Every Nidoking card

The short version

Nidoking has three printings in Pokémon TCG Pocket, across two expansions — the earliest in Genetic Apex and the most recent in Wisdom of Sea and Sky. It is a Stage 2 Darkness-type Pokémon with 150 HP, weak to Fighting, with a retreat cost of 3. They run to three rarities — one Rare, one Art Rare and one Shiny. The hardest to pull is the Shiny from Wisdom of Sea and Sky, at about 1 in 559 packs, or 1,000 Pack Points to buy outright. Nine hunts in ten end inside 1,285 packs, which is about 1.8 years at the two free packs a day the game gives you. The printings come out of the Ho-Oh and Pikachu packs. The most recent is Nidoking #228, from an expansion that shipped in July 2025. That printing attacks with Poison Horn for 90. The card’s own words: “When it goes on a rampage, it’s impossible to control. But in the presence of a Nidoqueen it’s lived with for a long time, Nidoking calms down.” It has been drawn by three artists.

The Nidoran♂ line3 Pokémon · 7 cards