Dragonair #18 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 26 Aug 2026Related Dragonair & chase cards
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Dragonair is that classic middle step in the Dratini evolution line, pulled straight from the original 1999 Base Set and brought to life by Mitsuhiro Arita's artwork, which still looks great over two decades later. It's a Rare card, not a chase holo, but it's a genuine piece of Pokemon history that a lot of collectors want in their binders. If you landed here checking Dragonair value, here's the real picture: raw copies are affordable, and the numbers only get interesting once you start talking grading.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $11, up 47% over the past year, with an all-time high of $11 in September 2026.
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Dragonair price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 970 graded, only 107 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $337 | 107 | 26 / 81 |
| PSA 9 | $74 | 199 | 58 / 141 |
| PSA 8 | $48 | 285 | 32 / 253 |
| PSA 7 | $30 | 161 | 10 / 151 |
| PSA 6 | $24 | 101 | 3 / 98 |
| PSA 5 | $21 | 74 | 10 / 64 |
| PSA 4 | $17 | 33 | 3 / 30 |
| PSA 3 | $14 | 9 | - / 9 |
| PSA 2 | $13 | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 1 | $56 | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $11 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Base Set
- Card number
- 18 of 102
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Colorless
- HP
- 80
- Stage
- Stage1
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Released
- 1999
Attacks
- Slam30xColorless · Colorless · Colorless
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.
- Hyper Beam20Colorless · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless
If the Defending Pokémon has any Energy cards attached to it, choose 1 of them and discard it.
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The collector's take on Dragonair
Is Dragonair worth grading?
So is Dragonair worth grading? Honestly, it depends on what you're hoping to get out of it. A raw, ungraded copy is valued at $8, a Grade 9 comes in at $58, and a PSA 10 sits at $26, which works out to roughly 3.4 times the raw price once it earns that gem mint label. That Grade 9 number is worth paying attention to, since a strong near-perfect copy can actually outperform a flawless one here, so it's not always about chasing the top grade. Grading costs money and takes time, and there's no guarantee your card comes back at the grade you're hoping for, so weigh that against what you're actually trying to achieve before you send one in.
How rare is Dragonair?
Across every submission on record, only 960 copies of this Dragonair have been graded, and of those, just 107 have come back a PSA 10. That's a little over one in ten making the cut for gem mint, which tells you that even though this isn't the rarest card from Base Set, hitting a flawless copy is genuinely tough. That kind of population spread is exactly why the PSA 10 price sits where it does relative to the raw card, scarcity at the top end always pulls value upward, even on cards that aren't considered chase pulls.
Where can you pull Dragonair?
This is where PackSpy's own data comes in handy, since we track real pulls across pack sites rather than relying on price guides alone. Dragonair has been pulled 200 or more times across sites like tilt-rips, courtyard, collector-crypt, mnstr, and packs, so it's a card that shows up with some regularity if you're opening from the right products. We've also recorded it surfacing in packs such as Rookie Pack, Novice Pack, Wildcard 3: Inferno, Pokemon Dime Pack, and Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, and the biggest single pull we've logged for this card hit $1,012. Worth remembering though, opening packs is a gamble by nature, and most rips don't come close to that kind of number, so never spend more chasing it than you're comfortable losing.
Questions people ask
How much is Dragonair worth?+
A raw, ungraded Dragonair is valued at $8. Once graded, that number shifts depending on the grade, with a Grade 9 reaching $58 and a PSA 10 sitting at $26, so condition and certification make a real difference here.
Is Dragonair worth grading?+
It can be, especially since a PSA 10 runs about 3.4 times the raw price. But only 107 out of 960 graded copies have hit that gem mint grade, so it's not a sure thing, and you should factor in grading fees before deciding if it's worth the gamble.
How much is a PSA 10 Dragonair worth?+
A PSA 10 Dragonair is valued at $26. That's roughly 3.4 times what a raw copy sells for, though with only 107 PSA 10s in a total population of 960 graded cards, getting there isn't guaranteed.
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