Pokémon · Black & White
Chinchou
Boundaries Crossed · #55 · Common · 2012
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Market reference
$0.27
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 55 / 153
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Lanturn
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 170
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Chinchou 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.
- Needs Lightning Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
How to beat Chinchou
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Chinchou?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It discharges positive and negative electricity from its antenna tips to shock its foes."
LCElectripult
This attack does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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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 2026/06/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.20 | $0.30 | $5.00 | $0.27 | $0.23 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.25 | $0.66 | $19.98 | $0.53 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.20 |
| 7-day average | €0.25 |
| 30-day average | €0.18 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.20 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.87 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.22 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.67 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.64 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Chinchou is real?
Chinchou 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 Chinchou worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Chinchou is $0.27; 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 Chinchou from?
Chinchou is from the Pokémon set "Boundaries Crossed" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Chinchou?
Chinchou is a Common card in the Boundaries Crossed set.
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Other Chinchou printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
