The cardSVP 217/225

SVP Black Star Promos

Team Rocket's Nidoking ex SVP 217/225

Name: Team Rocket's Nidoking ex SVP 217/225
Brand: Pokémon

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Card language

Seller location

Team Rocket's Nidoking ex arrived in SVP Black Star Promos on 31 March 2023.

The market for this printing

Finish unspecified

No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: English. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

SVP Black Star Promos landed here on 31 March 2023.

Every set, with both of its dates

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: 217/225
Set: SVP Black Star PromosSVPSet guide

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.

A strength
330 HP. Only 1 cards in Destined Rivals carry more.
A strength
Kingly Impact hits for 240 on 4 Energy. Nothing in Destined Rivals hits harder for that price.
A strength
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex runs it in 28 of the 28 lists we have read, seen across 26 different tournaments.
A strength
Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
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.
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.
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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 10,381 tournament lists we have read, 2,450 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on November 15, 2026. TCGdex

Every version of this card

Look at the number printed at the bottom of your card. That is what tells you which version you are holding. Tap yours to open its page.

Team Rocket's Nidoking ex SVP 217/225SVP Black Star PromosPromoThe one you are looking atPromo
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex DRI 119/182Destined RivalsDouble rareDouble rare
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex DRI 216/182Destined RivalsUltra RareUltra Rare
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex DRI 233/182Destined RivalsSpecial illustration rareSpecial illustration rare

Who plays it

Every printing of Team Rocket's Nidoking ex plays the same way at a tournament. So the decks below count them all together, and the last column shows the one players wrote on their list.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex	28 of 28	26	DRI 119

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.

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Team Rocket's Nidoking ex SVP 217/225

The market for this printing

When it came out

What the card itself says

What to make of it

Every version of this card

Who plays it

The other cards of this Pokémon

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What to make of it

What the card itself says

Who plays it

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Its attacks

Tainted Horn

Kingly Impact

Its attacks

Tainted Horn

Kingly Impact

Its attacks

Tainted Horn

Kingly Impact