Snorlax (Wizards Promo 49)

Snorlax LV.35 カビゴン Kabigon

File:WizardSnorlax.jpg Illus. Craig Turvey

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Snorlax Type Colorless HP 90 weakness ×2 resistance -30 retreat cost English expansion Wizards Black Star Promos English card no. 49 Japanese expansion Vending Machine cards Series 1 Japanese rarity TCG GB2 set Sky Flying Pokémon TCG GB2 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.

Card text

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.

Roll Over ねころぶ 30

Snorlax is now Asleep. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

Pokédex data

Snorlax - Sleeping Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
143	6'11" (2.1 m)	1,014 lbs. (460.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
Very lazy. Just eats and sleeps. As its rotund bulk builds, it becomes steadily more slothful.
いねむりが大好きで、道の真ん中で眠り込んでしまうことがある。

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

• This 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.
• This card's Japanese Pokédex entry makes a reference to Snorlax's inconvenient placements when encountered in the Pokémon games.
  • The Japanese illustration is also based on this, depicting the Snorlax that lies on Route 12.

Origin

Guard's Japanese name is that of Block, a move introduced in Generation III that Snorlax can learn. This card's English Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue.

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