Nidorina 73/111 · Rising Rivals

Nidorina is Pokédex #030, generation 1 (Kanto). Nidorina is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 29. The card says it evolves from Nidoran ♀. In this catalog that name is Nidoran♀ (#029). The card lists Nidoqueen, Nidoqueen (#031) under evolves to.

Nidorina sits at 73/111 in Rising Rivals, position 73 of 120. Before it is 72 Nidoran ♂, and after it is 74 Nidorino. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on May 16, 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Jump Tackle lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless. Nidorina does 10 damage to itself, and don't apply Weakness and Resistance to this damage. Stress Poison is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless, Colorless. If Nidorina has any damage counters on it, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage and the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Psychic +20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "When it senses danger, it raises all the barbs on its body. These barbs grow slower than NIDORINO's."

Nidorina (#030) 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 2026. The earliest other card is Nidorina 40/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 10 other cards of Nidorina list a different HP.

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

Rising Rivals set binder is where a full Rising Rivals set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Nidorina can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.