Nidoking (Aquapolis 150)

Nidoking ニドキング
Illus. Hironobu Yoshida
Classification	Pokémon card
Name	Nidoking
Evolution Stage	Stage 2 Pokémon (Evolves from Nidorino)
Type
HP	100
Weakness
Resistance	None
Retreat Cost
	For information on this Pokémon's species, see Nidoking.
Set	Aquapolis
Rarity	H
English Card No.	150/147

Nidoking (Japanese: ニドキング Nidoking) is a Colorless-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It is part of the Aquapolis set.

Card text

Poké-BODY

	Crystal Type
Whenever you attach a , , or basic Energy card from your hand to Nidoking, Nidoking's type (color) becomes the same as that Energy card type until the end of the turn.

Attacks

	Poison Horn	20
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

	Rolling Thunder	50
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. If tails, this attack does 10 damage to each of your Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Trivia

• This Nidoking is one of the elite, secret subset of the Skyridge and Aquapolis sets known as the Crystal Pokémon. These cards are extremely hard to come by, and are easily the rarest cards in the two sets. This particular card, although still rare, is considered one of the lesser cards in the subset.
• Due to an error, the types of colored Energy mentioned in the Crystal Type Poké-BODY do not correlate exactly to the types of colored Energy in the attacks. and match, but appears only in the Poké-BODY and appears only in the Rolling Thunder attack. It was ruled to play the power as if the were actually a to keep the power in line with the attack.

Origin

This Pokémon Trading Card article is part of Project TCGDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.