Pokémon · XY
Chesnaught
BREAKthrough · #11 · Rare Holo · 2015
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Market reference
$1.64
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 11 / 165
- Release year
- 2015
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 160
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Quilladin
- Retreat cost
- 4 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 652
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 100 damage
- 25 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Strategy & play
How Chesnaught plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Adamantine Press) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥80 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 4 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Quilladin first).
How to beat Chesnaught
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥80 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 4 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.39 copies on average · 41 decks
- Match win rate
- 33.1%
- -14.0 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Chesnaught?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"When it takes a defensive posture with its fists guarding its face, it could withstand a bomb blast."
GCCSpike Lariat — 60+
If your opponent's Active Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 60 more damage.
GGCCAdamantine Press — 100
During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to this Pokémon by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:CCCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Chesnaught was legal.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/19| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.55 | $1.62 | $19.98 | $1.64 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.34 | $2.20 | $32.80 | $2.37 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €2.95 |
| 7-day average | €3.45 |
| 30-day average | €3.54 |
| Low | €0.30 |
| Trend price | €4.22 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.80 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €6.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.04 |
| reverseHoloSell | €3.78 |
| averageSellPrice | €4.51 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.74 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.30 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Chesnaught is real?
Chesnaught is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Chesnaught worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Chesnaught is $1.64; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Chesnaught from?
Chesnaught is from the Pokémon set "BREAKthrough" in the XY series, released in 2015.
What rarity is Chesnaught?
Chesnaught is a Rare Holo card in the BREAKthrough set.
Other Chesnaught printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
