Pooka
Nidoking
#29/120 in Rising Rivals, Rare, 130 HP, Fighting, illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
- Card number
- #29/120
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 130 HP
- Type
- Fighting
- Language
- English
- Release date
- May 16, 2009
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
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Collector Notes
Nidoking
Nidoking appears in the English print of Rising Rivals, released on May 16, 2009. Nidoking is a rare rarity and 130 HP. The Rising Rivals set contains 120 cards.
Artist Info
This card's illustration was created by Masakazu Fukuda.
Collector Insights
Nidoking is a Fighting-type Pokémon with 130 HP, featured in the Platinum series under the Rising Rivals set. It has a retreat cost of two Colorless Energy and a converted retreat cost of 2. The card’s ability, Territoriality, imposes a rule where damage counters are placed on an attacking Pokémon if Nidoking is damaged, up to a maximum of two. Its attacks include Fling Away, which costs three Colorless Energy and deals 60 damage, but reduces to 30 if the opponent has Benched Pokémon, also damaging one of them. Another attack, Giga Horn, requires four Energy (Fighting and three Colorless) and deals 100 damage, though it may fail if both coin flips result in tails. Nidoking resists Lightning-type attacks by 20 and is weak to Water-type attacks by 30. The card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda and is classified as a Rare card with the number 29 in its series. Its design incorporates a defensive mechanic tied to damage distribution and strategic targeting of Benched Pokémon.
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