Pokémon · Other
Dratini
McDonald's Collection 2018 · #9 · 2018
Listings
No active listings
From
—
Market reference
—
Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 9 / 12
- Release year
- 2018
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Dragonair
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Naoyo Kimura
- Pokédex #
- 147
- Series
- Other
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- 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
Also does
Strategy & play
How Dratini plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Grass / Lightning Energy to attack — note its own type is Dragon, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
- Dragon type, weak to Fairy ×2 — a Fairy attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Dratini
- Exploit its Fairy weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.86 copies on average · 7 decks
More by Naoyo Kimura
This card was illustrated by Naoyo Kimura.
Building around Dratini?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"After a 10-hour struggle, a fisherman was able to pull one up and confirm its existence."
GSigns of Evolution
Search your deck for a Dratini, a Dragonair, and a Dragonite, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
LTail Smack — 10
Weakness:Y×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Dratini was legal.
Expanded Tourney #2
4 days ago
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Webcam Expanded
5 days ago
Expanded Tourney #2
last week
The Wild Area Expanded #2 - 18 Codes
last week
The Wild Area Expanded #1 - 24 Codes
2 weeks ago
The Wild Area Expanded #1 - 24 Codes
3 weeks ago
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 109 recent decks
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, 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 "McDonald's Collection 2018" in the Other series, released in 2018.
Watch on YouTube
Other Dratini printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
