Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Nidoking
Secret Wonders · #34 · Rare · 2007
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From
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Market reference
$4.04
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 34 / 132
- Release year
- 2007
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Nidorino
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex #
- 34
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 15 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Nidoking plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Its main attack (Pride Attack) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥65 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Nidorino first).
How to beat Nidoking
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
More by Kouki Saitou
This card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
Building around Nidoking?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"One swing of its mighty tail can snap a telephone pole as if it were a matchstick."
CCPoison Rub — 20
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Before doing damage, you may switch 1 of the Defending Pokémon with 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. The new Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
PPCCPride Attack — 60+
Flip a coin for each Nidoqueen on your Bench. This attack does 60 damage plus 30 more damage for each heads.
Weakness:P+30
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $1.87 | $3.00 | $43.00 | $4.04 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $8.32 | $36.76 | $72.70 | $16.58 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/07| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.72 |
| 7-day average | €1.43 |
| 30-day average | €1.38 |
| Low | €0.20 |
| Trend price | €1.53 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.75 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.20 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €6.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €5.15 |
| reverseHoloSell | €5.76 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.51 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.44 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.99 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Nidoking is real?
Nidoking is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Nidoking worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Nidoking is $4.04; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Nidoking from?
Nidoking is from the Pokémon set "Secret Wonders" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2007.
What rarity is Nidoking?
Nidoking is a Rare card in the Secret Wonders set.
Other Nidoking printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
