Munchlax has a short list of Japanese cards, and that’s the whole story worth telling here. Search around and you’ll find plenty of English-language Munchlax prints going back to 2007, but on the Japanese side of the print run — the side we deal in every day — there are exactly two confirmed cards, both from the Sun & Moon era, both drawn by the same illustrator.
This guide covers those two Japanese prints in full detail: what they say, what they do, and which sealed products they come out of. It also lays out the English-only historical prints honestly, without pretending Japanese equivalents exist where we haven’t verified them. Munchlax is Snorlax’s pre-evolution, so we close with how the two cards relate — and point you to our dedicated Snorlax cards guide for the evolved line. We ship Japanese sealed product out of Tokyo every week, and the sourcing notes below reflect the sets we actually stock.
Only two Japanese Munchlax prints are confirmed: SM10a #40 (GG End) and its reprint, SM12a #114/173 (Tag All Stars), both illustrated by sowsow. Everything earlier — Diamond & Pearl, Majestic Dawn, Rising Rivals — is documented here as English-language print history only. If you’re sourcing the Japanese prints, they come out of the GG End Booster Box and Tag All-Stars Booster Box — restock requests and sourcing run through Quick Order.
Card data verified against individual card pages as of August 2026. This is a sourcing guide, not a price guide — we don’t publish market prices here, only which sealed products contain which Japanese prints.
Every Japanese Munchlax Print We’ve Verified
Six Munchlax cards worth knowing, spanning Japanese and English print runs from 2007 to 2019:
| Card | Set | Language | Year | Illustrator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munchlax #40 | GG End (SM10a) | Japanese | 2019 | sowsow |
| Munchlax #114/173 | Tag All Stars (SM12a) | Japanese | 2019 | sowsow |
| Munchlax #33 | Diamond & Pearl | English | 2007 | Ken Sugimori |
| Munchlax #68 | Majestic Dawn | English | 2008 | Masakazu Fukuda |
| Munchlax #69 | Rising Rivals | English | 2009 | Tomokazu Komiya |
| Munchlax #70 | Rising Rivals | English | 2009 | Kagemaru Himeno |
The pattern here is unusual compared to most Pokemon on the Japanese card checklist: Munchlax’s Japanese print run is thin. Rather than the dozen-plus variants you’d see on a mainline evolution like Snorlax, Munchlax got one original Japanese print in 2019 and a same-year reprint — and that’s it, based on what we’ve been able to confirm. The English side has a longer paper trail going back to 2007, but we haven’t verified that those English cards have direct Japanese-language counterparts under the same set names, so we’re presenting them as English print history rather than implying a Japanese equivalent exists.
The Two JP Prints: GG End and Tag All Stars
Both confirmed Japanese Munchlax cards come from the same short window in 2019, and both share the same artwork.
![Munchlax [SM10a 40] C (GG End)](https://samuraiswordtokyo.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_munchlax_sm10a_40_r_jp_7c756c32c6da-1.webp)
![Munchlax [SM12a 114/173] (Tag All Stars)](https://samuraiswordtokyo.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_munchlax_sm12a_114_r_jp_e669c671533b-1.webp)
GG End (SM10a #40), released April 5, 2019, is the original. It’s a Common, Colorless-type, 60 HP card illustrated by sowsow, carrying the Feast Search ability covered in the next section. Its English-language counterpart is Unified Minds #173.
Tag All Stars (SM12a #114/173), released October 4, 2019, reprints the same card — same sowsow artwork, same Feast Search ability — inside that set’s reprint block. Limitless TCG doesn’t list a rarity symbol for this specific reprint slot, so we’re not assigning one here rather than guessing.
Both cards look identical at a glance — same illustration, same card text. The set name and card number printed on the card are what tell them apart: GG End reads “SM10a,” Tag All Stars reads “SM12a.”
One naming note: the card database we cross-checked spells the name “Muchlax”; we use the standard English name Munchlax throughout this guide.
Munchlax’s Feast Search Ability, Explained
Both Japanese Munchlax prints share the same ability: Feast Search (localized from はらぺこサーチ, “Hungry Search”). Once during your turn, you flip a coin. If it lands heads, you take any one card from your discard pile and place it on top of your deck. Either way — heads or tails — your turn ends immediately after resolving the flip.
It’s a small, situational recursion tool rather than a deck centerpiece: a 60 HP Common that can occasionally hand you back a key card you already used, at the cost of your entire turn if the coin flip fails. That trade-off is typical of the era’s Common-slot support Pokemon, and it’s part of why Munchlax has stayed a lower-profile card in the Japanese checklist compared to higher-rarity chase Pokemon from the same sets.
The English-Only History: 2007–2009
Before the 2019 Japanese prints, Munchlax had a run of English-language cards spanning the Diamond & Pearl through Rising Rivals era. We’re documenting these for completeness, but we haven’t verified Japanese-language set names or card numbers for this stretch, so no images accompany this section — only confirmed Japanese-language card art appears in our guides.
- Munchlax — Diamond & Pearl #33, Rare, released May 23, 2007, illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
- Munchlax — Majestic Dawn #68, Common, released May 21, 2008, illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
- Munchlax — Rising Rivals #69, Common, released May 20, 2009, illustrated by Tomokazu Komiya.
- Munchlax — Rising Rivals #70, Common, released May 20, 2009, illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Two separate Munchlax cards in the same Rising Rivals set, each with its own illustrator, is a detail worth noting for anyone building a complete print run reference — it means Rising Rivals alone accounts for half of this historical block. If you’re specifically after Japanese-language cardboard for this Pokemon, though, the two 2019 prints covered above are the ones we can confirm and the ones we source.
Munchlax to Snorlax: A Pre-Evolution Story
Munchlax is Snorlax’s pre-evolution, introduced generations after Snorlax itself first appeared on cardboard, which is part of why its Japanese print run is so much thinner — Snorlax has been a Pokemon TCG staple since the earliest sets, while Munchlax only entered the picture with the Diamond & Pearl generation. If you’re collecting the full evolutionary line rather than just Munchlax on its own, our Snorlax cards guide covers the much larger and deeper Japanese print history on the evolved form — different scale of guide entirely, and worth reading alongside this one rather than instead of it.
What’s notable is that both confirmed Japanese Munchlax prints share one illustrator, sowsow, across both GG End and its Tag All Stars reprint — a level of print-run consistency you don’t often see even on more heavily printed Pokemon, simply because there have been so few Japanese Munchlax cards made in the first place.
Sourcing Munchlax Through Sealed Product
Because both confirmed Japanese Munchlax prints come out of specific 2019 sets, sealed product from those two releases is the direct route if you’re chasing either card alongside the rest of each set’s lineup.
The reprint sits inside Tag All-Stars Japanese Pokemon Booster Box (SM12a) — same Munchlax artwork, same Feast Search text, packaged with that set’s own TAG TEAM lineup. Since Munchlax’s Japanese print history is this limited, these two boxes are the entire sourcing path we can point to for this card. For availability, sourcing requests, and mixed orders that pair Munchlax with other Sun & Moon-era cards, our Quick Order page is the fastest way to check what’s currently movable.
Where to Buy Japanese Munchlax Cards
We ship Japanese sealed product worldwide from Tokyo with tracked delivery. For Munchlax specifically, sourcing runs through the two 2019 booster boxes above — GG End for the original print, Tag All-Stars for the reprint — and general sourcing requests go through our Quick Order page.
For related reading on how Japanese rarity tiers and grading fit into a collection like this one, see our CHR character rare cards guide, our PSA 10 vs raw Japanese cards guide, and — if you’re building a collection on a budget — our best PSA 10 Japanese cards under ¥10,000 guide.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many Japanese Munchlax Pokemon cards are there?
Two confirmed: Munchlax #40 from GG End (SM10a, released April 5, 2019) and its reprint, Munchlax #114/173 from Tag All Stars (SM12a, released October 4, 2019). Both share the same sowsow artwork and the same Feast Search ability.
What does Munchlax’s Feast Search ability do?
Once per turn, you flip a coin. If it lands heads, you take any one card from your discard pile and place it on top of your deck. Your turn ends immediately after the flip, regardless of the result.
Is there a Japanese version of the Diamond & Pearl era Munchlax?
We haven’t verified one. The Diamond & Pearl, Majestic Dawn, and Rising Rivals Munchlax cards are documented here as English-language prints; we don’t have confirmed Japanese-language set names or card numbers for that era, so we present them as English print history rather than claiming a Japanese equivalent.
Where can I buy Munchlax Pokemon cards from Japan?
We ship Japanese sealed product worldwide from Tokyo. The GG End and Tag All-Stars booster boxes are the two sets containing the confirmed Japanese Munchlax prints, and sourcing requests for either run through our Quick Order page.
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