Pokémon · EX
Dratini
Dragon · #26 · Uncommon · 2003
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$9.70
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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
- 26 / 100
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Dragonair
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Aya Kusube
- Pokédex #
- 147
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Dratini plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Needs Water / Lightning Energy to attack — note its own type is Colorless, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
- Colorless type, weak to Colorless ×2 — a Colorless attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Dratini
- Exploit its Colorless weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.46 copies on average · 235 decks
- Match win rate
- 41.2%
- -6.0 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Aya Kusube
This card was illustrated by Aya Kusube.
Building around Dratini?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
WDragon Dew
Remove 2 damage counters from 1 of your Pokémon (remove 1 if there is only 1).
LTail Slap — 10
Weakness:C×2
Resistance:G-30F-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Dratini has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Dratini — Ascended Heroes
Played in 72 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 | $8.05 | $10.00 | $121.20 | $9.70 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $54.14 | $539.81 | $1,999.90 | $24.70 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €5.00 |
| 7-day average | €2.91 |
| 30-day average | €2.67 |
| Low | €0.15 |
| Trend price | €3.12 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.70 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €14.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €11.99 |
| reverseHoloSell | €13.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.95 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €9.45 |
| Reverse holo trend | €11.94 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Dratini is real?
Dratini 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 Dratini worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Dratini is $9.70; 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 Dratini from?
Dratini is from the Pokémon set "Dragon" in the EX series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Dratini?
Dratini is a Uncommon card in the Dragon set.
Other Dratini printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
