No. 170 · Johto · Water/Electric
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Chinchou is a Water/Electric-type Pokémon introduced in Johto, number 170 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2000 to 2024. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 27
- Sets
- 23
- Printed
- 2000–2024
- Illustrators
- 23
- Sightings
- 2
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The strongest Chinchou art
01/06Chinchou
Common
02/06Chinchou
Common
03/06Chinchou
Common
04/06Chinchou
Common
05/06Chinchou
Common
06/06Chinchou
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Chinchou cards, side by side.
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Nine of the strongest Chinchou artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Chinchou by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Chinchou cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Chinchou gets drawn
Chinchou is usually drawn peaceful, playful and dreamy, often swimming, underwater.
Across 26 Chinchou artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
2000–2024
Chinchou through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
2000 Neo Genesis
2001 Neo Revelation
2003 Aquapolis
2004 Hidden Legends
2005 Unseen Forces
2006 Legend Maker
2007 Power Keepers
2008 Legends Awakened- 2010 Unleashed
2012 Boundaries Crossed
2013 Plasma Freeze- 2015 Primal Clash
2017 Sun & Moon
2018 Lost Thunder
2019 Cosmic Eclipse- 2020 Sword & Shield
- 2021 Evolving Skies
- 2022 Silver Tempest
- 2024 Stellar Crown
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- Chinchouthis page · 27 cards
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Chinchou sightingsspotted in 2 other cards
Cards where Chinchou turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Chinchou card
27 cards, strongest artwork first.
Chinchou in numbers
- Cards
- 27
- Sets
- 23since Neo Genesis
- Illustrators
- 23most by Atsuko Nishida
- Printed
- 2000–2024
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 2in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 50–70
They span 23 sets, from Neo Genesis to Stellar Crown. 23 illustrators have drawn it, most often Atsuko Nishida, Aya Kusube and Ken Sugimori.
Who draws Chinchou
23 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
23 sets, by how many Chinchou cards each holds.
Aquapolis2
Hidden Legends2
Legends Awakened2- Sword & Shield2
Boundaries Crossed1
Celestial Storm1
Cosmic Eclipse1- Evolving Skies1
Legend Maker1
Lost Thunder1
McDonald's Collection 20221
Neo Genesis1
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Rarity
Questions
- How many Chinchou cards are there?
- There are 27 Chinchou cards, printed between 2000 and 2024 across 23 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Chinchou card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Chinchou art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Chinchou cards?
- 23 illustrators have drawn Chinchou. Atsuko Nishida has done the most at 2, followed by Aya Kusube and Ken Sugimori.
- What was the first Chinchou card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Neo Genesis, released in 2000. 26 of its 27 cards are Common.
