Base Set

Nidoking

BSFR11· Rare
Nidoking BS 11

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€195.00

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
90
Type
Grass
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Number
11/102
Set
Base SetBS
Illustrated by
Ken Sugimori

Its attacks

ThrashMania

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.Lancez une pièce. Si c'est face, cette attaque inflige 30 dégâts plus 10 dégâts supplémentaires ; si c'est pile, cette attaque inflige 30 dégâts et Nidoking s'inflige 10 dégâts.

ToxicToxik

20

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).Le Pokémon Défenseur est maintenant Empoisonné. Il subit maintenant 20 dégâts Poison au lieu de 10 après le tour de chaque joueur (même s'il était déjà empoisonné).

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  2. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  3. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Nidorino to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Psychic ×2. Against a Psychic Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 2,201 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

Base Set landed here on 9 January 1999.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 23 Nidoking cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Nidoking card and its price