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Snorlax

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Wizards Black Star Promos · #49 · Promo · 1999

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Market reference

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Card facts

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Set position: 49 / 53
Release year: 1999
Rarity: Promo
HP: 90
Subtype: Basic
Retreat cost: 4 energy
Illustrator: Craig Turvey
Pokédex #: 143
Series: Base

Card analysis

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Primary role: Status Conditions
Damage efficiency: 30 damage; 7.5 per Energy
Prize liability: 1 Prize given up; Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
Setup: Basic; Plays straight down — no evolution needed

Also does

Attacker

Strategy & play

How Snorlax plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
Its main attack (Roll Over) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
Colorless type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥45 effectively one-shots it.
A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.

How to beat Snorlax

Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥45 damage one-shots it.
Trap it Active — 4 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 0% of decks; 2 copies on average · 1 decks

Budget alternatives

Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.

Munkidori

$0.33 · in 35% of decks

Frogadier

$0.20 · in 1% of decks

Brute Bonnet

$0.16 · in 1% of decks

Team Rocket's Zubat

$0.07 · in 0% of decks

Illustrated by Craig Turvey

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About this card

HP: 90Type:CColorlessSubtype: Basic

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

Pokémon Power: Guard

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.

CCCCRoll Over — 30

Snorlax is now Asleep. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

Weakness:F×2

Resistance:P-30

Retreat cost:CCCC

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

unlimitedLegal

Pricing reference

Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.

TCGPlayer (USD)

Updated 2026/07/07

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Normal	$385.00	$525.00	$1,798.58	$351.88	$1,798.58

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/06/22

Variant	Price
1-day average	€298.00
7-day average	€375.41
30-day average	€276.07
Low	€233.00
Trend price	€455.41
Low (excellent+)	€340.00
averageSellPrice	€447.21

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Snorlax is real?

Snorlax is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.

What is Snorlax worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Snorlax is $351.88; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.

What set is Snorlax from?

Snorlax is from the Pokémon set "Wizards Black Star Promos" in the Base series, released in 1999.

What rarity is Snorlax?

Snorlax is a Promo card in the Wizards Black Star Promos set.