Nidoking 150/147 · Aquapolis

Aquapolis is a set in the E-Card series. It was released on January 15, 2003. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. Nidoking is 150/147, in position 150 of 182 on this checklist. Before it is 149 Lugia, and after it is H1 Ampharos. The collector number is above the printed set size of 147. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

Nidoking is a Stage 2 Colorless Pokémon with 100 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).

Hironobu Yoshida illustrated this card. The same name is on 38 other cards in the catalog.

Nidoking (#034) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 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 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Secret. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Hironobu Yoshida illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Nidoking list a different HP.

Crystal Type is listed as Poké-Body. Whenever you attach a Grass, Lightning, or Fire basic Energy card from your hand to Nidoking, Nidoking's type (color) becomes the same as that Energy card type until the end of the turn. The attack Poison Horn lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Rolling Thunder is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Fighting, Fighting. Flip a coin, If heads, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. If tails, this attack does 10 damage to each of your Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness or Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3.

I keep a set binder for Aquapolis, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Aquapolis 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.