Snorlax (Wizards Promo 49)

Snorlax LV.35
カビゴン Kabigon
Colorless
SnorlaxWizardsPromo49.jpg
Wizards Black Star Promotional print
Illus. Craig Turvey
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Snorlax
Type Colorless
HP 90
weakness
Fighting×2
resistance
Psychic-30
retreat cost
  
  
Japanese expansion Expansion Sheet 1
Japanese rarity Uncommon
Japanese Deck Kit Quick Starter Gift Set
Japanese Deck Red Deck
Expansion Wizards Black Star Promos
English card no. 49
TCG GB2 set Sky Flying Pokémon
TCG GB2 rarity Rare
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 first released as one of the Wizards Black Star Promos.

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 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

In Japan, twenty copies of this card were first given to Keita Takahashi, one of the overall winners of the Pokémon Card Game Illust Artist Contest. It was subsequently available on sheet sixteen of Expansion Sheet 1. There appears to be no discernible difference between the two prints; both are glossy and have a rarity symbol. It was reprinted as a non-glossy card in the Red Deck of the Quick Starter Gift Set. It was released in English as a Wizards Black Star Promo and was available through the Pokémon League in August 2002, with English-exclusive artwork. 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. All Japanese prints use the Original Series layout, whereas the English print uses the Neo Series layout.

Gallery

Wizards Black Star Promotional print
Illus. Craig Turvey
Quick Starter Gift Set print
Illus. Keita Takahashi
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori


TCG GB2 Sky Flying Pokémon sprite
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori


Trivia

The Quick Starter Gift Set print has additional text next to the illustrator name that reads: "CoroCoro Comic Illust Contest winning card".

The illustrator of the American variant, Craig Turvey, spoke about his time creating the card in a 2023 interview with MATOBA DESIGN.

Origin

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


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