Chinchou 57/160 · Primal Clash
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 57/160 in Primal Clash, position 57 of 164. Before it is 56 Manaphy, and after it is 58 Lanturn. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on February 4, 2015. The printed size is 160. This checklist is longer, at 164 cards. The listed rarity is Common.
The attack Wave Splash lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It shoots positive and negative electricity between the tips of its two antennae and zaps its enemies."
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 Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 20 other cards of Chinchou list a different HP.
The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.
Primal Clash set binder is where a full Primal Clash 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.
Card facts
- Number
- 57/160
- Set
- Primal Clash
- Series
- XY
- Released
- February 4, 2015
- Rarity
- Common
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- HP
- 70
- Type
- Lightning
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex
- Chinchou (#170)
- Evolves to
- Lanturn
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Resistance
- Metal -20
- Retreat
- 2
Attacks and card text
Flavor text
It shoots positive and negative electricity between the tips of its two antennae and zaps its enemies.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
What set does Chinchou belong to?
Primal Clash, in the XY series. It was released on February 4, 2015. The printed size is 160.
Which number is printed on this card?
57/160. It is entry 57 of 164 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Kagemaru Himeno. The catalog lists 656 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Common.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Chinchou #170, generation 2 (Johto).
Which attacks are printed?
Wave Splash (20).