Card
- Set
- FireRed & LeafGreen
- Number
- 8/112
- Rarity
- Rare
- Category
- Pokémon
- HP
- 120
- Stage
- Stage2
- Evolves from
- Nidorino
- Illustrator
- Hisao Nakamura
What it does
Poke-BODY Power Gene
As long as Nidoking is in play, your attacks by Nidoran ♀, Nidorina, Nidoqueen, Nidoran ♂, and Nidorino do 10 more damage to the Defending Pokemon.
Fighting Colorless Earth Poison 40
If the Defending Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Fighting Fighting Colorless Colorless Bound Crush
Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 60 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Nidoking can't use Bound Crush during your next turn.
In play
- Weakness
- Water ×2
- Retreat cost
- 3
Where you can play it
The same check the deck builder makes.
- Ditto Draft
- Expanded
- Gym Leader Challenge
- Legacy
- Standard — Nidoking is not Standard-legal (regulation mark out of rotation).
- Worlds 2015 — Nidoking is from a set that isn't legal in Worlds 2015.
Other printings
Same card, different set — legality can differ.
