Nihilego
“Nihilego” (A3a-042) is a Pokémon card from the Extradimensional Crisis set in Pokémon TCG Pocket, built around the Ability “More Poison”. Key details include 70 HP, Darkness type, and attacks such as New Wave. Card description: A life-form from another world, it was dubbed a UB and is thought to produce a strong neurotoxin.
Use this Nihilego page to confirm its set, pack sources, and deck roles before adding Nihilego to your collection.
Nihilego Basic Info
Nihilego Card Details
Illustrator·nagimisoHP
70
- Ability
More Poison
Your opponent's Active Pokémon takes +10 damage from being Poisoned.
Nihilego Attacks
- 30New Wave
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Tournament intelligence
Nihilego in tournament decks
This card appears in 8 current and 0 historical tournament archetypes.
Tournament deck data sourced from Limitless Tournament Platform.
Tournament synergy
Cards commonly played with Nihilego
These cards most often appear beside Nihilego in current tournament decklists. Rankings use shared archetypes, samples, inclusion rate, and meta share.
Copycat
B1-225
- shared archetypes
- 8
- avg. inclusion
- 99.7%
Professor's Research
P-A-007
- shared archetypes
- 8
- avg. inclusion
- 99.7%
Cyrus
A2-150
- shared archetypes
- 8
- avg. inclusion
- 98.1%
Poké Ball
P-A-005
- shared archetypes
- 8
- avg. inclusion
- 98.7%
X Speed
P-A-002
- shared archetypes
- 3
- avg. inclusion
- 54.5%
Lucky Ice Pop
B2-145
- shared archetypes
- 5
- avg. inclusion
- 85.7%
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