Chinchou 68/202 · Sword & Shield

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 68/202 in Sword & Shield, position 68 of 216. Before it is 67 Chinchou, and after it is 69 Lanturn. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 7, 2020. The printed size is 202. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Luring Glow lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning. Switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon. 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 "Its antennae, which evolved from a fin, have both positive and negative charges flowing through them." The regulation mark is D.

Chinchou (#170) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 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 Yukiko Baba illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Chinchou list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Yukiko Baba. I count 151 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Sword & Shield set binder is where a full Sword & Shield 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.