Pokémon · E-Card
Drowzee
Aquapolis · #74 · Common · 2003
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Market reference
$5.17
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 74 / 182
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Hypno
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Hisao Nakamura
- Pokédex #
- 96
- Series
- E-Card
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 20 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 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 (Tackle) 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Hisao Nakamura
This card was illustrated by Hisao Nakamura.
Building around Drowzee?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
PSleep Inducer
Flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and switch the Defending Pokémon with it. The new Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
CCTackle — 20
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 2026/07/05| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $2.65 | $8.50 | $89.90 | $5.17 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $24.99 | $99.98 | $99.99 | $45.68 | — |
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 $5.17; 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 Drowzee from?
Drowzee is from the Pokémon set "Aquapolis" in the E-Card series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Drowzee?
Drowzee is a Common card in the Aquapolis set.
Other Drowzee printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
