Nidorina 45/102 · HS—Triumphant

Nidorina is Pokédex #030, generation 1 (Kanto). Nidorina is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 80 HP. 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 45/102 in HS—Triumphant, position 45 of 103. Before it is 44 Marowak, and after it is 46 Nidorino. The set belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on 3 November 2010. The printed size is 102. This checklist is longer, at 103 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Quick Blow lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage. Tail Slap is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It has a calm and caring nature. Because its horn grows slowly, it prefers not to fight."

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. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and sui illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 10 other cards of Nidorina list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads sui. I count 194 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

HS—Triumphant set binder is where a full HS—Triumphant 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.