Nidoking 29/111 · Rising Rivals

Rising Rivals is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on May 16, 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. Nidoking is 29/111, in position 29 of 120 on this checklist. Before it is 28 Mr. Mime E4, and after it is 30 Nidoqueen. The listed rarity is Rare.

Nidoking is a Stage 2 Fighting Pokémon with 130 HP. The card lists level 59. 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).

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 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 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 20 other cards of Nidoking list a different HP.

Territoriality is listed as Poké-Body. If your Active Pokémon is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if that Pokémon is Knocked Out), put 2 damage counters on the Attacking Pokémon. You can't put more than 2 damage counters in this way. The attack Fling Away lists 60 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, this attack's base damage is 30 instead of 60 and this attack does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Giga Horn is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. If both of them are tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Water +30. Resistance is Lightning -20. Retreat cost is 2.

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