Giovanni's Nidorino 45/132 · Gym Challenge

Nidorino is Pokédex #033, generation 1 (Kanto). Giovanni's Nidorino is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 32. The card says it evolves from Giovanni's Nidoran ♂. In this catalog that name is Nidoran♂ (#032). The card lists Nidoking, Nidoking (#034) under evolves to.

Giovanni's Nidorino sits at 45/132 in Gym Challenge, position 45 of 132. Before it is 44 Giovanni's Nidorina, and after it is 46 Koga's Golbat. The set belongs to the Gym series. It was released on October 16, 2000. The printed size is 132, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Rend lists 20+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage. If not, this attack does 20 damage. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

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 is named Nidorino, while this one is Giovanni's Nidorino. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 12 other cards of Nidorino list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Gym Challenge set binder is where a full Gym Challenge 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). Themed lists that include this exact card are Trainer's Pokémon, Kanto Gym Leaders and their Pokémon, and Giovanni and his Pokémon. I still need this card.