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Snorlax
◇ Missing
EN Skyridge · 12 May 2003 · 100/182

Snorlax

カビゴン Sleeping Pokémon
Colorless Common Basic
80HP
≈S$124est. to buy
1 / 63 Snorlax cards owned 0 / 1 in E-Card 9 promo prints

Snorlax collection

1 / 63 collected

2% complete
Owned1 Missing62 TrackedS$0.61 Missing est.≈S$4882

Gameplay profile

Unlimited: Legal
Poké-Power

Lolling About

Once during your turn (before your attack), if Snorlax is your Active Pokémon, you may remove 1 damage counter from Snorlax. Snorlax is now Asleep. This power can't be used if Snorlax is affected by a Special Condition.

Attack

Continuous Tumble

30×
3 Colorless

Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.

Evolution line

Versions & finishes

Snorlax — Normal missing
Normal not owned ≈ S$124.31

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…

“This glutton appears in villages without warning and devours the entirety of their rice granaries—such occurrences have long been counted among the gravest of disasters.”

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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.

All Snorlax cards across sets

63 shown

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