Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Drapion
HS—Triumphant · #4 · Rare Holo · 2010
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$3.24
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 4 / 103
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Skorupi
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Sumiyoshi Kizuki
- Pokédex #
- 452
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 80 damage
- 20 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 (Land Crush) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Darkness Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Darkness type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥50 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
How to beat Drapion
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 3 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 Sumiyoshi Kizuki
This card was illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Building around Drapion?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It attacks people and Pokémon that cross the desert. This has only furthered its bad reputation."
DCCToxic Fang — 40
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Put 2 damage counters instead of 1 on that Pokémon between turns.
DDCCLand Crush — 80
Weakness:F×2
Resistance:P-20
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 108 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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $2.75 | $3.45 | $96.95 | $3.24 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $2.45 | $7.43 | $40.61 | $4.88 | $40.00 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €15.00 |
| 7-day average | €4.20 |
| 30-day average | €2.86 |
| Low | €0.44 |
| Trend price | €4.15 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.60 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.94 |
| reverseHoloSell | €3.70 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.36 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.97 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.55 |
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 $3.24; 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 "HS—Triumphant" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Drapion?
Drapion is a Rare Holo card in the HS—Triumphant set.
Other Drapion printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
