Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Drapion
Diamond & Pearl · #23 · Rare · 2007
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$2.30
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 23 / 130
- Release year
- 2007
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Skorupi
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex #
- 452
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 16.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Drapion plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Its main attack (Poison Claws) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥50 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
How to beat Drapion
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 399 decks
- Match win rate
- 47.5%
- +0.3 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
More by Kouki Saitou
This card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
Building around Drapion?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It has the power in its clawed arms to make scrap of a car. The tips of its claws release poison."
CCStomp — 20+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage.
PPCPoison Claws — 50
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Weakness:P+20
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Drapion has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Drapion — Perfect Order
Played in 130 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $1.14 | $1.61 | $36.10 | $2.30 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $2.99 | $3.83 | $50.00 | $4.82 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/27| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.15 |
| 7-day average | €1.42 |
| 30-day average | €1.25 |
| Low | €0.10 |
| Trend price | €1.93 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.59 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.20 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.98 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.88 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.88 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.52 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.11 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.03 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Drapion is real?
Drapion is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Drapion worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Drapion is $2.30; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Drapion from?
Drapion is from the Pokémon set "Diamond & Pearl" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2007.
What rarity is Drapion?
Drapion is a Rare card in the Diamond & Pearl set.
Other Drapion printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
