Snorlax 30/130 · Base Set 2

Snorlax is Pokédex #143, generation 1 (Kanto). Snorlax is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 20.

Snorlax sits at 30/130 in Base Set 2, position 30 of 130. Before it is 29 Pinsir, and after it is 31 Venomoth. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on February 24, 2000. The printed size is 130, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

Thick Skinned is listed as Pokémon Power. Snorlax can't become Asleep, Confused, Paralyzed, or Poisoned. This power can't be used if Snorlax is already Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed. The attack Body Slam lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "Very lazy. Just eats and sleeps. As its rotund bulk builds, it becomes steadily more slothful."

Snorlax (#143) has 55 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 42 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Snorlax 11/64 in Jungle (1999). Both list 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. 49 other cards of Snorlax list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Base Set 2 set binder is where a full Base Set 2 set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Snorlax can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Snorlax and Munchlax. I still need this card.