Challenge from the DarknessOriginal · 1999

Giovanni's Nidoking

#034NormalJapanese cardUpdated Oct 26, 2026

TCGPlayer market

$28.21

PSA 10: $602.16
PSA 9: $91.43
PSA population: 3,416
PSA gem rate: 17.6%

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Market prices

Ungraded prices from each marketplace we track, with sales activity where available.

SourcePriceSalesLast salePer weekSignal

TCGPlayer Market USD

$28.21

TCGPlayer Market

USD

$28.21

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eBay Average USD

$38.35

11 sales2.3/weeklast sale Sep 20, 2026downlow confidence

eBay Average

USD

$38.35

11

Sep 20, 2026

2.3

downlow confidence

eBay Sold USD

$52.95

11 sales

eBay Sold

USD

$52.95

11

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Graded prices

Average sold price by grading company and grade.

GradeAverage sold price

Grade 10: $602.1637 sold▲
Grade 9: $91.4348 sold▲
Grade 8: $55.5617 sold▲
Grade 7: $37.598 sold▲

Grader	10	9	8.5	8	7.5	7
PSA	$60237 sold▲	$91.4348 sold▲	–	$55.5617 sold▲	–	$37.598 sold▲
CGC	$10414 sold▲	$53.7418 sold▲	$37.5513 sold▲	$45.0512 sold▲	$25.8613 sold▲	$21.297 sold▲
ACE	–	–	–	$99.941 sold	–	–

Population report

How many copies each grading company has graded, and at which grade.

PSA graded

3,416

17.6%

Gem rate

13

10

18

51

116

217

258

651

1,470

600

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Authentic 4Qualifiers 4Match confidence: medium

Price by condition

Ungraded market price for each printing, from Near Mint down to Damaged.

Holofoil

NM

Near Mint

$28.41

LP

Lightly Played

$20.62

MP

Moderately Played

$15.50

HP

Heavily Played

$13.40

DM

Damaged

$10.86

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About Giovanni's Nidoking

Giovanni's Nidoking is a Japanese Pokémon card (#034) from Challenge from the Darkness, part of the Original series, released in 1999.

An ungraded copy currently sells for about $28.21. A PSA 10 (Gem Mint) averages $602.16 — about 21.3× the raw price.

PSA has graded 3,416 copies, 600 of them at PSA 10 (a 17.6% gem rate). Fewer tens usually means a larger premium for a top-graded copy.

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Giovanni's Nidoking — common questions

How much is Giovanni's Nidoking worth?: Giovanni's Nidoking from Challenge from the Darkness has a market price of $28.21 for an ungraded copy, based on current TCGPlayer and eBay sales data. Condition, print variant and grading all move that number.
What is a PSA 10 Giovanni's Nidoking worth?: Recent PSA 10 (Gem Mint) sales of Giovanni's Nidoking averaged $602.16, about 21.3× the ungraded price. A PSA 9 averaged $91.43.
How many PSA 10 Giovanni's Nidoking are there?: PSA has graded 3,416 copies of Giovanni's Nidoking, and 600 of them received a PSA 10 — a gem rate of 17.6%.

Market

$17.50