Nidoking 58/116 · 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. Nidoking is 58/116, in position 58 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is 57 Cofagrigus, and after it is 59 Mankey. The listed rarity is Rare.

Nidoking is a Stage 2 Fighting Pokémon with 140 HP. In the Pokédex this is Nidoking (#034), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Nidorino. In this catalog that name is Nidorino (#033).

Shin Nagasawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 303 other cards in the catalog.

Nidoking (#034) has 21 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 Nidoking 11/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Nidoking list a different HP.

The attack Lovestrike lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Does 40 more damage for each Nidoqueen on your Bench. Horn Drill is another attack lists 90 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Resistance is Lightning -20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "One swing of its mighty tail can snap a telephone pole as if it were a matchstick."

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. Nidoking can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.