Base · #11 · 1999
Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more.
$38.29
down3% · 28dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 12, 2026
Set rank: Where this card's market price ranks among the priced cards in its set — #1 is the set's most valuable card. in Base
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Right now Nidoking trades at $38.29 for the Holofoil printing (TCGplayer market price).
That makes it the 12th most valuable of Base's 101 priced cards. (Charizard leads the set at $928.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 74.3% — from $21.97 to $38.29. Over the last year it's climbed 34.1%, from $28.56 to $38.29. The 90-day move: down 2.4%, $39.22 to $38.29. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $50.93 in April 2026; its lowest, $20.42 in May 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $40.01 at the top and $38.20 at the bottom. That's the Holofoil printing — the same card also trades as the Shadowless 1st Edition Holofoil at $350 and the Shadowless Unlimited Holofoil at $172. On Cardmarket, the European printings of this card go for about €39.32.
By Printing
By printing: Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more. $38.29 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $350 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $172
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Holofoil printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Thrash30+
Cost: 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
Cost: 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).
“Uses its powerful tail in battle to smash, constrict, then break its prey's bones.”
About $38.29 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Holofoil printing, updated Oct 12, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Down about 2% over the last 3 months — from $39.22 to $38.29 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 34%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $50.93 — that was April 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
The European printings list around €39.32 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $38.29 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Nidoking (Base #11). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
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