Chespin (MEP Promo 58)

This article is about an English Pokémon Trading Card Game card which has not yet been officially released. As such, the card information may contain information taken from a scan or image from the Twitter (X) website and not from a physical copy of the card.

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Chespin   ハリマロン Harimaron

Illus. Saboteri

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Chespin Type Grass HP 70 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion MEP Black Star Promos English card no. 058 Japanese expansion M-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 116/M-P For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Chespin.

Chespin (Japanese: ハリマロン Harimaron) is a Grass-type Basic Pokémon card. It is one of the MEP Black Star Promos.

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• Card text
  • Pokédex data
• Release information
• Trivia
  • Origin
• References

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Card text

Pin Missile

ミサイルばり

10×

Flip 4 coins. This attack does 10 damage for each heads.

Pokédex data

Chespin - Spiny Nut Pokémon

Pokédex entry

The quills on its head are usually soft. When it flexes them, the points become so hard and sharp that they can pierce rock.

普段 やわらかい 頭の トゲは 力を こめると 鋭く とがり 岩をも つらぬくほど 硬くなる。

Release information

This card is part of a series of Holofoil Full Art illustration rare-style cards that depict first partner Pokémon, released to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Pokémon franchise. Each card in this series features the Pokémon 30th Anniversary logo.

In mainland China, this card is released as a 30th-P Promotional card in the "30th Anniversary Celebration: First Partner Pokémon Special Illustration Holofoil Card Set Vol. 3" product, which includes a random selection of nine Holofoil Full Art cards depicting the first partner Pokémon from the Hoenn, Kalos, and Paldea regions. This card is released internationally as an MEP Black Star Promotional card included in the First Partner Illustration Collection Series 3, released on August 7, 2026, the same date as the mainland China release.

In Japan, this card is released in the 30th CELEBRATION Card Set Chespin & Fennekin & Froakie product on October 16, 2026.

Trivia

This card forms a combined illustration with the MEP Promotional Fennekin and Froakie, together representing the first partner Pokémon trio of the Kalos region.

Origin

Pin Missile is a move in the Pokémon games that Chespin can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon X.

The illustration features various elements and locations from the Generation VI games:

• The Tower of Mastery.
• The Cliff, Rumble, and Bug Badges.
• Various clothing in the games: Black Fedora, White Wide-Frame Sunglasses, Red Plaid Shirt Combo, Brown Loafers.
• The Mega Evolution sigil.
• A Lumiose Galette.
• The foot of Prism Tower.
• A Rhyhorn, possibly referring to the Rhyhorn owned by the player's mother, as she was a former Rhyhorn racer.
• A Pokémon Center.
• Blue-green foliage on the lower left corner, representing the Legendary Pokémon Xerneas.

References

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.