Rising Rivals

Nidoking

RR29· Rare
Nidoking RR 29

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What the card itself says

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HP
130
Type
Fighting
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
+30
Resistance
-20
Number
29/111
Set
Rising RivalsRR
Illustrated by
Masakazu Fukuda

Its Ability

Territoriality

If your Active Pokémon is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if that Pokémon is Knocked Out), put 2 damage counters on the Attacking Pokémon. You can't put more than 2 damage counters in this way.

Its attacks

Fling Away

60

If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, this attack's base damage is 30 instead of 60 and this attack does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Giga Horn

100

Flip 2 coins. If both of them are tails, this attack does nothing.

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.

  1. A strength

    130 HP. Only 2 cards in Rising Rivals carry more.

  2. A strength

    Giga Horn hits for 100 on 4 Energy. Nothing in Rising Rivals hits harder for that price.

  3. A strength

    It has an Ability, Territoriality. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  4. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 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.

  5. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Nidorino to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  6. Keep in mind

    Weakness Water +30. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 1,533 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.

When it came out

Rising Rivals landed here on 16 May 2009.

Every set, with both of its dates

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 23 Nidoking cards on one page, priciest first.

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