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{{PokémoncardInfobox |
{{PokémoncardInfobox
title=Giovanni's Nidoking <small>Lv. 58</small> |
|cardname=Giovanni's Nidoking
jname=サカキのニドキング |
|jname=サカキのニドキング
jtrans=Sakaki's Nidoking |
|jtrans=Sakaki's Nidoking
image=GC7.jpg |
|image=GiovanniNidokingGymChallenge7.jpg
caption=Illus. [[Ken Sugimori]] |
|caption=Illus. [[Ken Sugimori]]
name=[[Nidoking (TCG)#Giovanni's Nidoking|Giovanni's Nidoking]] |
|species=Nidoking
stage=[[Evolution card|Stage 2 Pokémon]]<br>(Evolves from [[Nidorino (TCG)#Giovanni's Nidorino|Giovanni's Nidorino]]) |
|evostage=Stage 2
type={{e|Grass}} |
|evoicon=033
hp=120 |
|evospecies=Nidorino
weakness={{e|Psychic}} |
|evoname=Giovanni's Nidorino
resistance=None |
|type=Grass
retreatcost={{e}}{{e}}{{e}} |
|level=58
species=Nidoking |
|hp=120
|weakness=Psychic
|retreatcost=3
|trainer=Giovanni
}}
}}
|-
{{PokémoncardInfobox/Expansion|type=Grass|expansion={{TCG|Gym Challenge}}|rarity={{rar|Rare Holo}}|cardno=7/132|jpexpansion={{TCG|Challenge from the Darkness}}|jprarity={{rar|Rare Holo}}}}
!Set
{{PokémoncardInfobox/Footer|type=Grass|species=Nidoking}}
| {{TCG|Gym Challenge}}
|-
!Rarity
| [[Image:Rarity Rare.png|Rare Holographic]]H
|-
!English Card No.
| 7/132  
|}


'''Giovanni's Nidoking''' (Japanese: '''サカキのニドキング''' ''Sakaki's Nidoking'') is a {{ct|Grass}} Stage 2 Pokémon card. It is part of the {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} set.
'''Giovanni's Nidoking''' (Japanese: '''サカキのニドキング''' ''Sakaki's Nidoking'') is a {{ct|Grass}} Stage 2 Pokémon card. It is part of the {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} expansion.


==Card text==
==Card text==
===Attacks===
{{Cardtext/Header|type=Grass}}
{{Cardattack |
{{Cardtext/Attack
cost={{e|Grass}} |
|type=Grass
name=Intimidate |
|cost={{e|Grass}}
jname= |
|name=Intimidate
jtrans= |
|jname=すごむ
damage= |
|jtrans=Threaten
effect=If the Defending Pokémon's maximum HP is 50 or less, it can't attack {{tt|Giovanni's Nidoking|this Pokémon}} during your opponent's next turn. (''Benching or evolving either Pokémon ends this effect.'') |
|damage=
|effect=If the Defending Pokémon's maximum HP is 50 or less, it can't attack {{tt|Giovanni's Nidoking|this Pokémon}} during your opponent's next turn. ''(Benching or evolving either Pokémon ends this effect.)''
}}
}}
{{Cardattack |
{{Cardtext/Attack
cost={{e|Grass}}{{e|Grass}}{{e|Grass}}{{e|Colorless}} |
|type=Grass
name=Tumbling Attack |
|cost={{e|Grass}}{{e|Grass}}{{e|Grass}}{{e|Colorless}}
jname= |
|name=Tumbling Attack
jtrans= |
|jname=ローリングアタック
damage=40+ |
|jtrans=Rolling Attack
effect=Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 damage plus 30 more damage; if tails, this attack does 40 damage. |
|damage=40+
|effect=Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 damage plus 30 more damage; if tails, this attack does 40 damage.
}}
}}
{{Cardtext/Footer}}


===Pokédex data===
===Pokédex data===
{|{{Graytable}} width="250"
{{Carddex
|-
|type=Grass
! Species
|name=Nidoking
| Drill Pokémon
|species=Drill
|-
|ndex=034
! Length
|height=4'7"
| 4'7"  
|jheight=1.4
|-
|weight=137
! Weight
|jweight=62
| 137 lbs
}}
|-
! nowrap | Pokémon No.
| 34
|}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The ability {{a|Intimidate}} would later appear in [[Generation III]].
*Giovanni's Nidoking is only the third Pokémon card with 120 HP. The other two released, at the time, were {{TCG ID|Base Set|Chansey|3}} and {{TCG ID|Base Set|Charizard|4}}, both released in the {{TCG|Base Set}}.
===Origin===
===Origin===
[[Giovanni]] uses a {{p|Nidoking}} when battled for the {{badge|Earth}} in each of the games in which he appears.
[[Gym Leader]] [[Giovanni]] owns a {{p|Nidoking}} in {{game|Red and Blue|s}}. {{a|Intimidate}} is an [[Ability]] introduced in the [[Generation III]] [[Pokémon games]] that Nidoking cannot have, however the Japanese names are not the same, making this attack and the Ability unrelated.


{{Project TCGDex notice}}
{{Project TCG notice}}


[[Category:Pokémon cards]]
[[Category:Nidoking (TCG)]]
[[Category:Giovanni (TCG)|Nidoking]]
[[Category:Gym Challenge cards]]
[[Category:Gym Challenge cards]]
[[Category:Grass-type Pokémon cards]]
[[Category:Challenge from the Darkness cards]]
[[Category:Evolution cards]]
[[Category:Stage 2 Pokémon cards]]
[[Category:Illus. by Ken Sugimori]]
[[Category:Illus. by Ken Sugimori]]
[[Category:Holographic cards]]
[[Category:Holographic cards]]


[[de:Giovannis Nidoking (Gym Challenge 7)]]
[[it:Giovanni's Nidoking (Gym Challenge 7)]]
[[ja:サカキのニドキング (ポケモンジム)]]
[[ja:サカキのニドキング (ポケモンジム)]]

Revision as of 03:33, 2 November 2017

Giovanni's Nidoking LV.58
サカキのニドキング Sakaki's Nidoking 		Grass
GiovanniNidokingGymChallenge7.jpg
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Evolution stage
Nidorino
Stage 2 Pokémon
Evolves from Giovanni's Nidorino
Card name Giovanni's Nidoking
Type Grass
HP 120
weakness
Psychic×2 		resistance
None 		retreat cost
   
English expansion Gym Challenge
Rarity Rare Holo
English card no. 7/132
Japanese expansion Challenge from the Darkness
Japanese rarity Rare Holo
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Nidoking.

Giovanni's Nidoking (Japanese: サカキのニドキング Sakaki's Nidoking) is a Grass-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It is part of the Gym Challenge expansion.

Card text

Grass Intimidate [create category]
すごむ
If the Defending Pokémon's maximum HP is 50 or less, it can't attack Giovanni's Nidoking during your opponent's next turn. (Benching or evolving either Pokémon ends this effect.)
GrassGrassGrassColorless Tumbling Attack
ローリングアタック 		40+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 damage plus 30 more damage; if tails, this attack does 40 damage.


Pokédex data

Grass
Grass
Nidoking - Drill Pokémon
No. Height Weight
034 4'7" (1.4 m) 137 lbs. (62 kg)


Trivia

Origin

Gym Leader Giovanni owns a Nidoking in Pokémon Red and Blue. Intimidate is an Ability introduced in the Generation III Pokémon games that Nidoking cannot have, however the Japanese names are not the same, making this attack and the Ability unrelated.


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