Chikorita Pokémon Card Guide: Cute Picks, Best Sets, and Collector Tips
Find the cutest Chikorita cards: Illustration Rares, promos, and binder-ready picks across English, Japanese, and Chinese TCG sets.
2024-03-27
Popularity Rank: #129
Fan survey data
Blended rank from two r/pokemon "favourite Pokémon" surveys, weighted 60/40 toward the 2025 results (u/Jawnysparklez; u/mamamia1001 2019).
2025 survey: #111
2019 survey: #130
#129 / 1025
#0152
Chikorita
Leaf Pokémon
A sweet aroma gently wafts from the leaf on its head. It is docile and loves to soak up the sun's rays.
Pokédex details
National Dex
#0152
Height
0.9 m
Weight
6.4 kg
Capture rate
45 / 255
Generation
Gen II
Gender ratio
87.5% male, 12.5% female
Hatch steps
5,100 steps
Base happiness
70
Growth rate
Medium Slow
Color
Green
Habitat
Grassland
Shape
Quadruped
Why collectors adore Chikorita
The elevator pitch for Chikorita: cute, recognizable, and worth a binder slot.
- Cheerful personality in-game — Chikorita feels upbeat even before you pick a favourite card.
- Soft nature vibes — Chikorita feels like it belongs in a botanical-themed spread.
- A staple in our Cottagecore & Floral crowd — Chikorita is one of those picks collectors nod at immediately.
Pokémon TCG cards
Recent cards featuring Chikorita from the Trading Card Game, newest first.
Ascended Heroes
Common
MEP Black Star Promos
None
Mega Evolution
Common
Wisdom of Sea and Sky
One Star
Wisdom of Sea and Sky
One Diamond
McDonald's Collection 2021
None
Lost Thunder
Common
Lost Thunder
Common
Generations
Common
BREAKpoint
Common
Mysterious Treasures
Common
Expedition Base Set
Common
Showing 12 of 20 loaded cards · card data from TCGdex with pokemontcg.io as backup · images via Scrydex when needed
How I'd build a Chikorita spread
Binder geometry for Chikorita: where the eye should land first and what can stay in the background.
Cards to anchor your spread
TCG picks for collectors — pair these with a printed scene below.
Chikorita δ #44 (Dragon Frontiers) by Yuka Morii is essential — her signature clay-art style gives Chikorita an irresistibly handcrafted charm.
Chikorita #6 (Lost Thunder) is a promo worth chasing — alternate art that stands out on any Chikorita binder page.
Chikorita #8 (Ascended Heroes) is a sleeper hit — not expensive, but a favorite for themed collections.
Species art references
Character renders for colour matching, pose ideas, and silhouette checks.
Official artwork
Match card holo colours and keep the species silhouette consistent across pockets.
HOME render
Modern pose reference when you want a cleaner, upright character layout.
Dream World vector
Simple line-and-fill shape — handy for tracing pocket placement before you print.
Shiny palette
Alternate colourway for accent pockets or shiny-themed spreads.
Art via PokéAPI/sprites (open source).
Chikorita mini binder spread
A seeded two-page 3×3 binder mockup using Chikorita chase cards and Michi Method scene art for display planning.
Left page
Dragon Frontiers
Common
Lost Thunder
Common
Ascended Heroes
Common
MEP Black Star Promos
None
Mega Evolution
Common
Wisdom of Sea and Sky
One Star
Wisdom of Sea and Sky
One Diamond
Right page
McDonald's Collection 2021
None
Lost Thunder
Common
Generations
Common
BREAKpoint
Common
Mysterious Treasures
Common
Expedition Base Set
Common
Expedition Base Set
Common
Start with a background that echoes Chikorita's grass, then place your chase holo in the top-left anchor slot. Secondary copies can step down in rarity toward the edges so the spread breathes in photos.
Michi Method scene examples
Illustration picks when dedicated scene art is not cached yet — card frames may still show.
Scene wallpaper — Chikorita
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Chikorita
Scene wallpaper — Chikorita
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Chikorita
Find more scene art
Curated galleries and search links — we do not hotlink Pinterest or ArtStation results.
Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.
Additional tips
- Lead with your strongest Chikorita single, then echo it with a secondary spread featuring Bayleef, Cyndaquil, and Meganium so the page reads as a story, not a checklist.
- Try a sage green and mint sleeve story around Chikorita's grass-type identity — mat color does more work than people admit in photos.
- Photograph the Chikorita page under warm side light once and cool once — you'll quickly see which copy deserves the top-left anchor slot.
- At 0.9m / 6.4kg, Chikorita sits in a middleweight silhouette band — mix close-up portraits with one environmental wide shot for depth.
Abilities, moves & metagame notes
Optional competitive context for Chikorita. Display collectors can skip straight to the backstory below.
Base stats
In-game numbers for Chikorita — useful context beside abilities and moves.
HP
45
Attack
49
Defense
65
Sp. Atk
49
Sp. Def
65
Speed
45
Total: 318
Players file Chikorita around tier "LC" while Ability Overgrow (Strengthens Grass moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.) shapes the fantasy — chase art that stages that payoff, not just the highest number on the slab.
- Hidden Ability Leaf Guard is the deep-cut hunt — call it out when you sell or trade so buyers know you are curating, not flipping random holos.
- Body Slam — 30% chance to paralyze the target. — Illustration Rares that stage that motion tend to outperform static portraits.
3D battle sprites
Animated Showdown-style models for Chikorita — normal and shiny.
Sprites via Project Pokémon. Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.
Backstory & Lore
A short write-up on Chikorita, weaving together Pokédex notes, species lore, and evolution context.
A sweet aroma gently wafts from the leaf on its head. It is docile and loves to soak up the sun's rays.
Its pleasantly aromatic leaves have the ability to check the hu midity and tem perature.
It loves to bask in the sunlight. It uses the leaf on its head to seek out warm places.
Canon tags Chikorita as the Leaf Pokémon, a creature of grassland habitats, and known for green colouration — backgrounds that echo those cues (studio, habitat, or abstract) usually photograph better than random neon gradients.
Collectors still read Chikorita, Bayleef, and Meganium fastest left-to-right; matching illustration eras across those stages matters more than cramming every rarity onto one page.
Name in other languages
Common localized names collectors may search for.
German
Endivie
Spanish
Chikorita
French
Germignon
Italian
Chikorita
Japanese
チコリータ
Japanese (Romaji)
Chicorita
Korean
치코리타
Chinese (Simplified)
菊草叶
Chinese (Traditional)
菊草葉
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