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Giovanni's Nidorino

Gym Challenge / #45/132

Giovanni's Nidorino

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Gym Challenge
Rarity (source)
Uncommon
Illustrator
Ken Sugimori
Source reference
gym2-45

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About the species

Nidorino pricks up its ears as soon as a suspicious sound alerts it. If a hostile presence approaches, its back spines rise and it charges with its horn. This is described as harder than diamond and injects potent poison when piercing an opponent. Its nervous temperament makes encounters risky: an adrenaline surge further increases the venom's concentration. The Pokédex thus presents a Pokémon whose attack grows more dangerous as tension rises.

This account describes the species in the video games. It does not describe its Trainer’s history or that of this copy, and does not identify the depicted form or sex.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Sword shows Nidorino seeking a Moon Stone and breaking rocks in its path with its horn. Pokémon Shield notes that its poison becomes more concentrated as adrenaline rises. The same drive behind its search can therefore worsen a confrontation.

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Card details

HP
70
Type (source)
Grass
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Nidoran♂
Pokédex number
33
Retreat cost
2 Energy
Weakness (source)
Psychic x2

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.

Attacks

Rend

Cost: Grass · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 20+

If the Defending Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage. If not, this attack does 20 damage.

Documented variants

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  • Normal
  • First Edition
  • normal · standard
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