Pokémon Trading Card Game Team Rocket’s Nidoran

This official Pokémon Trading Card Game card features Team Rocket’s Nidoran ♀, a variant of the small but hardy Poison Pin Pokémon, as a Darkness-type Basic Pokémon. The artwork by REND captures its prickly appearance, referencing the rounded tip of a female’s horn and its use of hard incisors to crush berries, as noted in its Pokédex entry.

Nidoran ♀ is a straightforward but unreliable attacker. Its single attack, Surprise Attack (cost: one Darkness Energy), deals 30 damage—a solid amount for a one-Energy attack. However, it comes with a significant drawback: “Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.” This makes its damage output entirely luck-based.

Classified as a Common card (denoted by the circle symbol), it has 70 HP. It carries a Fighting-type Weakness (x2), no Resistance, and a one-Colorless Energy Retreat Cost. This card fits the theme of Team Rocket’s unpredictable and risky tactics, serving as a basic but volatile early-game attacker for Darkness decks.