Nidoran ♂ 43/116 · Plasma Freeze

Plasma Freeze is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on May 8, 2013. The printed size is 116. This checklist is longer, at 122 cards. Nidoran ♂ is 43/116, in position 43 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is 42 Nidoqueen, and after it is 44 Nidorino. The listed rarity is Common.

Nidoran ♂ is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Nidoran♂ (#032), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Nidorino, Nidorino (#033) under evolves to.

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

Nidoran♂ (#032) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Nidoran ♂ 55/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Nidoran♂ list a different HP.

The attack Hit Back lists 30 damage. The cost is Psychic. If this Pokémon has no damage counters on it, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It scans its surroundings by raising its ears out of the grass. Its toxic horn is for protection."

I keep a set binder for Plasma Freeze, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Plasma Freeze set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Nidoran♂ can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.