Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Drapion
Unified Minds · #134 · Rare · 2019
Listings
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Market reference
$0.33
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 134 / 260
- Release year
- 2019
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 140
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Skorupi
- Retreat cost
- 4 energy
- Illustrator
- SATOSHI NAKAI
- Pokédex #
- 452
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 120 damage
- 30 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Drapion plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Its main attack (Slicing Blade) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 120 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Needs Darkness Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Darkness type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥70 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 Drapion
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥70 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 4 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
- 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
- 1% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 306 decks
- Match win rate
- 46.8%
- -0.4 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 SATOSHI NAKAI
This card was illustrated by SATOSHI NAKAI.
Building around Drapion?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It takes pride in its strength. Even though it can tear foes apart, it finishes them off with powerful poison."
CCCCross Poison — 50×
Flip 4 coins. This attack does 50 damage for each heads. If at least 2 of them are heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned.
DDCCSlicing Blade — 120
Weakness:F×2
Resistance:P-20
Retreat cost:CCCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Drapion was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Drapion has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Drapion — Perfect Order
Played in 109 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 2026/07/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.15 | $0.33 | $24.00 | $0.33 | $0.25 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.28 | $0.49 | $19.98 | $0.46 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.50 |
| 7-day average | €0.32 |
| 30-day average | €0.36 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.49 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.30 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.36 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.32 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.38 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.59 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.32 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Drapion is real?
Drapion 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 Drapion worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Drapion is $0.33; 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 Drapion from?
Drapion is from the Pokémon set "Unified Minds" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2019.
What rarity is Drapion?
Drapion is a Rare card in the Unified Minds set.
Other Drapion printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
