Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Chien-Pao
Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos · #152 · Promo · 2023
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Market reference
$11.02
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 152 / 196
- Release year
- 2023
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Pokédex #
- 1002
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 120 damage
- 40 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 Chien-Pao 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 (Icicle Loop) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 120 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Metal ×2 — a Metal attacker doing ≥60 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 Chien-Pao
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥60 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 6% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 2978 decks
- Match win rate
- 50.2%
- +2.9 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.
Passimian
in 31% of decks · 925 seen
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in 36% of decks · 1059 seen
Koraidon ex
in 11% of decks · 321 seen
Enamorus
in 0% of decks · 12 seen
Iron Crown ex
in 2% of decks · 58 seen
Glass Trumpet
in 43% of decks · 1281 seen
Iron Leaves ex
in 25% of decks · 730 seen
Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex
in 61% of decks · 1809 seen
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
Building around Chien-Pao?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Ability: Snow Sink
When you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench during your turn, you may discard a Stadium in play.
WWCIcicle Loop — 120
Put an Energy attached to this Pokémon into your hand.
Weakness:M×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Chien-Pao was legal.
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Tournament play
This printing of Chien-Pao has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Chien-Pao — Surging Sparks
Played in 977 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 2026/07/12| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $8.68 | $11.92 | $135.30 | $11.02 | $11.81 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €7.00 |
| 7-day average | €11.10 |
| 30-day average | €13.13 |
| Low | €4.95 |
| Trend price | €12.42 |
| Low (excellent+) | €4.95 |
| averageSellPrice | €12.67 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Chien-Pao is real?
Chien-Pao 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 Chien-Pao worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Chien-Pao is $11.02; 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 Chien-Pao from?
Chien-Pao is from the Pokémon set "Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2023.
What rarity is Chien-Pao?
Chien-Pao is a Promo card in the Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos set.
Other Chien-Pao printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
