Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Chikorita
Lost Thunder · #5 · Common · 2018
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.44
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 5 / 240
- Release year
- 2018
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Bayleef
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Aya Kusube
- Pokédex #
- 152
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- 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.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire 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.
- Seen in 2% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Chikorita
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 2% of decks
- 1.97 copies on average · 1177 decks
- Match win rate
- 47.6%
- +0.4 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.
More by Aya Kusube
This card was illustrated by Aya Kusube.
Building around Chikorita?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It uses the leaf on its head to determine the temperature and humidity. It loves to sunbathe."
CSynthesis
Search your deck for a Grass Energy card and attach it to 1 of your Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck.
GCRazor Leaf — 20
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Chikorita or Lost Thunder.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Chikorita was legal.
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 334 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 2026/07/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.20 | $0.50 | $2.99 | $0.44 | $0.50 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.99 | $1.27 | $19.98 | $1.32 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.13 |
| 7-day average | €0.37 |
| 30-day average | €0.24 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.27 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.92 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.75 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.22 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.70 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.31 |
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 $0.44; 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 "Lost Thunder" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2018.
What rarity is Chikorita?
Chikorita is a Common card in the Lost Thunder set.
Other Chikorita printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
