Chinchou 52/203 · Evolving Skies
Evolving Skies is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 27, 2021. The printed size is 203. This checklist is longer, at 237 cards. Chinchou is 52/203, in position 52 of 237 on this checklist. Before it is 51 Jolteon VMAX, and after it is 53 Lanturn. The listed rarity is Common.
Chinchou is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Chinchou (#170), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Lanturn, Lanturn (#171) under evolves to.
sowsow illustrated this card. The same name is on 104 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 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and sowsow illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Chinchou list a different HP.
The attack Electro Ball lists 10 damage. The cost is Lightning. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "On the dark ocean floor, its only means of communication is its constantly flashing lights." The regulation mark is E.
I keep a set binder for Evolving Skies, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Evolving Skies 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.
Card facts
- Number
- 52/203
- Series
- Sword & Shield
- Released
- August 27, 2021
- Rarity
- Common
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- HP
- 70
- Type
- Lightning
- Illustrator
- sowsow
- Pokédex
- Chinchou (#170)
- Evolves to
- Lanturn
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat
- 1
- Regulation mark
- E
Attacks and card text
Flavor text
On the dark ocean floor, its only means of communication is its constantly flashing lights.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Chinchou from?
Evolving Skies, in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 27, 2021. The printed size is 203.
What is the collector number?
52/203. It is entry 52 of 237 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
sowsow. The catalog lists 104 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Common.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Chinchou #170, generation 2 (Johto).
What regulation mark is printed?
E.
Which attacks are printed?
Electro Ball (10).