Pokémon Sleeves - Exhausted, Gengar & Snorlax (64 pcs, Japanese)

64 official Japanese Pokémon sleeves from the Exhausted design series by the Pokémon Center, featuring Gengar and Snorlax.

Specifications

• Count: 64 sleeves
• Artwork: Gengar and Snorlax
• Series: Exhausted, Pokémon Center Japan (2022)
• Officially licensed Japanese product

Why 64 and not 65

Western sleeve packs contain 65, Japanese ones 64 — a difference that comes purely from habit in the two markets. A deck holds 60 cards either way, so you'll have a few spares left over regardless. Just keep in mind that Japanese sleeves are sized for Japanese cards, which are a fraction smaller than Western ones.

What this design is about

Exhausted is a series about Pokémon that are completely worn out for once. Snorlax is the obvious face of that — he's said to sleep so deeply that children climb on him without waking him up — and Gengar, who's normally grinning away in the shadows, slouches here as if even ghosts are done for the day sometimes. It's exactly the kind of design the Pokémon Center is known for: no battle, just a joke that sticks.

What sleeves are for

Sleeves protect your cards from fingerprints, moisture and damaged edges, and they let a deck shuffle more smoothly. At tournaments they're effectively mandatory: every card back in your deck has to look identical, so no one can tell which card you're holding from the back.

A related series is Write a Report!. Another lighthearted design is the one with Bidoof.