How much is Dragonair 18/102 worth?

About $17.66 (TCGplayer market price, 2026-10-15). Graded copies sell for more.

What set is Dragonair 18/102 from?

Base Set (Base), released January 9, 1999.

Is Dragonair the most valuable card in Base Set?

No, it is the 17th most valuable of the 102 cards; the top card is Charizard 4 at $955.

Pokémon sets › Base Set › Dragonair

Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita · © Pokémon / Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK. Shown for identification.

Dragonair 18/102

Base Set · Rare · illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita

$17.66TCGplayer market price, 2026-10-15

-1%last 30 days (Cardmarket trend vs 30-day average)

#17 of 102most valuable in Base Set

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What Dragonair 18 is worth

Dragonair 18/102 sells for about $17.66 ungraded in near-mint condition. It is the 17th most valuable card in Base Set, and a small part of the set's total value. The typical (median) Rare in this set goes for $7.85, so this card sells at 2.2 times that. Among all 29 Dragonair cards, it ranks 14th by price.

Dragonair price by printing

Printing	Price	Source
Normal	$17.66	TCGplayer market, 2026-10-15
Any printing (Europe)	$22.08 €19.76	Cardmarket trend
Cheapest listing (Europe)	$1.23 €1.1	Cardmarket low

Recent Dragonair sales

Average sale price (Cardmarket)	USD	EUR
Last 30 days	$22.19	€19.86
Last 7 days	$14.93	€13.36
Last day	$15.05	€13.47

Euro prices converted at the European Central Bank rate of 2026-10-30 (1 EUR = 1.1172 USD).

Dragonair card details

Set	Base Set (Base, BS)
Number	18/102
Rarity	Rare
Card type	Stage 1 Colorless
HP	80
Evolves from	Dratini
Attacks	Slam Colorless, Colorless, Colorless · 30x damage Hyper Beam Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless · 20 damage
Resistance	Psychic -30
Retreat cost	2
Illustrator	Mitsuhiro Arita
Released	January 9, 1999
Printings	Normal, 1st Edition Shadowless Normal, Shadowless Normal, 1999 2000 Copyright Normal

How to tell you have this card

Look at the bottom of the card: it should read 18/102 next to the set code BS, and the rarity is Rare. The illustrator credit reads Mitsuhiro Arita. Not sure which set your card is from? Compare the symbol with our set symbol guide.

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More valuable Base Set cards

Charizard 4: $955
Blastoise 2: $227
Venusaur 15: $168
Mewtwo 10: $86.16
Alakazam 1: $71.22
Raichu 14: $63.54
Chansey 3: $56.48
Gyarados 6: $49.96

All Base Set chase cards → · Full Base Set card list

Prices in US dollars: TCGplayer market prices (via pokemontcg.io) where recent, otherwise the Cardmarket trend (via TCGdex) converted at the day's ECB rate. Ungraded, near-mint. Prices change daily; check the live listing before you buy or sell.