Pokémon · Neo
Chinchou
Neo Genesis · #55 · Common · 2000
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.49
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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 / 111
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Lanturn
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 170
- Series
- Neo
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 Lightning / Water Energy to attack — note its own type is Lightning, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
- Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥25 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 Fighting 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.
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 shoots positive and negative electricity between the tips of its two antennae and zaps its enemies."
LSupersonic
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
WFlail — 10×
Does 10 damage times the number of damage counters on Chinchou.
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:C
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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited | $0.25 | $0.50 | $21.99 | $0.49 | $0.39 |
| 1st Edition | $0.70 | $1.96 | $40.00 | $1.74 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/08| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.35 |
| 7-day average | €0.45 |
| 30-day average | €0.38 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.62 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.05 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.43 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.50 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.50 |
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 $0.49; 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 "Neo Genesis" in the Neo series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Chinchou?
Chinchou is a Common card in the Neo Genesis set.
Other Chinchou printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
