Nidoqueen · Legendary Collection, what to know.
About the Nidoqueen card
Nidoqueen is card 32 of 110 in Legendary Collection, released in May 2002, a Rare. It is a Stage 2 Grass-type with 90 HP.
As a Stage 2, it evolves from Nidorina, which places Nidoqueen deeper in its line and means most collectors hold it alongside the cards it evolves from.
Illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Sugimori is the lead character designer of Pokémon itself, so his card art carries the tight, on-model look that defined how the creatures appear in the games.
The card's flavor text gives Nidoqueen a line of lore: "Its hard scales provide strong protection. It uses its hefty bulk to execute powerful moves."
About Nidoqueen in the Pokémon world
The Ground-Poison final form of the Nidoran♀ line. One of the rare "queen" Pokémon. Jungle holo Nidoqueen is a quiet collector favorite. Centered PSA 10 examples are harder to find than expected for the print run.
What is Nidoqueen worth?
Nidoqueen is a non-holo Rare. In Legendary Collection, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Nidoqueen trades modestly, though a clean, well-centered 1st Edition copy in PSA 10 is scarcer than the print run suggests and carries a real premium. Check the live price above for the figure by grade.
Print variants and how to spot them
Confirm the print and finish on Nidoqueen before pricing it, since variant and rarity set the market more than the card name alone.
Grading and condition
Non-holo Rares like Nidoqueen are easier on surface but no kinder on centering. Wizards-era cards were less protected than the holos, so high-grade Nidoqueen survivors can be scarcer than expected, with edge whitening the usual cap.
If you are collecting Nidoqueen
For Nidoqueen, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Non-holo Rares from this era are cheap enough that a PSA 10 submission on a clean Nidoqueen can make sense.
