Pokémon · E-Card
Chikorita
Expedition Base Set · #99 · Common · 2002
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$5.98
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 99 / 165
- Release year
- 2002
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 40
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Bayleef
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Miki Tanaka
- Pokédex #
- 152
- Series
- E-Card
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Chikorita 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.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Its main attack (Double Scratch) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥20 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Chikorita
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥20 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 2% of decks
- 1.95 copies on average · 1286 decks
- Match win rate
- 46.9%
- -0.3 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Bayleef
in 34% of decks · 422 seen
Ogre's Mask
in 1% of decks · 14 seen
Dipplin
in 3% of decks · 37 seen
Applin
in 11% of decks · 134 seen
Hearthflame Mask Ogerpon ex
in 1% of decks · 14 seen
Erika's Bellsprout
in 4% of decks · 47 seen
Erika's Weepinbell
in 4% of decks · 47 seen
Erika's Victreebel
in 4% of decks · 47 seen
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Miki Tanaka
This card was illustrated by Miki Tanaka.
Building around Chikorita?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CHypnotic Gaze
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
GCDouble Scratch — 20×
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads.
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:W-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Chikorita has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Chikorita — Mega Evolution
Played in 371 recent decks
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 2026/07/05| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $4.00 | $6.10 | $58.26 | $5.98 | $58.26 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $99.99 | $99.99 | $99.99 | $38.04 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.66 |
| 7-day average | €1.04 |
| 30-day average | €1.28 |
| Low | €0.08 |
| Trend price | €1.45 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.45 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €14.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €8.81 |
| reverseHoloSell | €12.48 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.61 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €6.81 |
| Reverse holo trend | €7.57 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Chikorita is real?
Chikorita 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 Chikorita worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Chikorita is $5.98; 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 Chikorita from?
Chikorita is from the Pokémon set "Expedition Base Set" in the E-Card series, released in 2002.
What rarity is Chikorita?
Chikorita is a Common card in the Expedition Base Set set.
Other Chikorita printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
