# Dratini #53/109 — Team Rocket Returns

## Summary

Dratini is a Gen I favorite whose pseudo-legendary evolution line keeps nostalgic fans loyal, and Atsuko Nishida, one of the original Pokémon card artists, adds a note of pedigree. Still a Team Rocket Returns common, it was filler in its own pack, so demand is sentimental rather than scarce. At an $8.01 modelled guide, up 1% over 30 days on 16 copies traded, with 360 days of inventory on the board, this printing is almost entirely collector premium, since the same card plays for $0.21 out of Ascended Heroes; PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Team Rocket Returns |
| Number | 53/109 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Era | EX |
| Illustrator | Atsuko Nishida |
| Release date | 2004-11-01 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 50 |
| Types | Colorless |
| Attack: Dragon Song | cost Colorless — Each Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. |
| Attack: Tail Strike | cost Water/Lightning — damage 20+ — Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage. |
| Weakness | Colorless ×2 |
| Resistance | Grass -30, Fighting -30 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Dratini #147](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/dratini) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$8.01** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-10-24T22:34:37.023Z
- 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: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-10-24T22:34:37.023Z
- Floor delivered ask: $3.78 — as of 2026-10-24T22:34:37.023Z
- Quant score: 33/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-10-24T22:34:37.023Z — 4 of 11 inputs · 38% weight · -31% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2004-11-01T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-12T09:04:02.094Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-09-28T00:46:03.344Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-09-27T20:52:49.197Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-09-28T00:46:03.344Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-09T17:38:07.010Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/team-rocket-returns/dratini-53)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aex7-53%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)