging Sparks. 12 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Mitsuhiro Arita and PLANETA Igarashi. It has been printed as Basic and Stage 2.

Who draws Slaking

12 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.

Where it has been printed

14 sets, by how many Slaking cards each holds.

2 more sets

Rarity

Rare9Holo Rare3Ultra Rare2Double rare1Holo Rare V1

Questions

How many Slaking cards are there?: There are 16 Slaking cards, printed between 2003 and 2024 across 14 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
Which Slaking card has the best artwork?: That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Slaking art first, however common or rare the card.
Who illustrates Slaking cards?: 12 illustrators have drawn Slaking. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 2, followed by Mitsuhiro Arita and PLANETA Igarashi.
What was the first Slaking card?: Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Ruby & Sapphire, released in 2003. 9 of its 16 cards are Rare.