Rhydon 60/130 · Diamond & Pearl

Diamond & Pearl is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on 1 May 2007. The printed size is 130, and the checklist is the same length. Rhydon is 60/130, in position 60 of 130 on this checklist. Before it is 59 Rapidash, and after it is 61 Riolu. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Rhydon is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 43. In the Pokédex this is Rhydon (#112), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Rhyhorn. In this catalog that name is Rhyhorn (#111). The card lists Rhyperior, Rhyperior (#464) under evolves to.

Naoyo Kimura illustrated this card. The same name is on 256 other cards in the catalog.

Rhydon (#112) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2024. The earliest other card is Rhydon 45/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 13 other cards of Rhydon list a different HP.

The attack Storm Up lists 30+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. If there is any Stadium card in play, this attack does 30 damage plus 20 more damage. Discard that Stadium card. Crash Impact is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Rhydon does 10 damage to itself. Your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon, if any. Weakness is Water +20. Resistance is Lightning -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Its brain developed after it stood up on its hind legs. Its drill horn bores tunnels through solid rock."

I keep a set binder for Diamond & Pearl, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Diamond & Pearl set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Rhydon can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.