Pokémon · Gym
Giovanni's Nidoran ♀
Gym Challenge · #75 · Common · 2000
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Market reference
$1.03
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 75 / 132
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Nidorina
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 29
- Series
- Gym
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Giovanni's Nidoran ♀ plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Double-edge) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Giovanni's Nidoran ♀
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
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About this card
GHorn Thrust — 20
Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.
CCDouble-edge — 30
Giovanni's Nidoran ♀ does 20 damage to itself.
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited | $0.25 | $1.00 | $96.95 | $1.03 | $1.12 |
| 1st Edition | $1.52 | $2.53 | $35.57 | $2.70 | $4.39 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.70 |
| 7-day average | €1.12 |
| 30-day average | €0.99 |
| Low | €0.04 |
| Trend price | €0.67 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.45 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.92 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Giovanni's Nidoran ♀ is real?
Giovanni's Nidoran ♀ 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 Giovanni's Nidoran ♀ worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Giovanni's Nidoran ♀ is $1.03; 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 Giovanni's Nidoran ♀ from?
Giovanni's Nidoran ♀ is from the Pokémon set "Gym Challenge" in the Gym series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Giovanni's Nidoran ♀?
Giovanni's Nidoran ♀ is a Common card in the Gym Challenge set.
