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Check your printing9 different Dratini printings exist — is this your card? Base Set 2 #38
Dratini Base Set 2 #38 Pokémon card
Uncommon

Dratini

Base Set 2 · 38/130 · Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
40 HPColorlessPokémonBasic

Market value · ungraded

$1.29 5.7% · 30d
Confidencehigh
Range$1$1
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 20 August 2026. 3 sources agree within 29%. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$1.29

What this price is based on

Low confidence

Only 0 sales in the last 90 days.

Median · Lot$6.001 sale
Trimmed meanoutliers removed
Range$6.00$6.00lowest to highest sale
Sales rate0.5/mo3 recorded

Recent Lot sales

  • Apr 27, 2026Fanatics$6.00

By grade

  • Lot$6.001 sale
  • CGC 4.5$8.001 sale
  • CGC 10$31.201 sale

From 3 completed sales recorded between Apr 27, 2026 and Jun 7, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 2 graded sales and 1,889,841 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Dratini is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Base Set 2 (#38), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Basic Colorless-type Pokémon with 40 HP. Its current blended market value is $1.29 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $73 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 57× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 20 August 2026.

0.3%
Played in 0.3% of competitive decks — 8 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

The receipts

Price history · Raw

1 Sept 202320 Aug 2026
Latest
$1.29
Period high
$2.81
Period low
$0.94
Change
14.0%
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Verified sales history10 in 90 daysreal completed listings

DateGradePriceCert
30 Jul 2026PSA 10$160.00#57315392
24 Jul 2026PSA 9$41.00#57762498
3 Jul 2026PSA 9$25.50#73411841
12 Jun 2026PSA 10$154.29#91967119
3 May 2026PSA 9$18.50#101620180
3 May 2026PSA 7$26.00#101620179
3 May 2026PSA 7$29.00#143466598
16 Mar 2026PSA 10$59.00#84797928
24 Feb 2026PSA 9$40.00#102261152
9 Feb 2026PSA 9$33.00#79891869

Should you grade it?

$43

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 20% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$1); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)20%
Expected return$43
PSA 10 best case+$1
Break-evenPSA 10+
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Dratini is a Uncommoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.

PSA 10 (gem mint)20%38 of 190
PSA 943.7%83 of 190
PSA graded so far190
Gem Mint 1038
Total graded190

Estimates only. Pack odds come from CardTrack's pack model (the same one behind the pack simulator) — not an official rate. Grading odds are the real cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies, so it overstates the true first-submission gem rate. Full grade-by-grade breakdown below.

Grade-by-grade ROI & risk-adjusted outcomesNet vs raw per target grade, plus the probability-weighted distribution
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$73.01$71+$156.6×
PSA 9$33.00$70$3925.6×
PSA 8$19.54$70$5215.1×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 190 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1020%$73.00
PSA 943.7%$33.00
PSA ≤836.3%$1.00

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Gem rate is estimated from cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies — so it overstates the true grade rate. Treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.

Population across gradersPSA, CGC & BGS — every grade, with gem rates

Only 20% of 190 PSA-graded Dratini copies are a gem-mint 10 (38 of 190) — the rest grade lower.

PSA190 gradedPSA 10 · 38 · 20% gem
1038
983
826
718
610
512
41
3.51
31
CGC454 gradedCGC 10 · 78 · 17% gem
1078
9.58
9114
8.572
852

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Dratini 10 is harder to pull.

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$1.29
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 38$73$73$73
PSA 9pop 83✓ 7 cert-verified$33$8$33
PSA 8pop 26$20$6$24
PSA 5pop 12$8$7$8
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Raw price by condition
Normal · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$1.29
LPLightly Played$0.82
MPModerately Played$0.72
HPHeavily Played$0.51
DMGDamaged$0.30
7-dayflat
30-day 3.5%
90-day 22.7%
All-time high$1
All-time low$1
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost

For context: a graded PSA 5 slab of this card sells for about $8 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.

Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

29% spread
Cardmarket · cheapest$1
TCGplayer$1
PriceCharting · dearest$1

Currently 29% cheaper on Cardmarket than PriceCharting. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Momentum · 30dRising +6%
Cross-marketSome gap 29% gap

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

20% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$1
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Pound10
Colorless
Resistance Psychic -30Retreat 1

Long considered a mythical Pokémon until recently, when a small colony was found living underwater.

About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Dragon PokémonGEN IDratiniDragonairDragonite

Long considered a mythical POKéMON until recently when a small colony was found living underwater.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#38
RarityUncommon
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic
TypeColorless
HP40
ResistancePsychic -30
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#147
Card IDbase4-38
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Dratini cards

There are 9 different Dratini printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Base Set 2 #38 (Uncommon).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Dratini (Base Set 2 #38) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Dratini from Base Set 2 is worth approximately $1.29 ungraded (near-mint), and around $73 in PSA 10 gem mint. Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

What is the PSA 10 price for Dratini?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Dratini from Base Set 2 is worth around $73 — roughly 57× the raw ungraded value of $1.29.

Should I grade my Dratini?

A PSA 10 sells for about $73 versus $1.29 raw — roughly a 57× uplift. Grading is worth it when that premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10. See the "Should you grade it?" estimate above for net profit per grade.

Is Dratini rare?

Dratini is a Uncommon card from Base Set 2 (card #38), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Its current blended market value is $1.29 ungraded.

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