Nidorino 44/116 · Plasma Freeze

Nidorino is Pokédex #033, generation 1 (Kanto). Nidorino is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Nidoran ♂. In this catalog that name is Nidoran♂ (#032). The card lists Nidoking, Nidoking (#034) under evolves to.

Nidorino sits at 44/116 in Plasma Freeze, position 44 of 122. Before it is 43 Nidoran ♂, and after it is 45 Grimer. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on May 8, 2013. The printed size is 116. This checklist is longer, at 122 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Double Kick lists 30× damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. Horn Attack is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It has a violent disposition and stabs foes with its horn, which oozes poison upon impact."

Nidorino (#033) 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 Nidorino 37/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Shigenori Negishi illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 3. 12 other cards of Nidorino list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shigenori Negishi. I count 151 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Plasma Freeze set binder is where a full Plasma Freeze set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Nidorino can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.