Dratini26/102 · Base Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Unlimited
Pack fresh $6est.
- PSA 8$503 sold · 90d · pop 454
- PSA 9$504 sold · 90d · pop 839
- PSA 10$1534 sold · 90d · pop 418
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Base #26/102, 1999. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
A black “EDITION 1” stamp sits to the left of the picture, between the illustration and the card's lower text. No stamp means it is not 1st Edition, whatever else the listing says.
On the WOTC printings (1999–2002): a grey drop shadow runs down the right side of the picture frame, and there is no edition stamp. This is the common printing and the cheapest of the three.
The same name and number exists in other sets. The number printed on your card is what separates them — this page prices 26/102.
What's your copy worth?
Estimated. This card has enough sales to price the top 15% but not the top 5%, so pack-fresh is projected from the gap we measure between those two tiers on cards that do — about 1.4x on vintage, 1.2x on modern. $5.01. That's about +80% over a typical Near Mint copy.
ⓘ How do we work this out?
We take every real sale of this exact card over the last 12 months (23 sales), sort them by price, and read off the top 15% and top 5%. No multipliers, no guesses — the prices cleaner copies actually fetched.
Why cleaner copies cost more: buyers can see condition in the photos and pay for it. Listings sellers describe as pack fresh or gem mint land in this top band 1.7× more often than ordinary ones — the premium follows the card, not the hype.
Copies in this band are also the ones collectors send to grading: far more likely than a typical binder copy to be submitted at all — and to come back with the strong grade that carries the PSA prices shown on this page. That prospect is part of what buyers are paying for here.
These are read straight off this card's own completed sales — sort them by price and take the top 15% and top 5%. Whether your copy qualifies is a judgment made by looking at the card.
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Dratini is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Base (#26, released 1999), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Basic Colorless-type Pokémon with 40 HP. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 14 September 2026.
Dratini price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence72 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Very liquid — Sells often
7 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 28 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$2.6075 sales · 72 in 90d, sells often
- CGC 9$25.009 sales · 6 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$2205 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$55.454 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 7$9.004 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 8$39.993 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 6$7.203 sales
- CGC 10$1133 sales
Is Dratini worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $50 against the $74 you put in, a $24 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $50–$220. Averaged over every outcome that is +$3 a card.
That is the average submitted copy. Tell us about yours and the verdict re-prices — most cards stop being worth grading here. Not sure? Grade it from a photo →
These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.
Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population report, the ROI table and the price ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.
- PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and its own fees, with Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market actually pays for.
- Lightly and moderately played — the same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
- Ask vs sold — what the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
- Momentum — the 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
- Where it sells higher — the Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
- Population history — the weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.
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.
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 grade | Est. value | Grading fee | Net vs raw | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $153.00 | $72 | +$79 | 55.0× |
| PSA 9 | $50.00 | $70 | −$23 | 18.0× |
| PSA 8 | $49.99 | $70 | −$23 | 18.0× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 2,079 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 20.1% | $220.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 39.8% | $50.00 |
| PSA 8 | 20.5% | $49.99 |
| PSA 7 | 9% | $17.50 |
| PSA 6 | 6.4% | $2.78 |
| PSA 5 | 2.5% | $2.78 |
| PSA 4 | 1% | $2.78 |
| PSA 3 | 0.3% | $2.78 |
| PSA 2 | 0.2% | $2.78 |
| PSA 1 | 0.1% | $2.78 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0% | $2.78 |
Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-08-26; 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 & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
418 of the 2,125 PSA-graded Dratini copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 20%. The rest graded lower.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 2,125.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 1,989.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 42.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 57.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Dratini 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Dratini 26/102 UC MP Base Set Unlimited 1999 PokemonRaw · eBay$0.99
Dratini 26/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Moderately PlayedRaw · eBay$0.99
POKEMON DRATINI 26 BASE SET UNLIMITED 102 UNCOMMON MPRaw · eBay$0.99
Pokémon Base Set Dratini 26/102 Uncommon Card MPRaw · eBay$1.00
Dratini - Base Set - 26/102 - Pokemon TCG - MPRaw · eBay$1.29
Dratini 26/102 Base Set UnlimitedRaw · eBay$1.43Cheapest raw copy $1.43 — 49% below our near-mint estimate of $3
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 418 | ✓ 5 cert-verified$153 | |
| PSA 9pop 839 | $50$43–$57 | |
| PSA 8pop 454 | $50$42–$57 | |
| PSA 7pop 189 | modelled$18$15–$20 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately
Price by variant
Priced per printing — some from our own completed sales, the rest from TCGplayer's market price. Reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
🔥 Trending in the community
#176 on the radarDratini is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
What people are saying: “[US,US] [H] VINTAGE AND MODERN SLABS [W] PAYPAL” · 6↑
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
“Long considered a mythical Pokémon until recently, when a small colony was found living underwater.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Dratini cards
There are 27 different Dratini printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Base #26 (Uncommon). The most valuable 7 are below.
More from Base
Frequently asked questions
How much is Dratini (Base #26) worth?
As of 14 September 2026, Dratini from Base is worth approximately $2.78 ungraded (near-mint), and around $153 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 is worth around $153 — roughly 55× the raw ungraded value of $2.78.
Should I grade my Dratini?
Grading is worth it when the PSA 10 premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10 — the "Should you grade it?" estimate above works that out per grade, net of the current fee.
Is Dratini rare?
Dratini is a Uncommon card from Base (card #26).
How do I know if my Dratini is 1st Edition?
Bottom-left of the illustration window: A black “EDITION 1” stamp sits to the left of the picture, between the illustration and the card's lower text. No stamp means it is not 1st Edition, whatever else the listing says.
How do I know if my Dratini is Unlimited?
Right-hand edge of the illustration window: On the WOTC printings (1999–2002): a grey drop shadow runs down the right side of the picture frame, and there is no edition stamp. This is the common printing and the cheapest of the three.
How do I tell this Dratini apart from the Dragon one?
They share a name and a card number but come from different sets, and the number printed on the card tells them apart: this one is 26/102 (Base, 1999) and the other is 26/97 (Dragon, 2003).
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