The Five Most Valuable Snorlax Cards in Pokémon TCG

Snorlax 11/64 – Jungle, Holo Rare

The 1999 Jungle Snorlax is the definitive grail for the species, and it’s a textbook example of condition rarity.

Illustrated by Ken Sugimori, the card shows the Pokémon relaxing in the clean watercolor style many fans consider the character’s official look.

On the table it’s a Colorless Basic with 90 HP and the trusty Body Slam attack, but its value has nothing to do with the battlefield.

Raw copies are attainable, but the 1st Edition Holo in top graded condition is where the numbers get eye watering, with graded 10 examples climbing past $40,000.

Collectors should also know about the early Unlimited Holos that were printed without the Jungle set symbol before the error was corrected, a quirk that adds another layer of chase to an already iconic card.

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Rocket’s Snorlax ex 104/109 – EX Team Rocket Returns, Rare Holo ex

Team Rocket Returns, released in 2004, arrived during a quieter stretch for the franchise, so far fewer boxes were opened than in the Base Jungle Fossil boom, and clean copies of its Pokémon ex cards are correspondingly scarce today.

Illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, this Darkness type Basic runs a Poké-Body that shaves a damage counter every turn while any Darkness Energy is attached, paired with the Collapse attack that puts it to sleep.

Like every Pokémon ex of its day, it hands your opponent two Prize cards when it faints, a real risk reward wrinkle that made it a bold include back in the day.

Raw copies sit comfortably in the high hundreds and graded 10 examples have climbed to around $13,000.

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Snorlax 64/110 – Legendary Collection, Reverse Holo

Legendary Collection (2002) was the set that introduced the Reverse Holo, and its exclusive Fireworks Foil pattern has never been replicated since.

Snorlax sits at Uncommon in the checklist, but the Fireworks Reverse Holo parallel is the version collectors chase, and it’s a tough card to find clean.

The sprawling foil surface scratches easily, so high grade survivors are thinning out fast as master set builders scoop them up.

Ken Sugimori’s artwork returns here.

Recently completed sales for Near Mint raw copies have hovered right around $500.

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Snorlax LV.X 111/111 – Rising Rivals, Rare Holo LV.X

Released in English through Rising Rivals, this LV.X began life as a Japanese promo tucked into Domino’s Pizza Exciting Pokémon Packs over the 2008-2009 holidays, each of which also included a blue Snorlax themed deck box.

Shizurow’s dynamic artwork practically has the Pokémon tumbling off the card.

The Big Appetite Poké-Power lets you draw until you hold six cards before Snorlax dozes off, a useful engine in its day.

The English release trades around $350, while the original Japanese promo commands a noticeably steeper premium.

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Snorlax 33/95 – Call of Legends, Staff Prerelease Promo

Tied to the 2011 Call of Legends prerelease events, this Colorless Basic sports the Layabout attack, which wipes away all of its damage counters, plus the 80 damage Clomp Clomp Clobber, which ships one of Snorlax’s own attached Energy off to the Lost Zone as the cost of the swing.

The standard prerelease promo is affordable enough, but the Staff stamped version was handed out only to the volunteers and employees who ran those events, which makes it one of the scarcest Snorlax printings in existence.

When a copy surfaces, it commands a steep premium over its non-staff counterpart and rarely stays available for long.

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