Dragonite #72 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Dragonite & chase cards
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Dragonite has always been one of those Pokemon that collectors just love seeing pulled, and this version, card #72 from the 2016 Japanese Paradigm Trigger set, is a lovely Ultra Rare illustrated by Ayaka Yoshida. If you're trying to figure out Dragonite value or Dragonite price right now, the short answer is that it's a fun, affordable card in most conditions, but its story gets more interesting once grading enters the picture.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $1.99, down 15% over the past year, with an all-time high of $2.72 in February 2025.
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Dragonite price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 1,420 graded, only 1,089 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $63 | 1,089 | 164 / 925 |
| PSA 9 | $14 | 198 | 13 / 185 |
| PSA 8 | - | 105 | 2 / 103 |
| PSA 7 | - | 23 | - / 23 |
| PSA 6 | - | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 5 | $5.00 | 3 | 1 / 2 |
| PSA 4 | $4.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | $3.00 | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 2 | $3.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $1.99 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 72
- Rarity
- Ultra Rare
- Type
- Colorless
- HP
- 180
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Retreat cost
- 3
- Illustrator
- Ayaka Yoshida
Attacks
- Hyper Beam130Colorless · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless
Discard an Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon.
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The collector's take on Dragonite
Is Dragonite worth grading?
So is Dragonite worth grading? Let's be honest about the math first. A raw, ungraded copy sits at $2, a Grade 9 comes in at $13, and a PSA 10 jumps all the way up to $164, which works out to about 78.5 times the raw price. That's a real gap, and it's the kind of gap that makes grading tempting. The good news is that hitting gem mint on this card isn't some impossible longshot: a large share of graded copies do come back as PSA 10. Still, grading costs money and takes time, and there's no guarantee your copy makes the cut, so it only really makes sense if the card is already sharp in hand, clean corners, centered, no surface wear. If it's rough, spending on grading fees to end up with a $13 Grade 9 just doesn't add up.
How rare is Dragonite?
Right now there are 1,402 total graded copies of this Dragonite on record, and out of those, 1,077 are sitting at PSA 10. That's a striking number: it means the overwhelming majority of graded copies land in that top gem mint tier, with only a smaller slice spread across lower grades. For collectors, that tells you this card tends to survive the grading process well when it's submitted in decent shape, which is part of why the PSA 10 price sits where it does even though the population isn't tiny.
Where can you pull Dragonite?
This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, because we've recorded Dragonite pulled 90 times across courtyard, collector-crypt, tilt-rips, and mnstr, and the biggest single pull we've logged came in at $2,442. It's shown up in packs like the Pokemon Pro Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, Wildcard 3: Inferno, Pokemon Master Pack, and The Amazing Chase Encore. Worth remembering though: pulling any specific card, Dragonite included, is never guaranteed, and opening packs is fundamentally a gamble where most rips don't beat what you paid. If you specifically want this Dragonite in hand, buying a graded copy on the secondary market is often the more reliable route than chasing it through packs.
Questions people ask
How much is Dragonite worth?+
A raw, ungraded Dragonite #72 from Paradigm Trigger is valued around $2. Once graded, that value climbs, with a Grade 9 sitting at $13 and a PSA 10 reaching $164, so condition and grading make a real difference to Dragonite value.
Is Dragonite worth grading?+
It can be, especially since a PSA 10 sells for roughly 78.5 times what a raw copy goes for. That said, grading has costs and no guaranteed outcome, so it's best suited to copies that already look clean and well centered rather than ones with visible wear.
How much is a PSA 10 Dragonite worth?+
A PSA 10 Dragonite is valued at $164. Out of 1,402 total graded copies on record, 1,077 have earned that PSA 10 grade, which is a notably high share for this card.
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