No. 30 · Kanto · Poison
Nidorinacards
Nidorina is a Poison-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 30 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2026. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 16
- Sets
- 16
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Illustrators
- 11
- Sightings
- 2
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The strongest Nidorina art

01/06Nidorina
Uncommon

02/06Nidorina
Uncommon

03/06Nidorina
Common

04/06Nidorina δ
Uncommon

05/06Nidorina
Uncommon

06/06Team Rocket's Nidorina
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Nidorina cards, side by side.
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Nine of the strongest Nidorina artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Nidorina by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Nidorina cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Nidorina gets drawn
Nidorina is usually drawn nostalgic, sometimes rustic, often crouching, often painted.
Across 14 Nidorina artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
Drawn against type
The Nidorina pictures least like the rest.
1999–2026
Nidorina through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Jungle
2000 Gym Challenge
2002 Legendary Collection
2003 Skyridge
2004 FireRed & LeafGreen
2006 Dragon Frontiers
2007 Mysterious Treasures
2009 Rising Rivals
2010 Triumphant
2013 Plasma Freeze
2015 Primal Clash
2019 Team Up
2023 151
2025 Destined Rivals
2026 30th Celebration
Evolution line
Nidoran♀17 cards
Nidorinathis page · 16 cards
Nidoqueen19 cards
Nidorina sightingsspotted in 2 other cards
Cards where Nidorina turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Nidorina card
16 cards, strongest artwork first.
Nidorina in numbers
- Cards
- 16
- Sets
- 16since Jungle
- Illustrators
- 11most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Printed as
- Stage 1
- Sightings
- 2in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 70–90
They span 16 sets, from Jungle to 30th Celebration. 11 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Atsuko Nishida and Aya Kusube.
Who draws Nidorina
11 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
16 sets, by how many Nidorina cards each holds.
1511
30th Celebration1
Base Set 21
Destined Rivals1
Dragon Frontiers1
FireRed & LeafGreen1
Gym Challenge1
Jungle1
Legendary Collection1
Mysterious Treasures1
Plasma Freeze1
Primal Clash1
4 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Nidorina cards are there?
- There are 16 Nidorina cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 16 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Nidorina card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Nidorina art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Nidorina cards?
- 11 illustrators have drawn Nidorina. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 5, followed by Atsuko Nishida and Aya Kusube.
- What was the first Nidorina card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Jungle, released in 1999. 12 of its 16 cards are Uncommon.





