Pokémon · Black & White
Chansey
Dark Explorers · #80 · Common · 2012
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From
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Market reference
$1.32
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 80 / 111
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Blissey
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 113
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Chansey plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Its main attack (Double-Edge) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Colorless type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥50 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Chansey
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.18 copies on average · 169 decks
- Match win rate
- 41.8%
- -5.3 pts vs the 47.1% 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 Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Building around Chansey?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"A kindly Pokémon that lays highly nutritious eggs and shares them with injured Pokémon or people."
CSing
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
CCCDouble-Edge — 60
This Pokémon does 30 damage to itself.
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Chansey was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Chansey has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Chansey — Twilight Masquerade
Played in 48 recent decks
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 2026/08/05| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.19 | $1.18 | $19.98 | $1.32 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $4.20 | $4.94 | $49.80 | $4.87 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.30 |
| 7-day average | €0.19 |
| 30-day average | €0.23 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.18 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.20 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.63 |
| reverseHoloSell | €3.45 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.13 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.93 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.73 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Chansey is real?
Chansey 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 Chansey worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Chansey is $1.32; 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 Chansey from?
Chansey is from the Pokémon set "Dark Explorers" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Chansey?
Chansey is a Common card in the Dark Explorers set.
Other Chansey printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
