Nincada 68/97 · Dragon

Nincada is Pokédex #290, generation 3 (Hoenn). Nincada is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Ninjask, Ninjask (#291) under evolves to.

Nincada sits at 68/97 in Dragon, position 68 of 100. Before it is 67 Nincada, and after it is 69 Numel. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on November 24, 2003. The printed size is 97. This checklist is longer, at 100 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Leech Life lists 10 damage. The cost is Grass. After your attack, remove from Nincada the number of damage counters equal to the damage you did to the Defending Pokémon. If Nincada has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Nincada (#290) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Nincada 66/97 in Dragon (2003). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Nincada list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hajime Kusajima. I count 206 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Dragon set binder is where a full Dragon set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Nincada can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.