Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex
Destined Rivals · #233 · Special Illustration Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$115.42
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 233 / 244
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Special Illustration Rare
- HP
- 330
- Subtype
- Stage 2 · ex
- Evolves from
- Team Rocket's Nidorino
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- Uninori
- 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
- 2.38 copies on average · 39 decks
- Match win rate
- 36.2%
- -10.9 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.
Team Rocket's Nidorino
in 98% of decks · 39 seen
Team Rocket's Nidoran♂
in 100% of decks · 40 seen
Team Rocket's Nidorina
in 28% of decks · 11 seen
Team Rocket's Nidoqueen
in 28% of decks · 11 seen
Team Rocket's Nidoran♀
in 28% of decks · 11 seen
Team Rocket's Arbok
in 35% of decks · 14 seen
Team Rocket's Ekans
in 35% of decks · 14 seen
Perilous Jungle
in 68% of decks · 27 seen
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Uninori
This card was illustrated by Uninori.
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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.
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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 | $105.00 | $132.67 | $936.70 | $115.42 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/18| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €138.00 |
| 7-day average | €138.65 |
| 30-day average | €170.85 |
| Low | €72.00 |
| Trend price | €173.80 |
| Low (excellent+) | €73.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €174.19 |
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 $115.42; 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 Special Illustration Rare card in the Destined Rivals set.
Other Team Rocket's Nidoking ex printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
