Pokémon · Black & White
Dratini
Plasma Freeze · #81 · Common · 2013
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.50
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 81 / 122
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Dragonair
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Atsuko Nishida
- Pokédex #
- 147
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Healing
- 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 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.
- Its main attack (Tail Smack) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass / Lightning Energy to attack — note its own type is Dragon, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
- Dragon type, weak to Dragon ×2 — a Dragon 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.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Dratini
- Exploit its Dragon weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.43 copies on average · 222 decks
- Match win rate
- 40.6%
- -6.7 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 Atsuko Nishida
This card was illustrated by Atsuko Nishida.
Building around Dratini?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It is called the "Mirage Pokémon" because so few have seen it. Its shed skin has been found."
GShed Skin
Heal 20 damage from this Pokémon.
LCTail Smack — 20
Weakness:N×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Dratini was legal.
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 87 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 2026/07/27| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.20 | $0.50 | $23.49 | $0.50 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $3.65 | $8.02 | $59.80 | $6.93 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.32 |
| 7-day average | €0.27 |
| 30-day average | €0.28 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.33 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.20 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.52 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.35 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.50 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.87 |
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 $0.50; 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 "Plasma Freeze" in the Black & White series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Dratini?
Dratini is a Common card in the Plasma Freeze set.
Other Dratini printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
