Nidoran ♂ 72/111 · 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. Nidoran ♂ is 72/111, in position 72 of 120 on this checklist. Before it is 71 Nidoran ♀, and after it is 73 Nidorina. The listed rarity is Common.

Nidoran ♂ is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 9. In the Pokédex this is Nidoran♂ (#032), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Nidorino, Nidorino (#033) under evolves to.

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Nidoran♂ (#032) 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 Nidoran ♂ 55/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. 12 other cards of Nidoran♂ list a different HP.

The attack Leer lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon can't attack during your opponent's next turn. Horn Hazard is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Psychic +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It scans its surroundings by raising its ears out of the grass. Its toxic horn is for protection."

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