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Nidoking card

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Base Set 2 · #11

Nidoking

Physical Pokémon TCG

Nidoking #11 from Base Set 2. Rare rarity. Illustrated by Ken Sugimori.

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Card number
11
Rarity
Rare
Print finishes
Holo
Category
Pokemon
Artist
Ken Sugimori
HP
90
Type
Grass
Stage
Stage2
Evolves from
Nidorino
Retreat cost
3

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Printing variants

Holo

Card text

Grass · Colorless · Colorless

Thrash 30

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 damage plus 10 more damage; if tails, this attack does 30 damage and Nidoking does 10 damage to itself.

Grass · Grass · Grass

Toxic 40

The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. It now takes 20 Poison damage instead of 10 after each player's turn (even if it was already Poisoned).

Battle profile

WeaknessPsychic ×2

Pokédex entry

Uses its powerful tail in battle to smash, constrict, then break its prey's bones.

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