Chinchou

Chinchou

Chinchou appears in the English print of Celestial Storm, released on August 3, 2018. Chinchou is a common rarity and 60 HP. The Celestial Storm set contains 187 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by Aya Kusube.

Collector Insights

Chinchou is a Pokémon card from the Sun & Moon series, part of the Celestial Storm set released on August 3, 2018. It is numbered 49 and classified as a Common rarity card, featuring artwork by Aya Kusube. The card is a Lightning-type Pokémon with 60 HP, requiring one Colorless energy to retreat. It has a resistance to Metal-type attacks, reducing damage by 20, and a weakness to Fighting-type attacks, which deals double damage. Chinchou has two attacks: Pound, which costs one Colorless energy to deal 10 damage, and Spark, which uses one Lightning and one Colorless energy to deal 10 damage to two of the opponent's Benched Pokémon. The latter attack bypasses Weakness and Resistance for the affected Benched Pokémon. The card’s flavor text describes it as a creature that inhabits deep, lightless environments and uses its antennae to emit flashes of light for communication. Its design aligns with the series’ thematic focus on aquatic and celestial elements.

It lives in the depths beyond the reach of sunlight. It flashes lights on its antennae to communicate with others of its kind.

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