To complete the evolutionary line from the Pokémon Card 151 set, we have the Pokémon where it all begins: the powerful and single-minded Rhyhorn. This common card features dynamic artwork that perfectly captures the unstoppable charging power of this original geological beast.
Card Details
- Pokémon Name: Rhyhorn (サイホーン)
- Set: Pokémon Card 151 (sv2a)
- Year: 2023
- Card Number: 111-165
- Rarity/Edition: Common
- Artist: GOSSAN
- National Pokédex No.: 111
Card Text & Attacks
- Type: Fighting
- HP: 100
- Attack 1:
- Japanese: つきとばす
- Romaji: Tsukitobasu
- English: Push Down
- Cost: [Fighting][Colourless]
- Damage: 20
- Effect: Switch your opponent’s Active Pokémon with 1 of their Benched Pokémon. (Your opponent chooses the new Active Pokémon.)
- Attack 2:
- Japanese: ロックスマッシュ
- Romaji: Rokku Sumasshu
- English: Rock Smash
- Cost: [Fighting][Fighting][Colourless]
- Damage: 70
- Weakness: Grass x2
- Resistance: None
- Retreat Cost: [Colourless][Colourless][Colourless]
- Pokédex Entry:
- Japanese: ひとつの ことしか 覚えられない。突進を はじめると 脳みそは どうでもよくなり すぐに 忘れる。
- Romaji: Hitotsu no koto shika oboerarenai. Tosshin o hajimeru to nōmiso wa dō demo yoku nari sugu ni wasureru.
- English: It can only remember one thing at a time. Once it starts charging, its brain becomes idle and it forgets everything.
Collector’s Notes
This Rhyhorn is a Common card from the Japanese set Pokémon Card 151. The artwork is by GOSSAN, the same artist who illustrated the Rhydon from this set, creating a fantastic and stylistically consistent vision for the evolutionary line. The illustration depicts Rhyhorn in mid-charge, kicking up a storm of dust and rock with a fiery, energetic background, perfectly conveying its raw power.
As the first stage of one of the most iconic rock-themed lines, Rhyhorn is a foundational Geological Pokémon. Its Rock/Ground nature is represented in the TCG by the consolidated Fighting type. The Pokédex entry is a classic piece of lore, describing its single-minded charge. This is a wonderful metaphor for unstoppable geological forces like landslides or pyroclastic flows—once they start, nothing can stand in their way.
