Giovanni's Nidoqueen

Giovanni's Nidoqueen is card 23 of 132 in Gym Challenge, released in October 2000, a Rare. It is a Stage 2 Grass-type with 100 HP.

As a Stage 2, it evolves from Giovanni's Nidorina, which places Giovanni's Nidoqueen deeper in its line and means most collectors hold it alongside the cards it evolves from.

Giovanni is the Ground-type Gym Leader of Viridian City and the secret boss of Team Rocket. Giovanni's Nidoqueen is part of that themed lineup.

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 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.

Giovanni's Nidoqueen is a non-holo Rare. In Gym Challenge, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Giovanni's 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.

Gym Challenge shipped in 1st Edition and Unlimited, with no Shadowless print. The trainer-prefix naming runs across the set, and the 1st Edition Giovanni's Nidoqueen carries the Edition 1 stamp and a premium over Unlimited in matching grade.

On Giovanni's Nidoqueen, look at the corners and the framed border first. Non-holo Rares took more handling than the chase holos, so a sharp, centered copy of Giovanni's Nidoqueen in a true PSA 10 is harder to find than the print run suggests.

For Giovanni's 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 Giovanni's Nidoqueen can make sense.