Chinchou 55/149 · Boundaries Crossed

Chinchou is Pokédex #170, generation 2 (Johto). Chinchou is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Lanturn, Lanturn (#171) under evolves to.

Chinchou sits at 55/149 in Boundaries Crossed, position 55 of 153. Before it is 54 Electivire, and after it is 56 Blitzle. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on November 7, 2012. The printed size is 149. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Electripult lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. This attack does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It discharges positive and negative electricity from its antenna tips to shock its foes."

Chinchou (#170) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2024. The earliest other card is Chinchou 55/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. 18 other cards of Chinchou list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Boundaries Crossed set binder is where a full Boundaries Crossed set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Chinchou can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.