Nidoking BREAK 46 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 180 HP and a top attack printed at 120 damage.
Psychic · BREAK · Evolutions · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Nidoking BREAK 46 do in a game?
Nidoking BREAK 46 is a Psychic Pokémon card with 180 HP, printed as BREAK.
Its strongest attack, Toxic Drill, is printed at 120 damage for 3 Energy — 40 damage per Energy card.
Nidoking BREAK 46Evolutions
Nidoking BREAK 46 performance summary
180 HP · Psychic · BREAK · retreat 0
as of July 28, 2026
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 3
Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 0.1% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 17.4%.
Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.
| Measure | Percentile | Printed value |
|---|---|---|
| Hit points | 85.2% | 180 HP |
| Top printed damage | 82.1% | 120 damage |
| Energy efficiency | 81.3% | 40 per Energy |
| Retreat lightness | 100.0% | 0 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 17.4% | 3 Energy |
1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.
Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 2,218 at 180 HP.
Nidoking BREAK 46180 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 200 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Nidoking BREAK 46
- Hit points 180 HP puts it in the 130~180 band, where 15.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Energy It returns 40 damage per Energy card against 34.7 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 3.
- Legality 5 of the 20 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.
Nidoking BREAK 46 at a glance
- What it is. A Psychic Pokémon card with 180 HP printed as BREAK, printed in Evolutions.
- What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 120 damage for 3 Energy.
- What it costs to move. 0 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
- Where it can be played. Unlimited and Expanded only.
- What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.
What do the attacks on Nidoking BREAK 46 cost, and what do they hit for?
The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 120 damage, which is 40 damage for every Energy card attached.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toxic Drill | 2 Psychic + 1 Colorless | 3 | 120 | 40 | Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. Put 2 damage counters instead of 1 on that Pokémon between turns. |
This card has no retreat cost at all, so it can leave the active spot without discarding any Energy — the only limit is that retreating happens once a turn.
The Energy this attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.
One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.
This card places damage counters, which is not the same as dealing damage
Toxic Drill puts damage counters on a Pokémon instead of dealing damage to it. The two look alike on the board — one counter is ten damage — but the rules treat them apart: anything that reduces or prevents damage does not stop counters from being placed, and weakness and resistance are not applied to them either.
How does Nidoking BREAK 46 compare with every other card?
Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.
The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.
This card prints 180 HP, which is 47% of that ceiling.
Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.
17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 180 HP.
Cards in the 130~180 band typically print 104 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~70 | 38.6% | 6,669 cards |
| 80~120 | 33.1% | 5,725 cards |
| 130~180 — this card | 15.5% | 2,679 cards |
| 190~230 | 6.6% | 1,148 cards |
| 240~280 | 3.3% | 567 cards |
| 290~330 | 2.4% | 412 cards |
| 340+ | 0.5% | 90 cards |
16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 120.
Cards in the 70~120 band typically have 141 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~30 | 42.7% | 6,938 cards |
| 40~60 | 22.0% | 3,566 cards |
| 70~120 — this card | 21.8% | 3,535 cards |
| 130~180 | 9.0% | 1,461 cards |
| 190~250 | 3.8% | 621 cards |
| 260+ | 0.8% | 125 cards |
17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 3 Energy.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically have 153 HP and print 104 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1.8% | 304 cards |
| 1 | 54.4% | 9,392 cards |
| 2 | 26.4% | 4,565 cards |
| 3 — this card | 14.7% | 2,533 cards |
| 4 | 2.4% | 421 cards |
| 5 | 0.3% | 47 cards |
17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 0 Energy to retreat.
Cards with a retreat cost of 0 typically have 103 HP and print 61 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 — this card | 5.3% | 914 cards |
| 1 | 49.3% | 8,503 cards |
| 2 | 28.6% | 4,926 cards |
| 3 | 12.6% | 2,168 cards |
| 4 | 4.2% | 729 cards |
That is where Nidoking BREAK 46 stands highest on HP — number 4 of 35 cards in BREAK cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 180 HP
middle half 60–130 HP - Top printed damage 120 damage
middle half 20–90 damage
- Lowest to highest printed in the archive
- Middle half of the archive
- This card
Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.
Open the group this card falls into
Back to summaryIs Nidoking BREAK 46 efficient for the Energy it asks for?
Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 120 damage attack that needs 3 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.
Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically return 34.7 damage per Energy card. This card returns 40.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Energy | 49.0 | 49 damage typical |
| 2 Energy | 32.5 | 65 damage typical |
| 3 Energy | 34.7 | 104 damage typical |
| 4 Energy | 27.8 | 111 damage typical |
| 5 Energy | 41.8 | 209 damage typical |
| Nidoking BREAK 46 — this card | 40.0 | 120 damage for 3 Energy |
Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.
| Group | Typical printed damage | Damage per Energy card | Cards in this group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy | 45 | — | 304 |
| Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy | 49 | 49 | 9,392 |
| Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy | 65 | 33 | 4,565 |
| Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy | 104 | 35 | 2,533 |
| Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy | 111 | 28 | 421 |
| Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy | 209 | 42 | 47 |
| Toxic Drill | — | 40 | — |
Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead
The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 120 is read as high or low rather than merely large.
What does being a Psychic card do for Nidoking BREAK 46?
Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.
17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Psychic — this card | 13.5% | 2,335 cards |
| Water | 14.1% | 2,435 cards |
| Colorless | 12.6% | 2,173 cards |
| Fire | 9.1% | 1,574 cards |
| Fighting | 10.9% | 1,884 cards |
| Lightning | 8.8% | 1,520 cards |
| Grass | 13.8% | 2,387 cards |
| Metal | 5.4% | 925 cards |
| Darkness | 7.2% | 1,249 cards |
| Dragon | 3.1% | 530 cards |
| Fairy | 1.4% | 237 cards |
Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Psychic weakness.
What being a Psychic card is worth
Groups that most often print a Psychic weakness: Psychic (2,335 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double.
What is Nidoking BREAK as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?
Nidoking BREAK 46 is one print of Nidoking BREAK. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.
Every Nidoking BREAK print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.
Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.
Back to summaryWhat has to be in play before Nidoking BREAK 46 can be?
Nidoking BREAK evolves from Nidoking, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.
- This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Nidoking.
- The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.
Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.
Is this the strongest Nidoking BREAK print, and can the older ones still be played?
24 prints carry this name in the archive, and 20 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.
Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.
| Set | Regulation mark | Standard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team Rocket's Nidoking ex 233/182 | SV10: Destined Rivals | Mark I | Legal in Standard |
| Team Rocket's Nidoking ex 119/182 | Prize Pack Series Cards | Mark I | Legal in Standard |
| Team Rocket's Nidoking ex 216/182 | SV10: Destined Rivals | Mark I | Legal in Standard |
| Nidoking BREAK 46/108 | XY - Evolutions | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nidoking 174/165 | SV: Scarlet & Violet 151 | Mark G | Legal in Standard |
| Nidoking 034/165 | SV: Scarlet & Violet 151 | Mark G | Legal in Standard |
| Nidoking 59/181 | SM - Team Up | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nidoking 45/108 | XY - Evolutions | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nidoking 45/114 | XY - Steam Siege | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nidoking 58/116 | Plasma Freeze | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nidoking 34/132 | Secret Wonders | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nidoking 29/111 | Rising Rivals | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Giovanni's Nidoking 007/132 | Gym Challenge | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nidoking 8/112 | EX FireRed & LeafGreen | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nidoking δ 6/101 | EX Dragon Frontiers | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nidoking H18/H32 | Aquapolis | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nidoking 024/147 | Aquapolis | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nidoking 011/102 | Base Set (Shadowless) | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nidoking 011/130 | Base Set 2 | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nidoking 031/110 | Legendary Collection | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
5 of the 20 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.
Back to summaryWhat can you use instead of Nidoking BREAK 46?
Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.
| Card | Set | HP | Top damage | Retreat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wobbuffet BREAK | XY Black Star Promos | 140 | 0 | 0 |
| Crobat BREAK | XY Black Star Promos | 160 | 60 | 0 |
| Trevenant BREAK | BREAKpoint | 160 | 0 | 0 |
This card itself is 180 HP, 120 top damage and 0 retreat, and every card here is Psychic like it.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Nidoking BREAK 46?
Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.
90
Nidoking [11]
110
Nidoking [H18]
120
Giovanni's Nidoking [7]
330
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex [233]
120
Nidoking [8]
120
Nidoking δ [6]
90
Nidoking [11]
170
Nidoking [174]
140
Nidoking [58]
130
Nidoking [34]
110
Nidoking [24]
130
Nidoking [29]
90
Nidoking [31]
150
Nidoking [45]
330
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex [216]
150
Nidoking [45]
160
Nidoking [59]
170
Nidoking [34]
330
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex [119]
19 cards in the archive share this Pokédex number. The badge on each card is its printed HP, the figure under the name is its hardest printed attack, and the name sits under the picture. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
What was printed next to Nidoking BREAK 46 in Evolutions?
A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.
80
Electrode [40]
70
Electabuzz [41]
110
Zapdos [42]
60
Nidoran ♂ [43]
90
Nidorino [44]
150
Nidoking [45]
40
Gastly [47]
70
Haunter [48]
60
Drowzee [49]
60
Koffing [50]
130
Mewtwo [51]
180
Mewtwo-EX [52]
These are the cards numbered either side of #46 in Evolutions. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
Which rules apply to Nidoking BREAK 46, and where can it be played?
Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.
The rule printed on this card
“BREAK Evolution Rule: Nidoking BREAK retains the attacks, Abilities, Weakness, Resistance, and Retreat Cost of its previous Evolution.”
| Clause | What the rulebook says | Cards it applies to | Share of the archive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retreat | Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn). | 17,244 cards | 84.3% |
| Energy per turn | You can attach Energy just once each turn! | 17,180 cards | 84.0% |
Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.
| Format | Status | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | Not listed | This card is not listed for this format |
| Expanded | Legal | Can be played in this format |
| Unlimited | Legal | Can be played in this format |
Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.
Where this card can be played
This card is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play. It was released on November 2, 2016.
Nidoking BREAK 46 in depth — what these figures add up to
Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.
What it asks a deck for
- Its hardest attack, Toxic Drill, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
- That works out at 40 damage for every Energy card attached.
- Moving it out of the active spot costs no Energy at all.
- It cannot start the game in play — Nidoking has to be on the field first.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
Nidoking BREAK 46 card record
| Hit points | 180 HP | Type | Psychic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retreat cost | 0 Energy | Evolves from | Nidoking |
| Card type | BREAK | Pokédex number | #034 |
| Set | Evolutions | Card number | 46 of 108 |
| Series | XY | Released | November 2, 2016 |
| Rarity | Rare BREAK | Illustrator | 5ban Graphics |
| Tournament legality | Unlimited and Expanded only | ||
| Printed rule | BREAK Evolution Rule: Nidoking BREAK retains the attacks, Abilities, Weakness, Resistance, and Retreat Cost of its previous Evolution. | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Nidoking BREAK 46 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Nidoking BREAK 46 — frequently asked questions
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Does Nidoking BREAK 46 deal damage or place damage counters?
Can an older Nidoking BREAK print be played in a tournament?
What does Nidoking BREAK evolve from?
Can Nidoking BREAK 46 be played in a tournament?
What does the rule on Nidoking BREAK 46 mean?
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Where these card facts come from
Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.
Primary official source
First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.
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Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.