Destined Rivals

Team Rocket's Nidoking ex

DRI216· Ultra Rare
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex DRI 216

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What the card itself says

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

HP
330
Type
Darkness
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
I
Number
216/182
Set
Destined RivalsDRISet guide
Illustrated by
5ban Graphics

Its attacks

Tainted Horn

100

Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. During Pokémon Checkup, put 8 damage counters on that Pokémon instead of 1.

Kingly Impact

240

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. A strength

    330 HP. Only 1 cards in Destined Rivals carry more.

  2. A strength

    Kingly Impact hits for 240 on 4 Energy. Nothing in Destined Rivals hits harder for that price.

  3. A strength

    Team Rocket's Nidoking ex runs it in 22 of the 22 lists we have read, seen across 20 different tournaments.

  4. A strength

    Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  5. 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.

  6. Keep in mind

    It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.

  7. Keep in mind

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

  8. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 875 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex22 of 2220DRI 119

When it came out

Destined Rivals landed here on 30 May 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 18 April 2025, under the code SV10. That is 42 days ahead of us.

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