Pokémon · Black & White
Cubchoo
Plasma Storm · #40 · Common · 2013
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From
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Market reference
$0.29
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 40 / 138
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Beartic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- MAHOU
- Pokédex #
- 613
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Damage efficiency
- 30 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 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 (Icy Snow) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- 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.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Cubchoo
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.1 copies on average · 142 decks
- Match win rate
- 41.1%
- -6.0 pts vs the 47.1% 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 MAHOU
This card was illustrated by MAHOU.
Building around Cubchoo?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Their snot is a barometer of health. When healthy, their snot is sticky and the power of their ice moves increases."
WHail
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
CCCIcy Snow — 30
Weakness:M×2
Retreat cost:CC
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 71 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 2026/07/28| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.10 | $0.30 | $19.98 | $0.29 | $0.21 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.44 | $2.05 | $32.50 | $2.27 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.12 |
| 7-day average | €0.16 |
| 30-day average | €0.14 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.16 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.09 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.16 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.15 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.67 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.07 |
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 $0.29; 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 "Plasma Storm" in the Black & White series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Cubchoo?
Cubchoo is a Common card in the Plasma Storm set.
Other Cubchoo printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
