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Nincada

Roaring Skies / #9/108

Nincada

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Roaring Skies
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Kyoko Umemoto
Source reference
xy6-9

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Nincada sometimes spends more than ten years buried underground. In the darkness, its eyesight has become very weak; it navigates with its antennae and digs near roots with its claws. It draws the moisture and nutrients it needs from these roots. Sunlight is difficult for it to tolerate. The Pokédex thus describes an almost entirely underground life, consisting of long waits and precise actions to find sustenance before evolving.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Shield gives Nincada's underground life a possible duration of more than ten years. Pokémon Sword explains its poor eyesight and the role of its antennae. Alpha Sapphire details its search for moisture and nutrients in roots.

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Card details

HP
40
Type (source)
Grass
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
290
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fire ×2

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Description from the source

It can sometimes live underground for more than 10 years. It absorbs nutrients from the roots of trees.

Attacks

Slight Intrusion

Cost: Colorless

Damage: 20

This Pokémon does 10 damage to itself.

Documented variants

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  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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