Pokémon · EX
Chikorita
Hidden Legends · #55 · Common · 2004
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$1.22
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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 / 102
- Release year
- 2004
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Bayleef
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Shin-ichi Yoshikawa
- Pokédex #
- 152
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
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 Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- Seen in 2% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Chikorita
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥25 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 · 1497 decks
- Match win rate
- 47.8%
- +0.5 pts vs the 47.3% 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.
Ogre's Mask
in 1% of decks · 18 seen
Bayleef
in 31% of decks · 458 seen
Dipplin
in 3% of decks · 38 seen
Hearthflame Mask Ogerpon ex
in 1% of decks · 18 seen
Applin
in 12% of decks · 171 seen
Erika's Bellsprout
in 4% of decks · 54 seen
Erika's Weepinbell
in 4% of decks · 54 seen
Erika's Victreebel
in 4% of decks · 54 seen
More by Shin-ichi Yoshikawa
This card was illustrated by Shin-ichi Yoshikawa.
Building around Chikorita?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CPoisonpowder
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
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 387 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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.25 | $1.19 | $96.95 | $1.22 | $0.79 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $23.00 | $39.99 | $4,321.00 | $36.76 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/07| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.40 |
| 7-day average | €0.43 |
| 30-day average | €0.31 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.40 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.89 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.48 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.69 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.48 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.29 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €5.01 |
| Reverse holo trend | €5.30 |
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 $1.22; 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 "Hidden Legends" in the EX series, released in 2004.
What rarity is Chikorita?
Chikorita is a Common card in the Hidden Legends set.
Other Chikorita printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
