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Check your printing9 different Nidoqueen printings exist — is this your card? Base Set 2 #12
Nidoqueen Base Set 2 #12 Pokémon card
Rare Holo

Nidoqueen

Base Set 2 · 12/130 · Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
90 HPGrassPokémonStage 2

Market value · ungraded

$31.14 32.3% · 30d
Confidencemedium
Sales · 90 days12
Last sale$18 Raw · 15 Jul 2026
Range$19$31
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. eBay + TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 20 August 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$31.14

What this price is based on

High confidence

190 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.

Median · Raw$16.99194 sales
Trimmed mean$17.81outliers removed
Range$2.99$138lowest to highest sale
Sales rate40.7/mo245 recorded

What each version actually sells for

PrintingNear MintLightly PlayedModerately Played
Common$17.50 107 sales$15.33 19 sales

Every figure is the median of real completed sales whose listing claimed that printing and condition — not a percentage of the headline price. A dash means we haven't seen enough sales of that exact version to publish one.

Recent Raw sales

  • Aug 17, 2026eBay — NM Nidoqueen 12/130 Base Set 2 Holo Swirl Unlimited WotC Vintage Pokémon TCG!NMUnlimited$30.00
  • Aug 17, 2026eBay — Pokémon Nidoqueen Holo 12/130 Base Set 2 WOTC Vintage Rare$25.49
  • Aug 17, 2026eBay — Nidoqueen Holo Rare 12/130 Base Set 2 MP+ Pokemon TCG VintageMP$12.50
  • Aug 16, 2026eBay — Pokemon Nidoqueen Base Set 2 Holo 12/130 Rare Vintage Wotc Card LPLP$11.50
  • Aug 16, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Nidoqueen 12/130 Base Set 2 Unlimited Rare Holo LPLPUnlimited$15.99
  • Aug 16, 2026eBay — Pokemon WOTC Nidoqueen Base Set 2 12/130 Holo Rare$16.50
  • Aug 16, 2026eBay — Pokemon Vintage NIDOQUEEN HOLO 12/130 Base Set 2 Light Play HUGE SwirlLP$19.99
  • Aug 15, 2026eBay — Nidoqueen 12/130 Base Set 2 Holo Rare Pokémon TCG Swirl MPMP$17.49

By grade

  • Raw$16.99194 sales
  • PSA 7$35.4010 sales
  • PSA 8$60.009 sales
  • PSA 9$1726 sales
  • PSA 6$28.006 sales
  • CGC 9$99.993 sales
  • CGC 8$54.993 sales
  • PSA 4$19.502 sales

From 245 completed sales recorded between Dec 22, 2025 and Aug 17, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted. The range is wide because these sales span different printings and conditions — 1st Edition, Shadowless and Unlimited copies all carry this card's name, and they trade at very different levels. Each sale above is labelled with what its listing claimed, so you can see which ones describe the same object. Treat the median as the typical copy, not the range.

Grade it or not

NOT WORTH IT

Based on 49 graded sales and 1,892,436 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Is it worth it?

An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.

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Nidoqueen is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Base Set 2 (#12), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Stage 2 Grass-type Pokémon with 90 HP, evolving from Nidorina, weak to Psychic ×2. Its current blended market value is $31.14 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $699 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 22× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 20 August 2026.

The receipts

Graded a PSA 10? See its cert-verified sales and price history — individual sales PSA tied to a specific slab, each with a cert number you can check.

Price history · Raw

1 Sept 202320 Aug 2026
Latest
$31.14
Period high
$33.02
Period low
$6.93
Change
276.5%
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Verified sales history22 in 90 daysreal completed listings

Last sold
$17
Raw · 15 Jul 2026
Typical Raw
$22
Sales · last 90 days
12
How often it sells
Rarely sells
daily · 0 in last 30 days
Worn-condition sales — shown for context, not price-forming
These listings claimed play wear in the title (LP/MP/played/damaged), so they sell below the Near Mint price above and are excluded from it.

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.

DateGradePriceCert
15 Aug 2026PSA 8$39.50#100645904
11 Aug 2026PSA 4$14.00#123915500
10 Aug 2026PSA 8$58.80#127095213
8 Aug 2026PSA 8$98.85#152694346
7 Aug 2026PSA 8$67.33#160591120
7 Aug 2026PSA 8$67.28#160591120
7 Aug 2026PSA 7$25.00#154600840
2 Aug 2026PSA 7$67.27#61173869
2 Aug 2026PSA 7$25.00#129575532
1 Aug 2026PSA 5$12.00#135114788

Demand & liquidity

Thin · Rarely sellsDemand 44/100
Sales · 30d0
Sales · 90d12
Price momentum+32%
Raw
$22
RawNM
$35

Last sold $17 · Raw · 15 Jul 2026

Should you grade it?

$60

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 0.9% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$581); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)0.9%
Expected return$60
PSA 10 best case+$581
Break-evenPSA 9+
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Nidoqueen is a Holo / V / ex in Base Set 2 — the pack's hit slot lands on Holo / V / ex 33% of the time, split across 20 holo / v / ex cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 61 packs.

Holo / V / ex33%20 cards
PSA 10 (gem mint)0.9%24 of 2,597
PSA 916%416 of 2,597
PSA graded so far2,597
Gem Mint 1024
Total graded2,597

Estimates only. Pack odds come from CardTrack's pack model (the same one behind the pack simulator) — not an official rate. Grading odds are the real cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies, so it overstates the true first-submission gem rate. Full grade-by-grade breakdown below.

Grade-by-grade ROI & risk-adjusted outcomesNet vs raw per target grade, plus the probability-weighted distribution
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$698.83$87+$58122.4×
PSA 9$162.00$72+$595.2×
PSA 8$58.00$71$441.9×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 2,597 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 100.9%$699.00
PSA 916%$162.00
PSA ≤883.1%$31.00

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. Gem rate is estimated from cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies — so it overstates the true grade rate. Treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.

Population across gradersPSA, CGC & BGS — every grade, with gem rates

Only 1% of 2,597 PSA-graded Nidoqueen copies are a gem-mint 10 (24 of 2,597) — the rest grade lower.

PSA2,597 gradedPSA 10 · 24 · 1% gem
1024
9416
8.59
8799
7580
6.51
6406
5220
487
326
214
113
CGC1,960 gradedCGC 10 · 50 · 3% gem
1050
9.516
9270
8.5478
8358

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

Copies for sale right now

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$32.28
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 24$699$699$699
PSA 9pop 416✓ 40 cert-verified$162$145$201
PSA 8pop 799✓ 74 cert-verified$58$58$80
PSA 7pop 580✓ 64 cert-verified$35$34$45
PSA 6pop 406✓ 40 cert-verified$25$25$40
PSA 5pop 220✓ 20 cert-verified$20$20$27
PSA 4pop 87✓ 6 cert-verified$19
PSA 3pop 262 sold$15$13$17
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Raw price by condition
Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$31.14
LPLightly Played$19.86real sales: $20 n3
MPModerately Played$14.35
HPHeavily Played$11.41
DMGDamaged$9.11
7-day 0.2%
30-dayflat
90-day 20.1%
All-time high$31
All-time low$23
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost

For context: a graded PSA 4 slab of this card sells for about $19 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.

Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

62% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$19
Cardmarket$24
TCGplayer · dearest$31

Currently 62% 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 +32%
Cross-marketMarkets disagree 62% gap

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

23% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$24
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

Evolves from Nidorina.

Boyfriends20+
Grass · Colorless

Does 20 damage plus 20 more damage for each Nidoking you have in play.

Mega Punch50
Grass · Grass · Colorless · Colorless
Weakness Psychic ×2Retreat 3

Its hard scales provide strong protection. It uses its hefty bulk to execute powerful moves.

About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Drill PokémonGEN INidoran-fNidorinaNidoqueen

Its hard scales provide strong protection. It uses its hefty bulk to execute powerful moves.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#12
RarityRare Holo
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesStage 2
TypeGrass
HP90
Evolves fromNidorina
WeaknessPsychic ×2
Retreat cost3
National Pokédex#31
Card IDbase4-12
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Nidoqueen cards

There are 9 different Nidoqueen printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Base Set 2 #12 (Rare Holo).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Nidoqueen (Base Set 2 #12) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Nidoqueen from Base Set 2 is worth approximately $31.14 ungraded (near-mint), and around $699 in PSA 10 gem mint. Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

What is the PSA 10 price for Nidoqueen?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Nidoqueen from Base Set 2 is worth around $699 — roughly 22× the raw ungraded value of $31.14.

Should I grade my Nidoqueen?

A PSA 10 sells for about $699 versus $31.14 raw — roughly a 22× uplift. Grading is worth it when that premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10. See the "Should you grade it?" estimate above for net profit per grade.

Is Nidoqueen rare?

Nidoqueen is a Rare Holo card from Base Set 2 (card #12), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Its current blended market value is $31.14 ungraded.

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