Snorlax (Wizards Promo 49): Difference between revisions

{{PokémoncardInfobox

|cardname=Snorlax

|jname=カビゴン

|jtrans=Kabigon

|image=SnorlaxWizardsPromo49.jpg

|caption={{TCG|Wizards Black Star Promos|Wizards Black Star Promotional}} print<br>Illus. [[Craig Turvey]]

|reprints=2

|reprint1=SnorlaxVendingS1.jpg

|recaption1={{TCG|Quick Starter Gift Set}} print<br>Illus. [[Keita Takahashi]]

|species=Snorlax

|evostage=Basic

|type=Colorless

|level=35

|hp=90

|weakness=Fighting

|resistance=Psychic

|retreatcost=4

{{PokémoncardInfobox/Expansion|type=Colorless|jpexpansion={{TCG|Expansion Sheet 1}}|jprarity={{rar|Uncommon}}}}

{{PokémoncardInfobox/Expansion|type=Colorless|jpdeckkit={{TCG|Quick Starter Gift Set}}|jpdeck=Red Deck}}

{{PokémoncardInfobox/Expansion|type=Colorless|expansion={{TCG|Wizards Black Star Promos}}|cardno=49}}

{{PokémoncardInfobox/Expansion|type=Colorless|gb2set={{GB|2|Sky Flying Pokémon}}|gb2rarity={{rar|Rare}}|gb2id=F51}}

{{PokémoncardInfobox/Footer|type=Colorless|species=Snorlax}}

'''Snorlax''' (Japanese: '''カビゴン''' ''Kabigon'') is a {{ct|Colorless}} Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as one of the {{TCG|Wizards Black Star Promos}}.

{{Cardtext/Header|type=Colorless}}

{{Cardtext/Pokémon Power

|type=Colorless

|name=Guard

|jname=とおせんぼ

|jtrans=Block

|effect=As long as {{tt|Snorlax|this Pokémon}} is your Active Pokémon, the Defending Pokémon can't Retreat. This power stops working when {{tt|Snorlax|this Pokémon}} is affected by a {{TCG|Special Condition}}.

{{Cardtext/Attack

|type=Colorless

|cost={{e|Colorless}}{{e|Colorless}}{{e|Colorless}}{{e|Colorless}}

|name=Roll Over

|jname=ねころぶ

|jtrans=Lie Down

|damage=30

|effect={{tt|Snorlax|This Pokémon}} is now {{TCG|Asleep}}. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now {{TCG|Asleep}}.

{{Carddex

|type=Colorless

|name=Snorlax

|species=Sleeping

|ndex=143

|height=6'11"

|jheight=2.1

|weight=1,014

|jweight=460

|dex=Very lazy. Just eats and sleeps. As its rotund bulk builds, it becomes steadily more slothful.

|jdex=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。

}}

In Japan, twenty copies of this card were first given to [[Keita Takahashi]], one of the overall winners of the {{DL|Illustration contests|Pokémon Card Game Illust Artist Contest}}. It was subsequently available on sheet sixteen of {{TCG|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 {{TCG|Quick Starter Gift Set}}. It was released in English as a {{TCG|Wizards Black Star Promos|Wizards Black Star Promo}} and was available through the {{TCG|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.

 

|caption1={{TCG|Wizards Black Star Promos|Wizards Black Star Promotional}} print<br>Illus. [[Craig Turvey]]

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, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-vAbwdxl98&t=6s&ab_channel=MATOBADESIGN spoke about his time creating the card] in a 2023 interview with MATOBA DESIGN.

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

 

[[Category:Wizards Black Star Promotional cards]]

[[Category:Expansion Sheet 1 cards]]

[[Category:Quick Starter Gift Set cards]]