Destined Rivals

Team Rocket's Nidorino

DRIFR118· Common
Team Rocket's Nidorino DRI 118

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
100
Type
Darkness
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
I
Number
118/182
Set
Destined RivalsDRISet guide
Illustrated by
KEIICHIRO ITO

Its attacks

Hammer InEnfoncement

30

Horn RendCorne Déchiquetante

60+

If your opponent's Active Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 60 more damage.Si le Pokémon Actif de votre adversaire a déjà au moins un marqueur de dégâts, cette attaque inflige 60 dégâts supplémentaires.

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 21 of the 22 lists we have read, seen across 20 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 3,810 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 ex21 of 2220DRI 118

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 16 Nidorino cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Nidorino card and its price