Gym Challenge
Giovanni's Nidorina
Versions of this card
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What the card itself says
Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.
- HP
- 80
- Type
- Grass
- Stage
- Stage 1
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Weakness
- ×2
Its attacks
Poison Sting Tackle
Giovanni's Nidorina does 20 damage to itself. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Body Slam
20Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
What to make of it
Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- None of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
- Weakness Psychic ×2. Against a Psychic Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 1,909 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
Who plays it
None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.
The other cards of this Pokémon
Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 15 Nidorina cards on one page, priciest first.