Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Chinchou
Legends Awakened · #87 · Common · 2008
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Market reference
$0.65
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 87 / 146
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Lanturn
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Atsuko Nishida
- Pokédex #
- 170
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 10 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 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.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥30 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 Chinchou
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
More by Atsuko Nishida
This card was illustrated by Atsuko Nishida.
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."
CSupersonic
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
WWave Splash — 10
Weakness:G+10
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.25 | $0.65 | $19.50 | $0.65 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $3.99 | $9.83 | $66.30 | $4.62 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.63 |
| 7-day average | €0.78 |
| 30-day average | €0.39 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.61 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.30 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.92 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.99 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.22 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.83 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.07 |
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 $0.65; 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 "Legends Awakened" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Chinchou?
Chinchou is a Common card in the Legends Awakened set.
Other Chinchou printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
