Pokémon · Black & White
Cubchoo
Next Destinies · #36 · Common · 2012
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Market reference
$0.24
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 36 / 103
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Beartic
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Atsuko Nishida
- Pokédex #
- 613
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- 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
Strategy & play
How Cubchoo 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.
- Its main attack (Belt) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Metal ×2 — a Metal attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
How to beat Cubchoo
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.11 copies on average · 141 decks
- Match win rate
- 41.7%
- -5.6 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 Atsuko Nishida
This card was illustrated by Atsuko Nishida.
Building around Cubchoo?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Its nose is always running. It sniffs the snot back up because the mucus provides the raw material for its moves."
WSniffle
During your next turn, this Pokémon's Belt attack's base damage is 40.
WCBelt — 20
Weakness:M×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Cubchoo was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Cubchoo has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Cubchoo — Black Bolt
Played in 76 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 2026/06/30| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.05 | $0.25 | $19.98 | $0.24 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.79 | $1.00 | $19.98 | $0.81 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.18 |
| 7-day average | €0.25 |
| 30-day average | €0.16 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.25 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.15 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.53 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.19 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.46 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.64 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Cubchoo is real?
Cubchoo 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 Cubchoo worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Cubchoo is $0.24; 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 Cubchoo from?
Cubchoo is from the Pokémon set "Next Destinies" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Cubchoo?
Cubchoo is a Common card in the Next Destinies set.
Other Cubchoo printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
