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Slowking
Southern Islands · 14/18 · Promo · released 2001 · tracking Reverse Holofoil
US Raw NM price, weekly (TCGplayer, USD)
Line: market price. Bars: NM copies sold that week. 52-week range $98.24 to $349; now 0% below the high; largest drop within the year 3%.
Why this score
| Tradeable31 NM copies sold in the last year. | +2 |
| Already ranUp 255% in 12 months; much of the upside may be priced in. | -4 |
| Positive momentumUp 121% over 6 months. | +5 |
| Stable priceWeekly moves average 3.2%. | +3 |
| WOTC eraPrinted by Wizards of the Coast (1999-2003): the core nostalgia market, fixed supply. | +4 |
| Low print rune-Card and late Neo sets were printed in far smaller numbers than Base-Fossil. | +5 |
| Europe coolingRising in the US (+9%) but EU sales are -11% below their 30-day average. | -2 |
| EU set demand risingThe set's Cardmarket index is up 65% since 20 Jul 2026. | +2 |
| Base 50 + factors | 65 |
US USA · TCGplayer · raw NM · USD
| NM copies sold, 12 months | 31 |
| Open listings | 35 |
| Weekly volatility | 3.2% |
| NM Reverse Holofoil (tracked) | $349 31 sold |
EU Europe · Cardmarket · raw · EUR
| Trend price | €192 |
| Average sell price, 30 days | €184 |
| Average sell price, 7 days | €165 |
| 7-day vs 30-day average | -11% |
| Lowest listing any condition | €145 |
| Set index since 20 Jul 2026 | +65% |
Cardmarket price guide of 2026-10-04. Cardmarket does not split prices by condition, so these cover all raw copies; they are kept apart from the US Near Mint prices.
US vs Europe. The US raw NM price is 63% above the EU trend price converted at the ECB rate (1.1204 USD per EUR, 2026-10-05). Buyers in Europe currently pay noticeably less.
The card's whole set on Cardmarket: market-weighted trend-price index, 100 = 20 Jul 2026 (TCG Index Tracker).
Case study: Southern Islands Slowking more than triples; cause unclear
Slowking from the 18-card Southern Islands promo set (July 2001) went from $98 to $349 in a steady climb that sped up after June. Southern Islands Mew rose 168% in our data. ThePriceDex lists Slowking up 21.7% in the last 30 days alone.
- Unclear: we found no announcement, reprint or event specific to Southern Islands.
- Most likely explanation: the broad 30th-anniversary rally in Wizards-era cards, amplified by a small, unusual promo set whose collectors want full runs.
- Caution: 31 NM sales in 52 weeks and many weeks with none, so a handful of sales set the price.
- Europe: confirms, and moved further. Cardmarket's Southern Islands index (EUR) is +65% since 20 Jul 2026, most of it in late August and early September, against +38% for this card in US NM. The rally is not a US-only artefact, but both markets are thin.
Lesson. Thin vintage markets can move several times further than the leaders in a rally, and the price can fall just as quickly. Size positions to the liquidity, not the chart.