Nidoking (Base Set 11): Difference between revisions

Nidoking LV.48 ニドキング Nidoking

File:Nidoking Base 11.jpg Illus. Ken Sugimori

Evolution stage Stage 2 Pokémon Evolves from Nidorino Card name Nidoking Type Grass HP 90 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost Expansion Base Set Rarity English card no. 11/102 Expansion Base Set 2 Rarity English card no. 11/130 TCG GB1 set Evolution TCG GB1 ID B10 TCG GB2 set Legendary Power TCG GB2 ID B07 Japanese expansion Pokémon Web Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 033/048 Expansion Legendary Collection Rarity English card no. 31/110 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Nidoking.

Nidoking (Japanese: ニドキング Nidoking) is a Grass-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It is part of the Base Set.

Card text

Thrash あばれる 30+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 damage plus 10 more damage; if tails, this attack does 30 damage and Nidoking does 10 damage to itself.

Toxic どくどく 20

The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. It now takes 20 Poison damage instead of 10 after each player's turn (even if it was already Poisoned).

Pokédex data

Nidoking - Drill Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
034	4'7" (1.4 m)	137 lbs. (62.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
Uses its powerful tail in battle to smash, constrict, then break its prey's bones.
石のように固い皮膚と長く伸びた角が特徴。角には毒もあるので注意が必要だ。

Release information

This card was reprinted in the Base Set 2 and Legendary Collection reprint sets, which were only released outside of Japan. In Japan, this card was reprinted in Pokémon Web. The Pokémon Web and Legendary Collection prints were not holographic.

Trivia

Origin

Thrash and Toxic are both moves in the Pokémon games that Nidoking can learn. The card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue, wheras the Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Red and Green.

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