Kalos Starter Set · #5 · 2013
Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card.
$2.61
up9% · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 12, 2026
Set rank: Where this card's market price ranks among the priced cards in its set — #1 is the set's most valuable card. in Kalos Starter Set
What This Card Trades At
Raw: An ungraded card — no slab, no label, no official score. The market price is the raw benchmark. · Normal
$2.61 (TCGplayer Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily.)
CGC: Certified Guaranty Company, one of the big three graders. Grades 1–10, with a Pristine 10 above Gem Mint 10; CGC slabs often sell a little below PSA.
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Sold data via Card Hedge
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Chesnaught sits at $2.61 on TCGplayer today for the Normal printing.
Inside Kalos Starter Set, that ranks 7th out of 39 priced cards. The set's top card is Snorlax at $43.36. We've logged its price daily since Feb 8, 2024: $1.84 then, $2.61 now (up 41.8%). A year ago it sat around $1.69; today's $2.61 is 54.4% higher. Over the last 90 days it's down 14.7%, from $3.06. Since February 2024 it's run as high as $3.54 (July 2026) and as low as $1.15 (April 2024). Its 30-day range runs from $2.39 up to $2.61. The Normal printing is the headline number here; the Holofoil at $3.43 prices separately.
By Printing
By printing: Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card. $2.61 · Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more. $3.43
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Normal printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Needle Arm50
Cost: Grass, Colorless, Colorless
Tumbling Attack80+
Cost: Grass, Grass, Colorless, Colorless
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 more damage.
“Its Tackle is forceful enough to flip a 50-ton tank. It shields its allies from danger with its own body.”
About $2.61 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 12, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
About $6.00 — the latest CGC 7.5 sold price we have, as of Oct 3, 2026. For comparison, an ungraded copy trades around $2.61 (TCGplayer market price). Sold data via Card Hedge.
Down about 15% over the last 3 months — from $3.06 to $2.61 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 54%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $3.54 — that was July 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Chesnaught (Kalos Starter Set #5). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
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