Destined Rivals

Team Rocket's Nidorina

DRIFR115· Common
Team Rocket's Nidorina DRI 115

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What the card itself says

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

HP
90
Type
Darkness
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
I
Number
115/182
Set
Destined RivalsDRISet guide
Illustrated by
Taiga Kasai

Its attacks

Dark AwakeningÉveil Obscur

Choose up to 2 of your Pokémon. For each of those Pokémon, search your deck for a card that evolves from that Pokémon and put it onto that Pokémon to evolve it. Then, shuffle your deck.Choisissez jusqu'à 2 de vos Pokémon . Pour chacun de ces Pokémon, cherchez dans votre deck une carte Évolution de ce Pokémon-là, puis placez-la sur ce Pokémon pour le faire évoluer. Mélangez ensuite votre deck.

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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

    Team Rocket's Nidoking ex runs it in 9 of the 22 lists we have read, seen across 9 different tournaments.

  2. A strength

    Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  3. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 875 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex9 of 229DRI 115

When it came out

Destined Rivals landed here on 30 May 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 18 April 2025, under the code SV10. That is 42 days ahead of us.

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 14 Nidorina cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Nidorina card and its price