Chinchou 49/149 · Sun & Moon

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 49/149 in Sun & Moon, position 49 of 173. Before it is 48 Bruxish, and after it is 50 Lanturn. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 3, 2017. The printed size is 149. This checklist is longer, at 173 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Searching Light lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Look at 1 of your face-down Prize cards. Electro Ball is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It lives in the depths beyond the reach of sunlight. It flashes lights on its antennae to communicate with others of its kind."

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 Ayaka Yoshida illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Chinchou list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ayaka Yoshida. I count 128 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Sun & Moon set binder is where a full Sun & Moon 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.