Chinchou 48/95 · HS—Unleashed

HS—Unleashed is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on May 12, 2010. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 96 cards. Chinchou is 48/95, in position 48 of 96 on this checklist. Before it is 47 Cherubi, and after it is 49 Horsea. The listed rarity is Common.

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

sui illustrated this card. The same name is on 194 other cards in the catalog.

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. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and sui illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Chinchou list a different HP.

The attack Ram lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Lightning Ball is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It shoots positive and negative electricity between the tips of its two antennae and zaps its enemies."

I keep a set binder for HS—Unleashed, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HS—Unleashed set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Chinchou can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.