Pokémon · EX
Dratini
Team Rocket Returns · #53 · Common · 2004
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From
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Market reference
$7.75
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 53 / 111
- Release year
- 2004
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Dragonair
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Atsuko Nishida
- Pokédex #
- 147
- Series
- EX
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 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.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Its main attack (Tail Strike) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Water / Lightning Energy to attack — note its own type is Colorless, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
- Colorless type, weak to Colorless ×2 — a Colorless 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 Dratini
- Exploit its Colorless 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.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.43 copies on average · 232 decks
- Match win rate
- 41.1%
- -6.1 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
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
CDragon Song
Each Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
WLTail Strike — 20+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage.
Weakness:C×2
Resistance:G-30F-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
7
ran Dratini
Tournaments scanned
301
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
4 top-cut decks · best finish 1st
Top decks running Dratini
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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $3.27 | $7.56 | $18.00 | $7.75 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $39.99 | $82.49 | $124.99 | $66.73 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/07| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.39 |
| 7-day average | €1.41 |
| 30-day average | €1.97 |
| Low | €0.50 |
| Trend price | €1.59 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo low | €3.90 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €60.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €39.28 |
| reverseHoloSell | €62.33 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.89 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €19.43 |
| Reverse holo trend | €37.53 |
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 $7.75; 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 "Team Rocket Returns" in the EX series, released in 2004.
What rarity is Dratini?
Dratini is a Common card in the Team Rocket Returns set.
Other Dratini printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
