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Snorlax
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EN Plasma Storm · 6 Feb 2013 · 101/138

Snorlax

カビゴン Sleeping Pokémon
Colorless Rare Basic, Team Plasma
130HP
≈S$30est. to buy
1 / 51 Snorlax cards owned 0 / 2 in Black & White 9 promo prints

Snorlax collection

1 / 51 collected

2% complete
Owned1 Missing50 TrackedS$0.61 Missing est.≈S$4851
Best buy Snorlax Twilight Masquerade S$0.34 Top owned Snorlax Perfect Order S$0.61

Gameplay profile

Unlimited: Legal Expanded: Legal
Ability

Block

As long as this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon, your opponent's Active Pokémon can't retreat.

Attack

Teampact

30×
5 Colorless

Does 30 damage times the number of Team Plasma Pokémon you have in play.

Evolution line

Munchlax
Munchlax ゴンベ
→
Snorlax
Snorlax カビゴン

Versions & finishes

Snorlax — Normal missing
Normal not owned ≈ S$29.59
Snorlax — Reverse Holo missing
Reverse Holo not owned ≈ S$87.22

Artwork is identical across finishes; the holo or reverse shimmer is indicative.

Story & meaning

Snorlax, the Sleeping Pokémon, is an enormous Normal-type known for doing little besides eating and sleeping; it reportedly consumes nearly 900 pounds of food daily before dozing off. As the flavor text suggests, its voracious appetite can…

“When its belly is full, it becomes too lethargic to even lift a finger, so it is safe to bounce on its belly.”

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History

Snorlax, the Sleeping Pokémon, is an enormous Normal-type known for doing little besides eating and sleeping; it reportedly consumes nearly 900 pounds of food daily before dozing off. As the flavor text suggests, its voracious appetite can be a genuine menace, as it may devour entire stores of food from a village. In the games it is famous as a massive obstacle that blocks roads while it sleeps, requiring the music of a Poké Flute to wake it and move it along.

Name & meaning

The Japanese name カビゴン (Kabigon) is generally understood to combine 'kabi' (カビ, meaning 'mold'/'mildew' — alluding to a lazy creature that sits still long enough to grow mold) with the suffix 'gon,' a common ending for large monster-like names. The name is also famously tied to the nickname of game designer Kōji Nishino, on whom the Pokemon's sleepy, big-eating personality was modeled. The English name 'Snorlax' fuses 'snore' (evoking its constant sleeping) with 'lax' (from 'relax,' reflecting its lazy, laid-back nature).

Your Snorlax cards

1 owned

The Snorlax cards already in your collection.

Snorlax ✓
Perfect Order · 63/124 Snorlax カビゴン Common 27 Mar 2026 · Mega Evolution S$0.61

All Snorlax cards across sets

51 shown

Every Snorlax print in the catalogue, including promos and cards from other series.