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Snorlax
◇ Missing
EN SWSH Black Star Promos · 15 Nov 2019 · SWSH032/307

Snorlax

カビゴン Sleeping Pokémon
Colorless Promo Basic
150HP
≈S$41est. to buy
1 / 52 Snorlax cards owned 0 / 14 in Sword & Shield 9 promo prints

Snorlax collection

1 / 52 collected

2% complete
Owned1 Missing51 TrackedS$0.61 Missing est.≈S$4851

Gameplay profile

Unlimited: Legal Standard: Legal Expanded: Legal
Attack

Rolling Tackle

80
3 Colorless
Attack

Heavy Impact

130
4 Colorless

Evolution line

Versions & finishes

Snorlax — Holofoil missing
Holofoil not owned ≈ S$40.69

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…

“It is not satisfied unless it eats over 880 pounds of food every day. When it is done eating, it goes promptly to sleep.”

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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 SWSH Black Star Promos.

Your Snorlax cards

1 owned

The Snorlax cards already in your collection.

All Snorlax cards across sets

52 shown

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