Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Drapion
Sword & Shield · #122 · Rare · 2020
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.22
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 122 / 216
- Release year
- 2020
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 140
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Skorupi
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Regulation mark
- D
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex #
- 452
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 130 damage
- 32.5 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.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Its main attack (Toxic Strike) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 130 — 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.
How to beat Drapion
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥70 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 Masakazu Fukuda
This card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
Building around Drapion?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It's so vicious that it's called the Sand Demon. Yet when confronted by Hippowdon, Drapion keeps a low profile and will never pick a fight."
DCCHard Press — 80
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
DDCCToxic Strike — 130
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:CCC
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 107 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 | $0.07 | $0.25 | $2.99 | $0.22 | $0.20 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.24 | $0.50 | $2.39 | $0.48 | $0.37 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.50 |
| 7-day average | €0.31 |
| 30-day average | €0.32 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.32 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.15 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.40 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.14 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.29 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.33 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.77 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.95 |
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 $0.22; 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 "Sword & Shield" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2020.
What rarity is Drapion?
Drapion is a Rare card in the Sword & Shield set.
Other Drapion printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
