Question 1

Is Dragonite worth grading?

Accepted Answer

Here's where the Dragonite price story gets interesting. A raw, ungraded copy sits at $79, but a PSA 10 of this same card is valued at $13,227, which works out to roughly 168.0x the raw price. That's a massive gap, and it's the reason so many people ask if grading is worth it. The honest answer is that gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a 1999 card like this, corners soften and print lines show up more than people expect, and grading costs money and time with no guarantee you'll land a 10 instead of a 9. A Grade 9 copy is worth $753, still a nice jump from raw, but nowhere near PSA 10 territory. If your copy already looks sharp under a light, grading can make sense. If it's got visible wear, you might be better off enjoying it or selling it raw.

Question 2

How rare is Dragonite?

Accepted Answer

Scarcity is really the heart of why that PSA 10 number is so high. Across every submission on record, there are 18,585 graded copies of this card, and out of all of those, only 127 have ever come back as a PSA 10. That's a tiny sliver at the very top of a fairly large graded population. It tells you that most copies that get sent in end up somewhere in the middle, and true gem mint examples are the rare exception rather than the rule, which is exactly what keeps that top grade so valuable.

Question 3

Where can you pull Dragonite?

Accepted Answer

This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, because we follow real pack openings across sites rather than just guessing. Dragonite has been recorded pulled 126 times across courtyard, collector-crypt, and mnstr, and the biggest recorded pull value we've logged came in at $2,237. It's shown up in packs like the Pokémon Pro Pack, the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, and across The Amazing Chase series including Day 5, Pack 2, and Day 1. So it does turn up in modern pack breaks, but worth saying plainly: opening packs is a gamble, most rips don't come close to that biggest hit, and plenty of collectors end up buying their Dragonite on the secondary market instead of chasing it in a pack.

Question 4

How much is Dragonite worth?

Accepted Answer

A raw, ungraded Dragonite #4 from Fossil is valued at $79. Grading pushes that up a lot, with a Grade 9 sitting at $753 and a PSA 10 reaching $13,227, so the worth really depends on the condition and whether it's been graded.

Question 5

Is Dragonite worth grading?

Accepted Answer

It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth about 168.0x the raw price. But only 127 out of 18,585 graded copies have hit that top grade, so gem mint is rare and grading is a real gamble on condition, not a sure thing.

Question 6

What set is Dragonite from?

Accepted Answer

This Dragonite is card #4 from the Fossil set, released in 1999. It's a Rare card illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno, and it's one of the more recognizable pulls from that era of Pokémon cards.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$13k	129	60 / 69
PSA 9	$732	1,953	1,474 / 479
PSA 8	$243	5,172	3,789 / 1,383
PSA 7	$174	4,047	3,346 / 701
PSA 6	$125	3,429	2,903 / 526
PSA 5	$91	2,320	1,998 / 322
PSA 4	$78	939	800 / 139
PSA 3	$76	339	289 / 50
PSA 2	$44	148	134 / 14
PSA 1	$123	161	153 / 8
Raw / Ungraded	$86	-	-

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