Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex
Destined Rivals · #119 · Double Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$0.69
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 119 / 244
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Double Rare
- HP
- 330
- Subtype
- Stage 2 · ex
- Evolves from
- Team Rocket's Nidorino
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- 5ban Graphics
- Pokédex #
- 34
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 240 damage
- 60 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 2 Prizes given up
- Two-prize Pokémon — a single KO swings the prize race
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Team Rocket's Nidoking ex plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Its main attack (Kingly Impact) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 240 — one-shots most single-prize attackers and many ex, but not 300+ HP walls.
- Needs Darkness Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Darkness type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥165 effectively one-shots it.
- A two-prize Pokémon — each KO gives the opponent 2 Prizes, so a single bad trade can lose the race. Back it with single-prize attackers.
How to beat Team Rocket's Nidoking ex
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥165 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
- It gives up 2 Prizes — out-trade it with single-prize attackers.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.32 copies on average · 34 decks
- Match win rate
- 36.6%
- -10.6 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
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in 97% of decks · 30 seen
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in 100% of decks · 31 seen
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in 39% of decks · 12 seen
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in 39% of decks · 12 seen
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in 77% of decks · 24 seen
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in 45% of decks · 14 seen
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in 42% of decks · 13 seen
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in 42% of decks · 13 seen
More by 5ban Graphics
This card was illustrated by 5ban Graphics.
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About this card
DDCTainted Horn — 100
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. During Pokémon Checkup, put 8 damage counters on that Pokémon instead of 1.
DDDCKingly Impact — 240
Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
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Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
13
ran Team Rocket's Nidoking ex
Tournaments scanned
301
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Team Rocket's Nidoking ex
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.10 | $0.82 | $19.98 | $0.69 | $0.70 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.53 |
| 7-day average | €0.60 |
| 30-day average | €0.59 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.54 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.62 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Team Rocket's Nidoking ex is real?
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Team Rocket's Nidoking ex worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Team Rocket's Nidoking ex is $0.69; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Team Rocket's Nidoking ex from?
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex is from the Pokémon set "Destined Rivals" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Team Rocket's Nidoking ex?
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex is a Double Rare card in the Destined Rivals set.
Other Team Rocket's Nidoking ex printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
