Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Dratini
Sun & Moon · #94 · Common · 2017
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From
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Market reference
$0.17
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 94 / 173
- Release year
- 2017
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Dragonair
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Naoyo Kimura
- Pokédex #
- 147
- Series
- Sun & Moon
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.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
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
- 2.48 copies on average · 234 decks
- Match win rate
- 41.0%
- -6.2 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 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.
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 75 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 2026/07/18| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.04 | $0.23 | $19.98 | $0.17 | $0.08 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.20 | $0.81 | $19.58 | $0.82 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.09 |
| 7-day average | €0.07 |
| 30-day average | €0.08 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.10 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.56 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.45 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.09 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.43 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.43 |
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 $0.17; 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 "Sun & Moon" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2017.
What rarity is Dratini?
Dratini is a Common card in the Sun & Moon set.
Other Dratini printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
