Upon the release of Galactic's Conquest, Carnivine and four other promotional cards were made available to anyone who bought two booster packs from the expansion. These cards were the first available cards from the DPt-P promotional series. The English release of the card was for the Rising Rivals Blister Pack.
Trivia
On the English print of the card, the card's HP reads "80HP" instead of "HP80" as is typical of a Generation IV-era card
Origin
Power Whip and Grass Knot are both moves in the Pokémon games that Carnivine can learn. The Japanese name of Grass Knot uses the Hiragana ず rather than the Katakana す used in the video games.