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Poké-BODY ⇢ Family Bonds
As long as Nidoqueen is in play, the Retreat Cost for Nidoran Female, Nidorina, Nidoran Male, Nidorino and Nidoking is 0.
{G} → Toxic
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Put 2 damage counters instead of 1 on the Defending Pokémon between turns.
{F}{C}{C} → Power Lariat : 40+
Does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each Evolved Pokémon you have in play.
illus. Naoyo Kimura
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Ziggmiceter
0 comments? You’d think Adam would have said something about this deck on here by now.
Adam Capriola
Hah, I gloated about this card enough back in the day. Toxic was OP against all the Pokemon-ex people were using at the time, Grass Weakness was like having no Weakness, and the pre-Evolutions searched stuff out. Very overlooked card at the time.
HEZ
OK then, I’ll add a comment seeing as I know someone who’s started playing Nidos. One of the best Nidoqueen cards, the aim of the deck is to get as many Nidoqueens on the bench then a Nidoking (Plasma Freeze or Triumphant) Active. Both have huge retreat costs so this Nidoqueen helps, it also regularly does a decent 100 for 3 if needs be.
Jiří z Poděbrad
This card was so good that it was at the core of one of the winning decks of Worlds 2005!
https://archive.ph/D6sMV
Blob Takeshi
First Nidoqueen since Skyridge.
BTW, it’s also Nidoqueen’s first Fighting Type card!
Whitmer 4 POTUS
It’s still Nidoqueen’s *only* fighting (ground)-type card
JP
This card is mistranslated; it should only give your in-play Nidoran Female, Nidorina, Nidoran Male, Nidorino and Nidoking free retreat. I’ve confirmed the mistranslation with a Japanese player who plays RS-PK often.
(There’s a Compendium ex ruling for this very interaction; this means the Compendium ruling is wrong, because it’s based on mistranslated text.)