Snorlax (Wizards Promo 49)

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Snorlax LV.35
ケンタロス Kabigon
Colorless

Illus. Craig Turvey
Evolution stage
Basic Pokémon
Card name Snorlax
Type Colorless
Hit Points 90
weakness
Fighting×2
resistance
Psychic-30
retreat cost
  
  
English expansion Wizards Black Star Promos
English card no. 49
Japanese expansion Vending Machine cards
Series 1
Japanese rarity Uncommon
Card GB 2 set Sky Flying Pokémon
Card GB 2 ID F51
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Snorlax.

Snorlax (Japanese: カビゴン Kabigon) is a Colorless-type Basic Pokémon card. It was released as a Promotional card.

Contents

Card text

Pokémon Power

Pokémon Power: Guard
とおせんぼ
As long as Snorlax is your Active Pokémon, the Defending Pokémon can’t Retreat. This power stops working when Snorlax is affected by a Special Condition.

Attacks

ColorlessColorlessColorlessColorless Roll Over
ねころぶ
30
Snorlax is now Asleep. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

Pokédex data

Species Sleeping Pokémon
Length 6'11" (2.1m)
Weight 1,014 lbs (460Kg)
Pokémon No. 143
Entry Very lazy. Just eats and sleeps. As its rotund bulk builds, it becomes steadily more slothful.

Release information

Vending variant.

In Japan, this card is part of Series 1 from the Vending Machine card collection. The English version of the card was available as a Promotional card through the Pokémon League in August 2002.

Trivia

  • The card’s Japanese illustrator; Keita Takahashi, was one of those chosen to have their artwork featured on a card as part of the CoroCoro illustration competition in late 1997. Wizards of the Coast also ran an illustration competition for the English version of the card, the chosen image being the work of Craig Turvey.

Origin

The Japanese translation for Guard is Block, a move introduced in Generation III that Snorlax can learn. The card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue.

This Pokémon Trading Card article is part of Project TCGDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
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