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Nidoking

Base Set 2 路 #11 路 Rare Holo
馃帹 Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
Pok茅monGrass
$40.47
1 in 59packs. How often it turns up in a booster
#9 of 130most valuable in the set
$526as a PSA 10, about 13.0脳 raw
POP 1 opennobody has graded one on Holobrook yet
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All Nidoking cards (22)

Nidoking is card #11 of 130 in Base Set 2 (2000), a Rare Holo illustrated by Ken Sugimori. At about $40.47 it is the #9 most valuable card in the set. In a Base Set 2 booster it turns up about once every 59 packs. It is one of 22 Nidoking cards printed so far.

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In the Base Set 2 set

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What it's worth graded

Ungraded
$40.47
PSA 8 路 NM-Mint
$72.85
PSA 9 路 Mint
$162
PSA 9.5 路 Mint+
$283
PSA 10 路 Gem Mint
$526
Estimates: the ungraded market price times the typical premium a slab of that grade gets for a card from this era. Real sales vary, especially for PSA 10s. How grading adds value

Card text

HP 90路GGrass路Stage 2路Evolves from Nidorino
GCCThrash30+
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.
GGGToxic20
The Defending Pok茅mon is now Poisoned. It now takes 20 Poison damage instead of 10 after each player's turn (even if it was already Poisoned).
Weakness P 脳2Retreat CCC
Uses its powerful tail in battle to smash, constrict, then break its prey's bones.

Nidoking through the years

Nidoking1999Base SetGiovanni's Nidoking2000Gym ChallengeNidoking2002Legendary CollectionNidoking2004FireRed & LeafGreenNidoking2007Secret WondersNidoking2009Rising RivalsNidoking2013Plasma FreezeNidoking2019Team Up
See Nidoking in all 14 years

More by Ken Sugimori

Pikachu
Pikachu
#86$1,575
Mudkip
Mudkip
#5$1,500
Shining Gyarados
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#65$793
Typhlosion
Typhlosion
#18$700
Blaine's Charizard
Blaine's Charizard
#2$700
Erika's Venusaur
Erika's Venusaur
#4$650

All 1116 cards by Ken Sugimori

Top cards in Base Set 2

Charizard
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#4$418
Blastoise
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#2$171
Mewtwo
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#10$130
Venusaur
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#18$116
Raichu
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#16$64.05
Gyarados
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#7$57.44
Alakazam
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#1$53.94
Zapdos
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#20$40.83
Nidoqueen
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#12$40.13
Pidgeot
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#14$39.08
Clefable
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#5$36.06
Ninetales
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#13$34.41
Scyther
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#17$32.75
Snorlax
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#30$31.63
Chansey
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#3$30.79
Clefairy
Clefairy
#6$27.34
Magneton
Magneton
#9$26.76
Hitmonchan
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#8$25.68

See the full Base Set 2 card list

Questions

How much is Nidoking (Base Set 2) worth?

An ungraded Nidoking from Base Set 2 sells for about $40.47. A PSA 10 is worth more, roughly $526 by our estimate, and a PSA 9 around $162.

How rare is Nidoking?

It is a Rare Holo, and it shows up about once every 59 Base Set 2 packs.

Who illustrated Nidoking?

Ken Sugimori drew the art for this card.

Can I open Base Set 2 packs for free?

Yes, as a digital simulator. Holobrook lets you open Base Set 2 booster packs in your browser with the set's real pull rates and keep what you pull in a digital binder. No real cards, nothing to buy.

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