Pokémon · Base
Dratini
Team Rocket · #53 · Common · 2000
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$1.46
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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
- 53 / 83
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 40
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Dragonair
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 147
- Series
- Base
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 5 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.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Its main attack (Wrap) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- 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
- 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
- 0% of decks
- 2.44 copies on average · 215 decks
- Match win rate
- 40.3%
- -7.0 pts vs the 47.3% 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 Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Building around Dratini?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"The capture of the first Dratini inspired the search for other legendary Pokémon."
CCWrap — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Resistance:P-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 84 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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited | $0.20 | $0.89 | $17.98 | $1.46 | $1.50 |
| 1st Edition | $1.01 | $3.75 | $99.99 | $3.50 | $4.24 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.52 |
| 7-day average | €1.23 |
| 30-day average | €1.33 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €1.18 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.15 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.75 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.41 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.57 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.41 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.70 |
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 $1.46; 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 "Team Rocket" in the Base series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Dratini?
Dratini is a Common card in the Team Rocket set.
Other Dratini printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
