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Nidoking Base #11 Pokémon card
Rare Holo

Nidoking Base #11

Card #11 · Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
90 HPGrassPokémonStage 2
Ungraded · blended
$38.57
2.8% · 30d
Range $39 → $50
Recently sold raw ~$20 (mixed cond.)
4 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →
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Nidoking is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Base (#11), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Stage 2 Grass-type Pokémon with 90 HP, evolving from Nidorino, weak to Psychic ×2. Its current blended market value is $38.57 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

Raw price by condition
Unlimited Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$146.41
LPLightly Played$80.67
MPModerately Played$53.02
HPHeavily Played$30.07
DMGDamaged$23.86
7-dayflat
30-day 5.4%
90-day 34.9%
All-time high$157
All-time low$105
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$369.99
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 95 sold$239$204$275
PSA 821 sold$112$95$129
PSA 78 sold$69$59$79
PSA 65 sold$42$36$48
PSA 52 sold$31$27$36
“Sold” = median of real recent eBay sold listings at that grade. Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects the price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · raw near-mint

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026
Current
$301.25
Period high
$317.60
Period low
$146.18
Change
81.0%

Recent sold prices

Last sold
$21
Raw · 27 Jun 2026
Typical Raw
$20
Sales · last 90 days
12
Liquidity
Very liquid
12 in last 30 days

Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.

Last hammer price
$62
CGC 8.5 · 29 Jun 2026
Typical PSA 10
$4,560
Auction lots · last 90 days
46
Liquidity
Very liquid
13 in last 30 days

Real completed hammer prices from Fanatics Collect weekly and premier auctions, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

Population across graders

PSA2,595 gradedPSA 10 · 90 · 3% gem rate
1090
9608
8.525
8481
7.53
7395
6.52
6363
5.51
5286
4173
3.51
365
247
1.51
142
CGC11,208 gradedCGC 10 · 374 · 3% gem rate
10374
9.5186
91,460
8.52,082
81,580
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Nidoking 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

+$128
Raw $38.57 → graded PSA 9$239.44
after ~$72.38 grading fee → 6.2× the raw value
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 9$239.44$72.38+$1286.2×
PSA 8$112.27$71.11+$32.9×

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.

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Where to buy

Available to buy nowLive on eBay
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Cross-market prices

31% spread
TCGplayer · cheapest$39
PriceCharting · dearest$50

Currently 31% cheaper on TCGplayer than PriceCharting. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Momentum · 30dFlat +3%
Cross-marketMarkets disagree 31% gap

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$156

🔥 Trending in the community

#9 on the radar
Mentions this week4

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What people are saying: Got convinced into buying this Nidoking · 4↑

Card text

Evolves from Nidorino.

Thrash30+
Grass · Colorless · Colorless
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.
Toxic20
Grass · Grass · Grass
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 ×2Retreat 3

Uses its powerful tail in battle to smash, constrict, then break its prey's bones.

About the Pokémon

Drill PokémonGEN INidoran-mNidorinoNidoking

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

Card details

Number#11
RarityRare Holo
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesStage 2
TypeGrass
HP90
Evolves fromNidorino
WeaknessPsychic ×2
Retreat cost3
National Pokédex#34
Card IDbase1-11
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Nidoking cards

There are 9 different Nidoking printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Base #11 (Rare Holo).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Nidoking (Base #11) worth?

As of 2 July 2026, Nidoking from Base is worth approximately $38.57 ungraded (near-mint). Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

Is Nidoking rare?

Nidoking is a Rare Holo card from Base (card #11), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Its current blended market value is $38.57 ungraded.