Base · #18 · 1999
Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card.
$18.15
down9% · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 12, 2026
Set rank: Where this card's market price ranks among the priced cards in its set — #1 is the set's most valuable card. in Base
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Right now Dragonair trades at $18.15 for the Normal printing (TCGplayer market price).
That makes it the 15th most valuable of Base's 101 priced cards. (Charizard leads the set at $928.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 123.5% — from $8.12 to $18.15. Over the last year it's climbed 24.2%, from $14.61 to $18.15. The 90-day move: up 9%, $16.65 to $18.15. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $20.36 in September 2026; its lowest, $6.67 in February 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $20.36 at the top and $17.46 at the bottom. That's the Normal printing — the same card also trades as the Shadowless 1st Edition at $198 and the Shadowless Unlimited at $57.04. On Cardmarket, the European printings of this card go for about €13.44.
By Printing
By printing: Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card. $18.15 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $198 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $57.04
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Normal printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Slam30×
Cost: Colorless, Colorless, Colorless
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.
Hyper Beam20
Cost: Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless
If the Defending Pokémon has any Energy cards attached to it, choose 1 of them and discard it.
“A mystical Pokémon that exudes a gentle aura. Has the ability to change climate conditions.”
About $18.15 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 12, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 9% over the last 3 months — from $16.65 to $18.15 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 24%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $20.36 — that was September 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
The European printings list around €13.44 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $18.15 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Dragonair (Base #18). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
Cards trading near $18.15 today.
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