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Snorlax

Rising Rivals / #81/111

Snorlax

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Rising Rivals
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Kouki Saitou
Source reference
pl2-81

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The Pokémon’s story

For Snorlax, the world seems to revolve around its next meal and the sleep that follows. Its rest is so peaceful that someone on its belly hardly seems to disturb it. This indifference gives it a reassuring, almost welcoming air. Yet stories of villages whose food supplies it devours are a reminder that its enormous appetite can disrupt life around it.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Snorlax's diet goes beyond what many others could tolerate. Pokémon Shield describes a stomach that can handle mouldy or rotten food without being affected. Its appetite therefore also relies on remarkably resilient digestion.

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Card details

HP
100
Type (source)
Colorless
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
143
Retreat cost
4 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fighting +20

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Abilities

Bad Sleeping Habits

Poke-BODY

As long as Snorlax is Asleep, your opponent's Active Pokémon can't retreat.

Attacks

Toss and Turn

Cost: Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 20+

If Snorlax is Asleep, this attack does 20 damage plus 30 more damage. (This attack can be used even if Snorlax is Asleep.)

Heavy Press

Cost: Colorless · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 40+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 damage plus 40 more damage. If tails, Snorlax is now Asleep.

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • normal · standard
  • reverse · standard

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