Giovanni's Nidoking (CoroCoro promo)

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Giovanni's Nidoking LV.50 サカキのニドキング Sakaki's Nidoking

Illus. Atsuko Nishida

Evolution stage Stage 2 Pokémon Evolves from Giovanni's Nidorino Card name Giovanni's Nidoking Type Grass HP 100 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Nidoking.

Giovanni's Nidoking (Japanese: サカキのニドキング Sakaki's Nidoking) is a Grass-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It is one of the Unnumbered Promotional cards.

Card text

Pokémon Power: Command めいれい

Whenever one of your Giovanni's Nidoran♂ or Giovanni's Nidorino attacks, you may use this power. If the attack does damage to any Pokémon (including your own), it does 10 more damage to that Pokémon. If you have more than 1 Giovanni's Nidoking in play, use only 1 Command Pokémon Power for each attack.

Rumble じひびき 50

The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn.

Pokédex data

Nidoking - Drill Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
034	4'7" (1.4 m)	137 lbs. (62 kg)

Release information

In Japan, this card was available as an Unnumbered Promotional card on a two-card insert alongside Koga's Ninja Gym in the August 1999 issue of CoroCoro Comic, released on July 15, 1999. Another insert including a Jumbo Lawrence III was included in the same issue.

Trivia

This card features the Gym series symbol, indicating that it is a promotional addition to the two expansions.

Origin

Giovanni uses a Nidoking when challenged in all games involving his appearance.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.