Nidoking Rising Rivals #29

Card #29 · Illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda

130 HPFightingPokémonStage 2

Ungraded · blended

$13.24

▲ 76.8% · 30d

Range $10 → $13
2 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →

Nidoking is a Rare Pokémon card from Rising Rivals (#29), illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda. It's a Stage 2 Fighting-type Pokémon with 130 HP, evolving from Nidorino, weak to Water +30. Its current blended market value is $13.24 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

#13 most valuable Nidoking of 23 #44 most valuable in Rising Rivals of 120

Raw price by condition

Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$13.24

LPLightly Played$9.86

MPModerately Played$6.16

HPHeavily Played$2.99

DMGDamaged$1.41

7-dayflat

30-day▲ 76.8%

90-day▲ 76.5%

All-time high$13

All-time low$4

Other printingsNormal · $6.56

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$13

Normal$7

TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$13.24

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 8		$31$31–$31
PSA 6		$25$25–$25

“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

$5.99

Period high

$6.71

Period low

$1.76

Change

▲ 99.7%

Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Population across graders

PSA19 gradedPSA 10 · 1 · 5% gem rate

101

CGC31 gradedCGC 10 · 2 · 6% gem rate

102

9.51

8.58

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Nidoking 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

−$53

Raw $13.24 → graded PSA 8 ≈ $31.00
after ~$70.3 grading fee → 2.3× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 8	$31.00	$70.3	−$53	2.3×

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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Cross-market prices

30% spread

PriceCharting · cheapest$10

TCGplayer · dearest$13

Currently 30% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. 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 · 30dRising +77%

Cross-marketSome gap 30% gap

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

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Card text

Evolves from Nidorino.

Territoriality · Poké-Body

If your Active Pokémon is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if that Pokémon is Knocked Out), put 2 damage counters on the Attacking Pokémon. You can't put more than 2 damage counters in this way.

Fling Away60

Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, this attack's base damage is 30 instead of 60 and this attack does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Giga Horn100

Fighting · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

Flip 2 coins. If both of them are tails, this attack does nothing.

Weakness Water +30Resistance Lightning -20Retreat 2

About the Pokémon

Drill PokémonGEN INidoran-m → Nidorino → Nidoking

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

Card details

SetRising Rivals →

Number#29

RarityRare

PokémonAll Nidoking cards →

GenerationGen I · Kanto →

ArtistMasakazu Fukuda →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesStage 2

TypeFighting

HP130

Evolves fromNidorino

WeaknessWater +30

ResistanceLightning -20

Retreat cost2

National Pokédex#34

Card IDpl2-29

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Nidoking cards

There are 9 different Nidoking printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Rising Rivals #29 (Rare).