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Snorlax VMAX
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EN Sword & Shield · 7 Feb 2020 · 206/216

Snorlax VMAX

カビゴン Sleeping Pokémon
Colorless Rare Rainbow VMAX
340HP
≈S$128est. to buy
1 / 60 Snorlax cards owned 0 / 15 in Sword & Shield 9 promo prints

Snorlax collection

1 / 60 collected

2% complete
Owned1 Missing59 TrackedS$0.61 Missing est.≈S$4882
Best buy Snorlax Twilight Masquerade S$0.34 Top owned Snorlax Perfect Order S$0.61

Gameplay profile

Unlimited: Legal Expanded: Legal
Attack

G-Max Fall

60+
3 Colorless

This attack does 30 more damage for each of your Benched Pokémon.

VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.

Evolution line

Munchlax
Munchlax ゴンベ
→
Snorlax
Snorlax カビゴン

Versions & finishes

Snorlax VMAX — Holofoil missing
Holofoil not owned ≈ S$127.63

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).

Other versions in this set

Same Pokémon, different artwork within Sword & Shield.

Snorlax VMAX missing
142/216 Snorlax VMAX Rare Holo VMAX

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

60 shown

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