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Check your printing9 different Nidoking printings exist — is this your card? Base #11
Nidoking Base #11 Pokémon card
Rare Holo

Nidoking11/102 · Base Price & Value

1999 · Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
90 HPGrassPokémonStage 2

Market value · Near Mint · Unlimited Holo

$31.52

Typical copy sold $20 181 sales, all conditions

  • PSA 8$9114 sold · 90d · pop 4,348
  • PSA 9$2009 sold · 90d · pop 3,058
  • PSA 10$1,680pop 374
LiquiditySells often
Confidence75 · high181 raw sales in 90 days, prices spread across conditions, last sale 3 days ago.
Sales · 90 days261
Last sale$27 Raw · 3 Sep 2026
Range$19$40
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. Near Mint estimate from 190 completed sales of this exact card, each adjusted for the condition it sold in. A typical copy fetches about $20 because most that trade are played, not mint. Updated 5 September 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

Why prices differ

TCGplayer market asking prices$39.84+26%
Recent sold median 181 completed sales$19.99−37%

TCGplayer's figure is what sellers are asking on their marketplace, not what copies sold for — an asking price sits above a completed sale because it is the start of a negotiation, not the end of one. Our price comes from those same completed sales, adjusted to Near Mint — the median below mixes every condition together, and most copies that change hands are played rather than mint. How we weigh them →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$31.52

What this price is based on

Medium confidence

181 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.

Range$6.20$100lowest to highest sale
Sales rate47.8/mo302 recorded
Latest sale3d ago181 sales in 90 days
Momentum0%30-day vs 90-day sales
Where it sells99% eBay · 1% Fanaticslast 90 days
1st Ed · Shadowless$52.001 sale, priced separately

Recent Raw sales

By grade

  • Raw$19.99182 sales
  • PSA 8$92.0018 sales
  • PSA 9$18112 sales
  • PSA 7$48.0011 sales
  • CGC 8.5$68.6910 sales
  • Lot$14.408 sales
  • PSA 5$33.007 sales
  • CGC 7.5$35.007 sales

From 302 completed sales recorded between Sep 30, 2024 and Sep 3, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted. The median above is computed over the 181 sales of the printing this page lists; 1st Edition and Shadowless copies are real sales of a different card and are shown separately rather than mixed in. 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.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 111 graded sales and 1,905,497 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Nidoking is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Base (#11, released 1999), 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 $31.52 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $1,680 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 53× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 5 September 2026.

Nidoking price history & recent sales

Price history · Raw

1 Oct 20235 Sept 2026
Latest
$31.52
Period high
$35.78
Period low
$9.04
Change
186.3% · 3Y
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Verified sales history257 in 90 daysreal completed listings

Last sold
$27
Raw · 3 Sep 2026
Typical Raw
$20
Sales · last 90 days
219
How often it sells
Sells often
daily · 150 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.

Last sold price
$12
CGC (ungraded lot) · 24 Aug 2026
Typical PSA 10
$822
Sales · last 90 days
28
How often it sells
Sells often
18 in last 30 days

Real completed sale prices from Fanatics Collect — weekly and premier auctions plus marketplace Buy It Now sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

DateGradePriceCert
30 Aug 2026PSA 1$54.00#145396410
30 Aug 2026PSA 6$26.00#52557017
30 Aug 2026PSA 8$95.00#137195893
30 Aug 2026PSA 8$85.23#62868079
30 Aug 2026PSA 7.5$81.00#167103130
29 Aug 2026PSA 4$20.00#160175744
28 Aug 2026PSA 6$35.00#125047343
28 Aug 2026PSA 8$46.00#154069242
28 Aug 2026PSA 5$30.00#51327155
28 Aug 2026PSA 9$247.50#74866914

Demand & liquidity

Very liquid · Sells oftenDemand 76/100
Sales · 30d173
Sales · 90d260
HypeOn the radar
Raw
$20
PSA 8
$92
PSA 9
$181
PSA 7
$48
CGC 8.5
$69
Lot
$14

Last sold $27 · Raw · 3 Sep 2026

How often each grade sells · last 90 days, all marketplaces

Raw181sells often
PSA 814sells regularly
PSA 99sells regularly
CGC 8.58occasional
Lot6occasional
PSA 56occasional

Is Nidoking worth grading?

$92

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 2.4% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$1,463); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)2.4%
Expected return$92
PSA 10 best case+$1,463
Break-evenPSA 10+
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Nidoking is a Holo / V / ex in Base — the pack's hit slot lands on Holo / V / ex 33% of the time, split across 16 holo / v / ex cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 48 packs.

Holo / V / ex33%16 cards
PSA 10 (gem mint)2.4%374 of 15,839
PSA 919.3%3,058 of 15,839
PSA graded so far15,839
Gem Mint 10374
Total graded15,839

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$1,680.00$186+$1,46353.3×
PSA 9$200.00$72+$966.3×
PSA 8$91.00$71$112.9×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 15,667 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 102.4%$1,680.00
PSA 919.4%$200.00
PSA ≤878.2%$60.00

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 & TAG — every grade, with gem rates

Only 2% of 15,839 PSA-graded Nidoking copies are a gem-mint 10 (374 of 15,839) — the rest grade lower.

PSA15,839 gradedPSA 10 · 374 · 2% gem
10374
93,058
8.556
84,348
7.55
73,075
6.53
62,308
5.51
51,601
4.52
4602
3222
2107
1.55
1141
CGC5,141 gradedCGC 10 · 186 · 4% gem
10186
9.589
9745
8.51,019
8742
7.5566
7374
6.5373
6279
5.5237
5182
4.5132
490
3.538
332
2.510
28
1.53
11
BGS1,135 gradedBGS 10 · 0 · 0% gem
9.545
9305
8.5268
8191
7.5111
762
6.542
635
5.516
521
4.516
411
3.54
36
2.52
TAG199 gradedTAG 10 · 1 · 1% gem
101
918
8.530
824
7.514
716
6.510
622
5.55
520
4.56
411
3.54
312
2.51
23
1.51

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

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$31.52
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 374$1,680$1,428$1,932
PSA 9pop 3,0589 · 90d✓ 21 cert-verified$200$200$292
PSA 8pop 4,34814 · 90d✓ 29 cert-verified$91$88$120
PSA 7pop 3,075$57$49$66
PSA 6pop 2,308✓ 13 cert-verified$37
PSA 5pop 1,6016 · 90d✓ 10 cert-verified$30
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). “Modelled” = no verified graded sale behind the figure; it is derived from the raw price and reference guides, so treat it as a ceiling to check, not a price to quote. 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
Unlimited Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$31.52
LPLightly Played$17.37
MPModerately Played$11.41real sales: $17 n22
HPHeavily Played$6.47real sales: $13 n18
DMGDamaged$5.14
7-dayflat
30-day 5.4%
90-day 34.9%
All-time high$34
All-time low$23
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost

For context: a graded PSA 1 slab of this card sells for about $56 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.

Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately

Price by variant

1st Edition Holofoil$364
Unlimited Holo$40

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

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

Cross-market prices

110% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$19
TCGplayer · dearest$40

Currently 110% 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

Cross-marketMarkets disagree 110% gap

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

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#57 on the radar
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

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 PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Drill PokémonGEN INidoran-mNidorinoNidoking

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

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#11
RarityRare Holo
Released1999
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 5 September 2026, Nidoking from Base is worth approximately $31.52 ungraded (near-mint), and around $1,680 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 Nidoking?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Nidoking from Base is worth around $1,680 — roughly 53× the raw ungraded value of $31.52.

Should I grade my Nidoking?

A PSA 10 sells for about $1,680 versus $31.52 raw — roughly a 53× 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 Nidoking rare?

Nidoking is a Rare Holo card from Base (card #11), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Its current blended market value is $31.52 ungraded.

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