Nidoking (Base Set 11)

Nidoking LV.48 ニドキング Nidoking

Illus. Ken Sugimori

Evolution stage Stage 2 Pokémon Evolves from Nidorino Card name Nidoking Type Grass HP 90 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Base Set Rarity English card no. 11/102 Japanese expansion Expansion Pack Japanese rarity 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 was first released as part of the Base Set.

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• Trivia
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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.

034

Height

4'7" (1.4 m)

Weight

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 included in the Base Set, first released in the Japanese Expansion Pack. It was reprinted in the Base Set 2 expansion. It was reprinted again as a Non Holofoil print in the Japanese Pokémon Web set. It was reprinted once again in the Legendary Collection expansion.

Gallery

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Trivia

Origin

Thrash and Toxic are both moves in the Pokémon games that Nidoking can learn, the latter via TM06. The card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue, whereas the Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Red and Green.

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