# Altaria #2/97 — Dragon

## Summary

Altaria is a Hoenn favorite, the cloud-winged Dragon-type that fans adopted early and never let go, and Atsuko Nishida, one of the original Pokémon artists, carries her own following. A Holo Rare in the Dragon set was a solid mid-tier pull, desirable without being the chase slot. At a $70 modelled guide, up 13% over 30 days on 16 copies traded, with 50 days of inventory on the board, this printing is almost entirely collector premium, since the same card plays for $0.19 out of Surging Sparks; PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Dragon |
| Number | 2/97 |
| Rarity | Holo Rare |
| Era | EX |
| Illustrator | Atsuko Nishida |
| Release date | 2003-11-24 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage1 |
| Evolves from | Swablu |
| HP | 80 |
| Types | Colorless |
| Attack: Dragon Dance | cost Colorless — During your next turn, if any of your current Active Pokémon does damage to any Defending Pokémon, this attack does 40 more damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance). |
| Attack: Dragon Song | cost Water/Lightning — damage 30 — Each Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. |
| Weakness | Colorless x2 |
| Resistance | Grass -30, Fighting -30 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Altaria #334](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/altaria) |
| Finishes | Holo, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$70.42** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-14
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: +4.00% · 7d change: 0.00% — as of 2026-11-14
- Floor delivered ask: $104.99 — as of 2026-11-15T05:01:08.231Z
- Quant score: 56/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-15T05:01:08.231Z — 5 of 11 inputs · 55% weight · -22% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2003-11-24T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-11-14T22:23:58.497Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-11-12T02:29:09.947Z, confidence 85%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-14T22:23:58.497Z, confidence 80%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-14T22:23:58.497Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-15T06:57:14.226Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/dragon/altaria-2)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aex3-2%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)