レイジングサーフ / #012/62

チョンチー

Printed language: Japanese · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): レイジングサーフ
Rarity (source): Common
Illustrator: yuu
Source reference: SV3a-012

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

Pokédex — background source

Card details

HP: 60
Type (source): Lightning
Stage (source): Basic
Pokédex number: 170
Regulation mark: G
Retreat cost: 1 Energy
Weakness (source): Fighting ×2

Printed card text — Japanese

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

暗い海底ではいつも点滅している触手の灯りだけが通信手段。

Attacks

てらす

Cost: Colorless

自分の山札を上から1枚見て、もとにもどす。のぞむなら、そのカードを山札の下にもどす。

プチでんき

Cost: Lightning · Colorless

Damage: 20

Documented variants

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Normal
normal · standard

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