
Team Rocket's Nidorina
Evolves your Darkness Pokémon with ease.
What this card does
Choose up to 2 of your Darkness Pokémon and evolve them by finding their evolved forms in your deck.
Costs two Darkness Energy for the Scratch attack.
Scratch
No game text. (50 damage)
Dark Awakening allows you to quickly evolve multiple Darkness Pokémon, giving your team more options in battle. It's especially useful when you need to change strategies mid-game.
Attacks
Choose up to 2 of your Darkness Pokémon. For each of those Pokémon, search your deck for a card that evolves from that Pokémon and put it onto that Pokémon to evolve it. Then, shuffle your deck.
Which deck it belongs in
Works well in decks focused on evolving Darkness Pokémon and adapting your strategy during play.
- •Flexible evolution
- •Common rarity makes it easy to find
- •Scratch attack is weak
- •Needs Darkness Energy
Keep an eye on your deck for evolving cards when using Dark Awakening.
Nidorina's long, sharp horns are used to defend itself against predators.
This card is great for teaching kids about evolving their Pokémon and building flexible strategies.
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