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Chinchou

Legends Awakened / #88/146

Chinchou

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Legends Awakened
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Midori Harada
Source reference
dp6-88

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

In the darkness of the ocean depths, Chinchou turns its antennae into a language of light. Their flashes let it communicate where visibility is poor. The same glow can attract prey, giving the signal a second function. Around this small Pokémon, light is never merely a backdrop: it serves to establish contact with its surroundings.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Sword states that Chinchou’s antennae originated from a transformed fin. Positive and negative charges flow through them. Their unusual shape thus combines an anatomical origin with the electrical capability described for this Pokémon.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP
50
Type (source)
Lightning
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
170
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fighting +10

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Description from the source

It discharges positive and negative electricity from its antenna tips to shock its foes.

Attacks

Razor Fin

Cost: Colorless

Damage: 10

Aqua Spark

Cost: Lightning · Colorless

Damage: 20+

If Chinchou has any Water Energy attached to it, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage.

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

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

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