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Chikorita

Expedition Base Set / #100/165

Chikorita

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Expedition Base Set
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Motofumi Fujiwara
Source reference
ecard1-100

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Chikorita prefers sunshine and peaceful surroundings. Yet when a confrontation begins, it waves its leaf to keep the opponent at a distance. The fragrance it releases can then soothe the fighters themselves. Its defense thus carries an unusual gentleness: a gesture meant to repel the other also makes the encounter less hostile, as though calm were trying to return.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Chikorita's leaf has a sensory function. In Pokémon Silver and SoulSilver, it lets Chikorita assess humidity and temperature. This fragrant organ therefore also serves to read the conditions of its immediate environment.

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Card details

HP
50
Type (source)
Grass
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
152
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fire x2
Resistance (source)
Water -30

Printed card text — English

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Attacks

Razor Leaf

Cost: Grass

Damage: 10

Sleep Powder

Cost: Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 10

The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

Documented variants

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  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • normal · standard
  • reverse · standard

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