Nidorino 54/130

Set: Base Set 2 Released: Feb 24, 2000
Pokémon: Nidorino Grass Type Uncommon Illustrator: Mitsuhiro Arita Pull Rate: 1 in 14 packs (7.1%) Evolves From: Nidoran ♂ Evolves To: Nidoking

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Nidorino #54/130 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Nidorino #54/130 from Base Set 2 — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Nidorino has moved up 21.5% to $1.75. PSA 10 copies are up 246.8% over the same period.

Nidorino #54/130 appears roughly 1 in 14 packs, which works out at 7.1% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Base Set 2.

Nidorino #54/130 is a Uncommon, one of the higher rarity tiers in Base Set 2.

At $1.75 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $115.24, giving a net return of +$70.51 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$1.66 and PSA 8 returns −$21.05, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 120 copies of Nidorino #54/130, of which 36 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 30%, or roughly 1 in 3.3 graded copies.

No. At a 30% gem rate, Nidorino grades better than the Base Set 2 average by 8.6 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Nidorino #54/130 was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, who has illustrated 1418 Pokémon cards in total.

Nidorino #54/130 was released on 24 February 2000 as part of Base Set 2. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.