Team Rocket's Nidoking ex
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex arrived with Destined Rivals on 30 May 2025. Here is what it does once it is on the table, and what it is worth right now.
What the card itself says
Every line in this block is copied straight off the card. Nothing rounded, nothing judged.
ITS ATTACKS
Printed exactly as it appears on the card.
What to make of it
Every line below comes from a number. Either it is printed on the card, or we counted it on tournament lists. You will not find a score here — you will find what matters when you decide whether to run it.
WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT
- 330 HP. Only 1 cards in Destined Rivals carry more.
- Kingly Impact hits for 240 on 4 Energy. Nothing in Destined Rivals hits harder for that price.
- Mark I. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- 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.
- None of the 1,351 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
- It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes two Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.
- 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.
- Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 1,351 tournament lists we have read, 290 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
What it costs
We have no price to show you for this card today. The link below takes you where it sells, and you will see the day's numbers there.
Who plays it
None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.
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.
Where to find it
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