Nidoran ♂ 55/102

Set: Base Set Released: Jan 9, 1999
Pokémon: Nidoran ♂ Grass Type Common Illustrator: Ken Sugimori Pull Rate: 1 in 5.3 packs (18.9%) Evolves To: Nidorino

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Nidoran ♂ #55/102 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Nidoran ♂ #55/102 from Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Nidoran ♂ has moved up 5.1% to $0.82. PSA 10 copies are up 79.3% over the same period.

Nidoran ♂ #55/102 appears roughly 1 in 5.3 packs, which works out at 18.9% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Base Set.

Nidoran ♂ #55/102 is a Common, one of the higher rarity tiers in Base Set.

At $0.82 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $155.12, giving a net return of +$106.13 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$13.53 and PSA 8 returns −$0.07, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 1,500 copies of Nidoran ♂ #55/102, of which 443 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 29.5%, or roughly 1 in 3.4 graded copies.

No. At a 29.5% gem rate, Nidoran ♂ grades better than the Base Set average by 11.7 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Nidoran ♂ #55/102 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Nidoran ♂ #55/102 was released on 9 January 1999 as part of Base Set. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.