Cubchoo · Brilliant Stars, what to know.
About the Cubchoo card
Numbered 42 of 186 in Brilliant Stars, released in February 2022, Cubchoo is a Common, a Basic Water-type carrying 60 HP.
As a Basic Pokémon, Cubchoo needs no prior evolution to put into play, which made it a practical card in the era's decks.
Illustrated by ryoma uratsuka.
Cubchoo carries this Pokédex flavor text: "When this Pokémon is in good health, its snot becomes thicker and stickier. It will smear its snot on anyone it doesn't like."
What is Cubchoo worth?
Cubchoo is a Common, so raw copies trade for very little and most of the print run survives. The only real value is in pristine, high-grade copies, where even a Common can reach low triple digits in 1st Edition PSA 10. See the live price above for the current figure by grade.
Print variants and how to spot them
Confirm the print and finish on Cubchoo before pricing it, since variant and rarity set the market more than the card name alone.
Grading and condition
Cubchoo is the most forgiving tier to grade in the set. Centering on the framed border is the usual cap, and the soft cardstock picks up edge whitening easily, but high print runs keep clean copies affordable.
If you are collecting Cubchoo
Raw copies of Cubchoo are inexpensive enough that grading rarely pays unless you have a clearly pack-fresh example. For set completion, a clean sleeved Cubchoo is the practical move.
