Chinchou 35/116 · Plasma Freeze
Chinchou is Pokédex #170, generation 2 (Johto). Chinchou is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Lanturn, Lanturn (#171) under evolves to.
Chinchou sits at 35/116 in Plasma Freeze, position 35 of 122. Before it is 34 Jolteon, and after it is 36 Lanturn. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on May 8, 2013. The printed size is 116. This checklist is longer, at 122 cards. The listed rarity is Common.
The attack Static Shock lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. 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 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 20 other cards of Chinchou list a different HP.
The illustrator line reads Kouki Saitou. I count 652 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.
Plasma Freeze set binder is where a full Plasma Freeze 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.
Card facts
- Number
- 35/116
- Series
- Black & White
- Released
- May 8, 2013
- Rarity
- Common
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- HP
- 70
- Type
- Lightning
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex
- Chinchou (#170)
- Evolves to
- Lanturn
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat
- 2
Attacks and card text
Flavor text
It discharges positive and negative electricity from its antenna tips to shock its foes.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
What set does Chinchou belong to?
Plasma Freeze, in the Black & White series. It was released on May 8, 2013. The printed size is 116.
Which number is printed on this card?
35/116. It is entry 35 of 122 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Kouki Saitou. The catalog lists 652 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Common.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Chinchou #170, generation 2 (Johto).
Which attacks are printed?
Static Shock (20).