Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Team Rocket's Nidorino
Destined Rivals · #118 · Common · 2025
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Market reference
$0.22
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 118 / 244
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Team Rocket's Nidoran♂
- Evolves to
- Nidoking
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- KEIICHIRO ITO
- Pokédex #
- 33
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Strategy & play
How Team Rocket's Nidorino plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Horn Rend) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Darkness Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Darkness type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥50 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Team Rocket's Nidoran♂; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Team Rocket's Nidorino
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.43 copies on average · 7 decks
More by KEIICHIRO ITO
This card was illustrated by KEIICHIRO ITO.
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About this card
"It's nervous and quick to act aggressively. The potency of its poison increases along with the level of adrenaline present in its body."
DCHammer In — 30
DDCHorn Rend — 60+
If your opponent's Active Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 60 more damage.
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
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Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
20
ran Team Rocket's Nidorino
Tournaments scanned
265
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
4 top-cut decks · best finish 4th
Top decks running Team Rocket's Nidorino
- 1Rocket's Nidoking12 decks
- 2Rocket's Mewtwo5 decks
- 3Other3 decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/06/20| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.21 | $19.98 | $0.22 | $0.10 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.08 | $0.32 | $19.98 | $0.33 | $0.33 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.04 |
| 7-day average | €0.04 |
| 30-day average | €0.04 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.04 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.03 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.30 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.25 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.28 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.04 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.27 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.25 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Team Rocket's Nidorino is real?
Team Rocket's Nidorino is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Team Rocket's Nidorino worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Team Rocket's Nidorino is $0.22; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Team Rocket's Nidorino from?
Team Rocket's Nidorino is from the Pokémon set "Destined Rivals" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Team Rocket's Nidorino?
Team Rocket's Nidorino is a Common card in the Destined Rivals set.
