Pokémon · Base
Drowzee
Team Rocket · #54 · Common · 2000
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.56
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 54 / 83
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Hypno
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 96
- 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 Drowzee 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 Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Its main attack (Nightmare) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic 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.
How to beat Drowzee
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
More by Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Building around Drowzee?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Not popular with girls because of its attitude. Can often be heard muttering to itself in a low voice."
Pokémon Power: Long-Distance Hypnosis
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep; if tails, your Active Pokémon is now Asleep. This power can't be used if Drowzee is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.
PCNightmare — 10
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 | $0.10 | $0.50 | $4,321.00 | $0.56 | $0.79 |
| 1st Edition | $0.90 | $1.70 | $19.54 | $1.71 | $1.88 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.40 |
| 7-day average | €0.61 |
| 30-day average | €0.87 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €1.01 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.09 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.24 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.31 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.90 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.31 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.27 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Drowzee is real?
Drowzee 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 Drowzee worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Drowzee is $0.56; 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 Drowzee from?
Drowzee is from the Pokémon set "Team Rocket" in the Base series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Drowzee?
Drowzee is a Common card in the Team Rocket set.
Other Drowzee printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
