Dragon / #67/97

Nincada

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Dragon
Rarity (source): Common
Illustrator: Ken Sugimori
Source reference: ex3-67

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: 50
Type (source): Grass
Stage (source): Basic
Pokédex number: 290
Retreat cost: 1 Energy
Weakness (source): Fire 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

Bite

Cost: Colorless

Damage: 10

Double Scratch

Cost: Colorless · Grass

Damage: 20×

Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads.

Documented variants

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Normal
Reverse
normal · standard
reverse · standard

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