How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read 30C 88/128 there. Its illustration is signed Miki Tanaka.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the 30th Celebration set, released here on 16 September 2026.

30th Celebration

Name: Nidorina 30C 88
Brand: Pokémon

30CJPCommon

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

Check the number and illustration against the card you are looking for.

How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read 30C 88/128 there. Its illustration is signed Miki Tanaka.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the 30th Celebration set, released here on 16 September 2026.

30th Celebration landed here on 16 September 2026.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 16 September 2026, under the code M6a. That is 0 days ahead of us.

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

Once during your turn, you may use this Ability. Heal 30 damage from 1 of your Pokémon.自分の番に1回使える。自分のポケモン1匹のHPを「30」回復する。

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.

A strength
It has an Ability, Share Happiness. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
Mark J. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
Keep in mind
None of the 5,392 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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read, 1,212 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

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.