Dratini #38 value & price
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Dratini #38 is one of those quietly lovable cards from Base Set 2, the 2000 set that reintroduced a lot of trainers to the original 151 lineup. Illustrated by Ken Sugimori and classed as an uncommon, it's not the card that headlines anyone's binder, but it has stuck around because it's cheap to own and fun to track. If you're searching Dratini value or Dratini price, the short answer is that raw copies sit at $1, but the grading ladder above that tells a much more interesting story.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $1.41, down 18% over the past year, with an all-time high of $2.81 in February 2024.
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Dratini price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 400 graded, only 77 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $73 | 77 | 38 / 39 |
| PSA 9 | $15 | 139 | 82 / 57 |
| PSA 8 | $13 | 86 | 24 / 62 |
| PSA 7 | $10 | 50 | 15 / 35 |
| PSA 6 | $8.00 | 32 | 10 / 22 |
| PSA 5 | $7.00 | 13 | 9 / 4 |
| PSA 4 | $6.00 | 2 | - / 2 |
| PSA 3 | $5.00 | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 2 | $5.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $1.30 | - | - |
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 2
- Card number
- 38 of 130
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Colorless
- HP
- 40
- Stage
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Released
- 2000
Attacks
- Pound10Colorless
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The collector's take on Dratini
Is Dratini worth grading?
Here's the honest take on whether Dratini is worth grading: a raw copy books at $1, a Grade 9 jumps to $15, and a PSA 10 sits at $73, which works out to 58.4x the raw price. That's a real multiplier on paper, but getting a Dratini to gem mint isn't guaranteed, plenty of copies come back as an 8 or 9 because of centering or small print-line issues from this era of printing. Grading fees, shipping, and turnaround time all eat into that potential upside, so it only really makes sense if you already suspect the card is sharp, or if you're grading a batch anyway and Dratini is just riding along. For a single average copy, it's often more of a hobby project than a money move.
How rare is Dratini?
Across all grading companies combined, PackSpy shows only 400 total graded copies of this Dratini, and of those, just 77 have reached PSA 10. That's a fairly tight gem mint population for a card this old, and it explains why the PSA 10 price holds up at $73 even though the raw card is only worth $1. Scarcity at the top end doesn't always mean the card is rare in general, plenty of raw copies are floating around, but it does mean a true gem mint Dratini is genuinely harder to find than the low raw price would suggest.
Where can you pull Dratini?
This is where PackSpy's data actually earns its keep, because we track real pulls across pack sites instead of just guessing at odds. Dratini has been recorded 102 times across courtyard, mnstr, collector-crypt, and packs, showing up in products like the Pokémon Starter Pack, Pack 5, Pokémon Pro Pack, Legendary Pokémon Gacha Pack, and Puffer's Packs. The biggest recorded pull value for this card was $185, which is a nice reminder that even an uncommon can occasionally land in a high value slot depending on the pack. That said, opening packs is gambling by nature, most rips don't beat what you paid, so if you specifically want a Dratini, buying one raw or graded on the secondary market is usually the steadier route.
Questions people ask
How much is Dratini worth?+
A raw, ungraded Dratini #38 from Base Set 2 is valued at $1. Once you move into graded copies the price climbs quickly, with a Grade 9 at $15 and a PSA 10 reaching $73, so condition really is everything with this card.
Is Dratini worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for 58.4x what a raw copy is worth. But gem mint status isn't easy to hit, and grading costs and time need to be weighed against that $73 ceiling before you send one in.
How much is a PSA 10 Dratini worth?+
A PSA 10 Dratini #38 is valued at $73. That's out of a total population of 400 graded copies, only 77 of which have earned that gem mint grade, which is part of why the top grade commands such a premium over the raw price.
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