Nidoran Series 1 #29 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Nidoran & chase cards
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Nidoran is one of those humble little Common cards that quietly built a fanbase, and this Series 1 #29 printing from the Japanese Vending set is a nice piece of 2023 history, illustrated by Teeziro. If you are here checking Nidoran value, the short answer is that a raw copy sits at $11, which feels right for a Common but still climbs meaningfully once you factor in grading. It is a fun, affordable card to chase, and the numbers behind it tell a more interesting story than you might expect.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $12, up 119% over the past year, with an all-time high of $12 in August 2026.
Recent pulls of Nidoran
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Nidoran price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 260 graded, only 34 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $285 | 34 |
| PSA 9 | $64 | 139 |
| PSA 8 | $25 | 73 |
| PSA 7 | - | 8 |
| PSA 6 | - | 2 |
| PSA 5 | $23 | 4 |
| PSA 4 | $19 | - |
| PSA 3 | $17 | - |
| PSA 2 | $15 | - |
| PSA 1 | - | - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $12 | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.
Card details
- Card number
- 29
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Darkness
- HP
- 60
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Teeziro
Attacks
- Poison Horn20Darkness · Colorless
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned.
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The collector's take on Nidoran
Is Nidoran worth grading?
So is Nidoran worth grading? A raw copy runs $11, a Grade 9 jumps to $83, and a PSA 10 sits at $285, which works out to about 25.9 times the raw price. That is a real jump on paper, but gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a Common like this, corners and centering get picked apart at that level, and grading fees plus shipping and turnaround time eat into any profit if the card comes back a 9 instead of a 10. If you already own a sharp, clean copy and you enjoy the process, it can be worth the gamble. If you are buying raw copies purely hoping to flip a 10, treat it like the lottery it is, most cards do not come back gem mint.
How rare is Nidoran?
Right now there are 260 graded copies of Nidoran on record, and only 34 of those earned a PSA 10. That is a fairly small gem mint slice of an already modest population, which tells you gem mint copies are the real bottleneck here, not just grading in general. For a Common card, that kind of split at the very top keeps PSA 10 value elevated even though the raw price stays low and accessible.
Where can you pull Nidoran?
We have tracked Nidoran being pulled 44 times across mnstr, collector-crypt, and courtyard, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $445. It has turned up in a handful of different products, including Pack 2, the Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pack 1, the Pokémon Starter Pack, and the Pokémon Pro Pack. That spread across starter-style and gacha packs makes sense for a Common from this set, and it is exactly the kind of cross-site pull data most price guides never show you, we log it ourselves so you can see where this card is actually turning up rather than guessing.
Questions people ask
How much is Nidoran worth?+
A raw, ungraded Nidoran from the Japanese Vending set is valued at $11. Graded copies are worth more, with a Grade 9 sitting at $83 and a PSA 10 reaching $285, so condition makes a real difference here.
Is Nidoran worth grading?+
It depends on the copy you have. The jump from $11 raw to $285 for a PSA 10 is tempting, roughly 25.9 times the raw price, but only 34 out of 260 graded copies have hit that gem mint grade, so it is far from guaranteed and grading costs add up regardless of the result.
How much is a PSA 10 Nidoran worth?+
A PSA 10 Nidoran is currently valued at $285. That is well above the $83 Grade 9 price and a big step up from the $11 raw value, reflecting how few copies, just 34 out of 260 graded, actually reach that top grade.
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