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Giovanni's Nidoking

Giovanni's Nidoking

Gym Challenge · #7/132 · Rare Holo

Gym Challenge
HP

120

Type
Grass
Supertype

Pokémon

Artist

Ken Sugimori

Stage 2

Market Prices

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Updated: 9/5/2026

1st Edition Holofoil

Low

$180.96

Mid

$249.99

High

$2268.60

Market

$209.77

unlimited Holofoil

Low

$58.74

Mid

$75.00

High

$692.47

Market

$76.23

Live listings

Sample data

Low ask: $60.92 · 4 active · refreshed just now

Market Signals

Updated 36 days ago

Raw NM

$209.77

TCGPlayer market

PSA 10

$580.90

2.8× raw

CGC 10

$184.90

TAG 10

$499.00

PSA Population

2,240 total

101 at 10

Gem rate 4.5%

CGC Population

389 total

62 at 10

Gem rate 15.9%

TAG Population

23 total

3 at 10

Gem rate 13.0%

BGS Population

88 total

0 at 10

Gem rate 0.0%

TAG full grade distribution

TAG · 0d

TAG 1.5

1

TAG 3

1

TAG 3.5

1

TAG 4.5

1

TAG 5

3

TAG 5.5

1

TAG 6

1

TAG 6.5

2

TAG 7.5

1

TAG 8

2

TAG 8.5

3

TAG 9

3

TAG 10

3

VA = Verified Authentic (ungraded). Real counts from TAG; grades with no copies are omitted.

CGC full grade distribution

CGC · 0d

CGC 4.5

4

CGC 5

3

CGC 5.5

12

CGC 6

7

CGC 6.5

15

CGC 7

11

CGC 7.5

21

CGC 8

44

CGC 8.5

79

CGC 9

112

CGC 9.5

17

CGC 10

53

CGC 10 Pristine

8

CGC 10 Perfect

1

CGC Auth

1

CGC Auth Alt

1

10 = Gem Mint 10. Real counts from CGC; grades with no copies are omitted.

Beckett (BGS) full grade distribution

BGS · 0d

BGS 2.5

2

BGS 3

1

BGS 3.5

1

BGS 4

1

BGS 5.5

4

BGS 6.5

2

BGS 7

2

BGS 7.5

5

BGS 8

10

BGS 8.5

28

BGS 9

25

BGS 9.5

7

10 = BGS 10, 10 Black = Black Label. Real counts from Beckett; grades with no copies are omitted.

Per-grade ladder

real prices · 36 days ago

White = real market price. Blue = estimate (no real sale for that grade) — hover for how it was derived.

PSA

PSA 1

$77.50

PSA 2

$23.00

PSA 3

$26.00

PSA 4

$31.00

PSA 5

$48.73

PSA 6

$50.00

PSA 7

$61.94

PSA 8

$114.00

PSA 9

$165.45

PSA 9.5

$168.86

PSA 10

$580.90

CGC

CGC 1

$24.67

est.

CGC 2

$7.32

est.

CGC 3

$8.28

est.

CGC 4

$9.87

est.

CGC 5

$15.51

est.

CGC 6

$15.91

est.

CGC 7

$19.72

est.

CGC 8

$36.29

est.

CGC 9

$52.66

est.

CGC 9.5

$53.75

est.

CGC 10

$184.90

CGC 10 Pristine

$333.00

BGS

BGS 1

$100.73

est.

BGS 2

$29.89

est.

BGS 3

$33.79

est.

BGS 4

$40.29

est.

BGS 5

$63.33

est.

BGS 6

$64.99

est.

BGS 7

$80.50

est.

BGS 8

$148.17

est.

BGS 9

$215.04

est.

BGS 9.5

$219.47

est.

BGS 10

$755.00

BGS 10 Black

$3.8k

TAG · prices estimated; real TAG counts are in the distribution above

TAG 1

$66.57

est.

TAG 2

$19.76

est.

TAG 3

$22.33

est.

TAG 4

$26.63

est.

TAG 5

$41.86

est.

TAG 6

$42.95

est.

TAG 7

$53.21

est.

TAG 8

$97.93

est.

TAG 9

$142.12

est.

TAG 9.5

$145.05

est.

TAG 10

$499.00

Real prices from PriceCharting's per-grade table — its generic “Grade N” reflects PSA-graded sales. CGC / BGS / TAG sub-10 grades are estimated from this card's real PSA price at that grade × that grader's 10-to-PSA-10 ratio (this card's own real pair when available, else a ratio calibrated from real catalog cards in the same era and rarity). Grades with no real anchor and low-confidence estimates are omitted — a blank beats a bad number.

PSA 10 looks cheap

-78%

This card's PSA 10 sells at 2.8× raw. Typical for Rare Holo in Vintage (pre-2003) is 12.8× (across 147 indexed cards).

Grading ROI (PSA)

Regular · $49.99

Realistic

$-33.25

using gem rate

If it 10s

$321.14

upside cap

Break-even

13%

gem rate needed

Grading ROI (CGC)

Economy · $18

Realistic

$-21.96

using gem rate

If it 10s

$-42.87

upside cap

Break-even

—

gem rate needed

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Discovery Scores

Percentile-ranked 0–100 across the whole catalog. See this card in Rankings →

high confidence
Value
95
Scarcity
8
Gem difficulty
72
Momentum
80
Grade ROI
53
Liquidity
—

Scored 8 hours ago

Price History

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Card details — attacks, stats, Pokédex, evolution

Attacks

G
Intimidate

If the Defending Pokémon's maximum HP is 50 or less, it can't attack Giovanni's Nidoking during your opponent's next turn. (Benching or evolving either Pokémon ends this effect.)

GGGC
Tumbling Attack
40+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 damage plus 30 more damage; if tails, this attack does 40 damage.

Weakness

Psychic ×2

Resistance

None

Retreat Cost

CCC

Pokédex Data

National Dex #

#34

Species

Drill Pokémon

Types
poisonground
Height

1.4m

Weight

62.0kg

"It uses its powerful tail in battle to smash, constrict, then break the prey's bones."

Evolution Chain

nidoran-m nidoran-m
nidorino nidorino
nidoking nidoking