# Nidoking #11/130 — Base Set 2

## Summary

Nidoking is a Kanto original that fans respect as the poison-horned bruiser of the starter-adjacent line, and Ken Sugimori's own illustration carries the weight of the man who defined the franchise's look. In Base Set 2 it was a mid-tier rare, a reprint-set pull that draws nostalgic Gen I collectors rather than chase hunters. The modelled guide sits at $44, up 1% over 30 days on 87 copies traded, with 216 days of inventory on the board; PSA has slabbed 3,576 of these and only 28 are 10s, a 0.8% gem rate that makes the raw-to-gem gap the entire trade, with original packs long past any pull-rate math.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Base Set 2 |
| Number | 11/130 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Ken Sugimori |
| Release date | 2000-02-24 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage2 |
| Evolves from | Nidorino |
| HP | 90 |
| Types | Grass |
| Attack: Thrash | cost Grass/Colorless/Colorless — damage 30 — 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. |
| Attack: Toxic | cost Grass/Grass/Grass — damage 40 — 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 ×2 |
| Retreat | 3 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Nidoking #034](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/nidoking) |
| Finishes | Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$44.27** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-10-22T09:29:19.353Z
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-10-22T09:29:19.353Z
- Floor delivered ask: $39.19 — as of 2026-10-22T09:29:19.353Z
- Quant score: 58/100, regime MARKUP — as of 2026-10-22T09:29:19.353Z — 7 of 11 inputs · 72% weight · -14% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2000-02-24T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-21T12:02:53.701Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-13T01:47:01.538Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-07T09:18:51.760Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-13T01:47:01.535Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-10-18T20:17:24.799Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/base-set-2/nidoking-11)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Abase4-11%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)