Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Cubchoo
Lost Thunder · #61 · Common · 2018
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.23
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 61 / 240
- Release year
- 2018
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Beartic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- 0313
- Pokédex #
- 613
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 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 Cubchoo 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 Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Its main attack (Beat) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Water type, weak to Metal ×2 — a Metal attacker doing ≥35 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 Cubchoo
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- 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
- 1.1 copies on average · 145 decks
- Match win rate
- 42.0%
- -5.2 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.
Lickitung
in 27% of decks · 38 seen
Furfrou
in 13% of decks · 18 seen
Team Rocket's Larvitar
in 12% of decks · 17 seen
Drilbur
in 32% of decks · 44 seen
Delibird
in 22% of decks · 31 seen
Lillie's Ribombee
in 7% of decks · 10 seen
Ethan's Sudowoodo
in 63% of decks · 87 seen
Lillie's Cutiefly
in 7% of decks · 10 seen
Building around Cubchoo?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Their snot is a barometer of health. When healthy, their snot is sticky and the power of their ice moves increases."
CSecondary Chills
You can use this attack only if you go second, and only on your first turn. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
CCBeat — 20
Weakness:M×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Cubchoo was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Cubchoo has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Cubchoo — Black Bolt
Played in 65 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 2026/07/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.05 | $0.23 | $19.98 | $0.23 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.15 | $0.42 | $19.98 | $0.41 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.03 |
| 7-day average | €0.07 |
| 30-day average | €0.08 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.07 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.15 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.19 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.41 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.33 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.08 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.37 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.42 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Cubchoo is real?
Cubchoo 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 Cubchoo worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Cubchoo is $0.23; 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 Cubchoo from?
Cubchoo is from the Pokémon set "Lost Thunder" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2018.
What rarity is Cubchoo?
Cubchoo is a Common card in the Lost Thunder set.
Other Cubchoo printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
