Does the condition of the card change its price?

Yes. We check it when your card arrives, and here is what we pay in each condition. Like new: €10.00. Played a little: €4.70. Worn: €2.75.

How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read PAL 261/193 there. Its illustration is signed kodama.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Paldea Evolved set, released here on 9 June 2023.

It leaves listings slower than most of the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 44 out of 100. At least 8 copies have sold since 9 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

Paldea Evolved

Chien-Pao ex PAL 261/193

PALJPSpecial illustration rare

You receive

€10.00

Your offer depends on the card’s printing, edition and condition. We check its condition when it arrives.

How much is your Chien-Pao ex worth?

A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €10.00 today.

Today · You get

€10.00

The same price as on 23 September

€10.00

23 SeptemberToday

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Day	Our offer
23 September	€10.00
24 September	€10.00
25 September	€10.00
26 September	€10.00
27 September	€10.00

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pokoSCORE

Market activity

44out of 100

Slow departures

It leaves listings slower than most of the cards we buy in Japanese.

Copies gone since 9 September: at least 8
For sale on 27 September: 43
For sale on 9 September: 37

From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How much do we pay for Chien-Pao ex PAL 261/193?: A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €10.00 today.
Does the condition of the card change its price?: Yes. We check it when your card arrives, and here is what we pay in each condition. Like new: €10.00. Played a little: €4.70. Worn: €2.75.
How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read PAL 261/193 there. Its illustration is signed kodama.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Paldea Evolved set, released here on 9 June 2023.
Does it sell fast?: It leaves listings slower than most of the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 44 out of 100. At least 8 copies have sold since 9 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

When it came out

Paldea Evolved landed here on 9 June 2023.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 10 March 2023, under the code SV1a + SV2P + SV2D. That is 91 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 220
Type: Water
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Regulation mark: G
Number: 261/193
Set: Paldea EvolvedPALSet guide
Illustrated by: kodama

Its Ability

Shivery Chillわななくれいき

Once during your turn, if this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, you may search your deck for up to 2 Basic Energy cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.このポケモンがバトル場にいるなら、自分の番に1回使える。自分の山札から「基本エネルギー」を2枚まで選び、相手に見せて、手札に加える。そして山札を切る。

Its attacks

Hail Bladeヘイルブレード

60×

You may discard any amount of Energy from your Pokémon. This attack does 60 damage for each card you discarded in this way.自分の場のポケモンについているエネルギーを好きなだけトラッシュし、その枚数×60ダメージ。

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

A strength
It has an Ability, Shivery Chill. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
Keep in mind
None of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
Keep in mind
It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.
Keep in mind
Weakness Metal ×2. Against a Metal Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read, 724 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
Keep in mind
Mark G. It is not among the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J. A legal reprint may still provide an exception.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 10 Chien-Pao cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Chien-Pao card and its price