Pokémon · XY
Chesnaught
XY Black Star Promos · #XY68 · Promo · 2013
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Market reference
$7.98
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- XY68 / 216
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 160
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Quilladin
- Retreat cost
- 4 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 652
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 100 damage
- 25 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Strategy & play
How Chesnaught plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Adamantine Press) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥80 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 4 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Quilladin first).
How to beat Chesnaught
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥80 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 4 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
- 2.32 copies on average · 37 decks
- Match win rate
- 33.8%
- -13.3 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Chesnaught?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"When it takes a defensive posture with its fists guarding its face, it could withstand a bomb blast."
GCCSpike Lariat — 60+
If your opponent's Active Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 60 more damage.
GGCCAdamantine Press — 100
During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to this Pokémon by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:CCCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Chesnaught was legal.
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 2026/07/21| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $6.51 | $9.97 | $421.03 | $7.98 | $239.80 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/04| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.49 |
| 7-day average | €4.37 |
| 30-day average | €4.12 |
| Low | €1.00 |
| Trend price | €5.01 |
| Low (excellent+) | €5.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €3.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.71 |
| averageSellPrice | €8.24 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.92 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.89 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Chesnaught is real?
Chesnaught 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 Chesnaught worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Chesnaught is $7.98; 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 Chesnaught from?
Chesnaught is from the Pokémon set "XY Black Star Promos" in the XY series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Chesnaught?
Chesnaught is a Promo card in the XY Black Star Promos set.
Other Chesnaught printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
