Lovestrike
Cost: Colorless · Colorless
Damage: 20
Does 40 more damage for each Nidoqueen on your Bench.
Plasma Freeze / #58/116
Nidoking
Printed language: English · Pokémon
- Set (printed edition)
- Plasma Freeze
- Rarity (source)
- Rare
- Illustrator
- Shin Nagasawa
- Source reference
- bw9-58
CARDEX BACKGROUND
The Pokémon’s story
Nidoking moves with tough skin, a horn capable of piercing hard materials and a tail of formidable strength. When enraged, it can topple metal structures and becomes difficult to stop. Yet entries describe it calming when reunited with Nidoqueen, its longstanding partner. This contrast between fury and attachment gives the Pokémon less uniform behaviour than its imposing silhouette might suggest.
Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.A detail worth noticing
Pokémon Sword states that Nidoking, though uncontrollable when angry, calms before Nidoqueen. Pokémon Shield praises the strength of its horn and tail. Its lasting relationship with its partner is therefore the most surprising counterpoint to this power.
Card details
- HP
- 140
- Type (source)
- Fighting
- Stage (source)
- Stage2
- Evolves from (printed name)
- Nidorino
- Pokédex number
- 34
- Retreat cost
- 3 Energy
- Weakness (source)
- Water ×2
- Resistance (source)
- Lightning -20
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
One swing of its mighty tail can snap a telephone pole as if it were a matchstick.Attacks
Horn Drill
Cost: Fighting · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless
Damage: 90
Documented variants
Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.
- Normal
- normal · standard
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