Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Chien-Pao
Surging Sparks · #56 · Rare · 2024
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.23
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 56 / 252
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Pokédex #
- 1002
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 120 damage
- 40 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Chien-Pao 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.
- Its main attack (Icicle Loop) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 120 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Metal ×2 — a Metal attacker doing ≥60 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 Chien-Pao
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥60 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 6% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 3603 decks
- Match win rate
- 50.4%
- +3.2 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.
Passimian
in 30% of decks · 1056 seen
Iron Boulder ex
in 0% of decks · 14 seen
Iron Crown ex
in 4% of decks · 129 seen
Raging Bolt ex
in 36% of decks · 1270 seen
Koraidon ex
in 10% of decks · 340 seen
Glass Trumpet
in 42% of decks · 1511 seen
Enamorus
in 0% of decks · 10 seen
Iron Leaves ex
in 26% of decks · 925 seen
Building around Chien-Pao?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Ability: Snow Sink
When you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench during your turn, you may discard a Stadium in play.
WWCIcicle Loop — 120
Put an Energy attached to this Pokémon into your hand.
Weakness:M×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Chien-Pao or Surging Sparks.
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Chien-Pao was legal.
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today
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today
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Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
1,260
ran Chien-Pao
Tournaments scanned
299
past 30 days
Competitive note
Currently a meta staple.
127 top-cut decks · best finish 1st
Top decks running Chien-Pao
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 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.22 | $19.98 | $0.23 | $0.20 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.10 | $0.31 | $19.94 | $0.33 | $0.40 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.02 |
| 7-day average | €0.06 |
| 30-day average | €0.06 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.07 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.06 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.16 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.18 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.06 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.18 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.12 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Chien-Pao is real?
Chien-Pao 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 Chien-Pao worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Chien-Pao 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 Chien-Pao from?
Chien-Pao is from the Pokémon set "Surging Sparks" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Chien-Pao?
Chien-Pao is a Rare card in the Surging Sparks set.
Other Chien-Pao printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
