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Nidoking

Nidoking

Base · #11/102 · Rare Holo

Base
HP

90

Type
Grass
Supertype

Pokémon

Artist

Ken Sugimori

Stage 2

Market Prices

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Updated: 5/31/2026

holofoil

Low

$24.30

Mid

$37.96

High

$510.75

Market

$39.63

Live listings

Sample data

Low ask: $191.48 · 3 active · refreshed just now

Market Signals

Updated 1 day ago

Raw NM

$16.45

PriceCharting Ungraded

PSA 10

$1.5k

90.0× raw

CGC 10

$299.00

TAG 10

—

PSA Population

103 total

4 at 10

Gem rate 3.9%

CGC Population

9 total

2 at 10

Gem rate 22.2% low sample (n=9)

TAG Population

116 total

1 at 10

Gem rate 0.9%

BGS Population

177 total

0 at 10

Gem rate 0.0%

TAG full grade distribution

TAG · 0d

TAG 2

1

TAG 2.5

1

TAG 3

6

TAG 3.5

1

TAG 4

3

TAG 4.5

4

TAG 5

14

TAG 5.5

2

TAG 6

11

TAG 6.5

7

TAG 7

11

TAG 7.5

11

TAG 8

14

TAG 8.5

17

TAG 9

11

TAG 10

1

VA

1

VA = Verified Authentic (ungraded). Real counts from TAG; grades with no copies are omitted.

CGC full grade distribution

CGC · 0d

CGC 2.5

2

CGC 3

7

CGC 3.5

9

CGC 4

9

CGC 4.5

13

CGC 5

19

CGC 5.5

29

CGC 6

23

CGC 6.5

41

CGC 7

38

CGC 7.5

35

CGC 8

34

CGC 8.5

48

CGC 9

42

CGC 9.5

8

CGC 10

7

CGC Auth Alt

8

10 = Gem Mint 10. Real counts from CGC; grades with no copies are omitted.

Beckett (BGS) full grade distribution

BGS · 0d

BGS 3.5

1

BGS 4.5

1

BGS 5

1

BGS 5.5

5

BGS 6

6

BGS 6.5

5

BGS 7

10

BGS 7.5

12

BGS 8

31

BGS 8.5

51

BGS 9

39

BGS 9.5

15

10 = BGS 10, 10 Black = Black Label. Real counts from Beckett; grades with no copies are omitted.

Per-grade ladder

real prices · 1 day ago

White = real market price. Blue = estimate (no real sale for that grade) — hover for how it was derived.

PSA

PSA 1

$60.00

PSA 2

$18.00

PSA 3

$19.77

PSA 4

$25.45

PSA 5

$29.87

PSA 6

$39.00

PSA 7

$50.05

PSA 8

$79.99

PSA 9

$165.59

PSA 9.5

$170.27

PSA 10

$1.5k

CGC

CGC 1

$12.12

est.

CGC 2

$3.64

est.

CGC 3

$3.99

est.

CGC 4

$5.14

est.

CGC 5

$6.03

est.

CGC 6

$7.88

est.

CGC 7

$10.11

est.

CGC 8

$16.16

est.

CGC 9

$33.45

est.

CGC 9.5

$34.40

est.

CGC 10

$299.00

CGC 10 Pristine

$843.59

BGS

BGS 1

$78.00

est.

BGS 2

$23.40

est.

BGS 3

$25.70

est.

BGS 4

$33.09

est.

BGS 5

$38.83

est.

BGS 6

$50.70

est.

BGS 7

$65.07

est.

BGS 8

$103.99

est.

BGS 9

$215.27

est.

BGS 9.5

$221.35

est.

BGS 10

$1.9k

BGS 10 Black

$9.6k

Real prices from PriceCharting's per-grade table — its generic “Grade N” reflects PSA-graded sales. CGC / BGS / TAG sub-10 grades are estimated from this card's real PSA price at that grade × that grader's 10-to-PSA-10 ratio (this card's own real pair when available, else a ratio calibrated from real catalog cards in the same era and rarity). Grades with no real anchor and low-confidence estimates are omitted — a blank beats a bad number.

PSA 10 is running hot

+535%

This card's PSA 10 sells at 90.0× raw. Typical for Rare Holo in Vintage (pre-2003) is 14.2× (across 119 indexed cards).

Grading ROI (PSA)

Regular · $49.99

Realistic

$6.80

using gem rate

If it 10s

$1.4k

upside cap

Break-even

3%

gem rate needed

Grading ROI (CGC)

Standard · $30

Realistic

$32.78

using gem rate

If it 10s

$252.55

upside cap

Break-even

11%

gem rate needed

Low CGC sample (9 graded) — gem rate estimate is noisy.

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Discovery Scores

Percentile-ranked 0–100 across the whole catalog. See this card in Rankings →

medium confidence
Value
79
Scarcity
11
Gem difficulty
72
Momentum
—
Grade ROI
—
Liquidity
—

Scored 1 day ago

Price by Condition

as of 2026-05-16

Median active-listing price on TCGPlayer by condition. low sample when n < 10.

NM

Near Mint

$325.00

n=4low

LP

Lightly Played

$28.80

n=40

MP

Moderately Played

$19.55

n=60

HP

Heavily Played

$16.04

n=39

DMG

Damaged

$13.16

n=28

Price History

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Card details — attacks, stats, Pokédex, evolution

Attacks

GCC
Thrash
30+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 damage plus 10 more damage; if tails, this attack does 30 damage and Nidoking does 10 damage to itself.

GGG
Toxic
20

The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. It now takes 20 Poison damage instead of 10 after each player's turn (even if it was already Poisoned).

Weakness

Psychic ×2

Resistance

None

Retreat Cost

CCC

Pokédex Data

National Dex #

#34

Species

Drill Pokémon

Types
poisonground
Height

1.4m

Weight

62.0kg

"It uses its powerful tail in battle to smash, constrict, then break the prey's bones."

Evolution Chain

nidoran-m nidoran-m
nidorino nidorino
nidoking nidoking