Chinchou 49/168 · Celestial Storm

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 49/168 in Celestial Storm, position 50 of 187. Before it is 48 Electrode-GX, and after it is 50 Lanturn. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 3, 2018. The printed size is 168. This checklist is longer, at 187 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Pound lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Spark is another attack lists 10 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. This attack does 10 damage to 2 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) 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 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Aya Kusube illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Chinchou list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Aya Kusube. I count 127 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Celestial Storm set binder is where a full Celestial Storm 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.