Dragon-Type Pokémon Cards: Popular Cards, Weakness and How They Play

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Dragon at a Glance

Standard figures count every Pokémon legal in Standard on October 15, 2026, each card once however often it was reprinted. Printing figures count every English printing.

Dragon

Video game typesDragon types, since 2012. Before that, Dragons such as Dragonite were Colorless.

Pokémon in Standard52

Weak to (share of its Standard cards)Nothing

ResistsNone

Standard Pokémon weak to DragonNone

Basic Energy cardNone: its costs are paid with other Energy

First expansionDragons Exalted (2012)

Pokémon cards printed in English541

Most printed PokémonDragonite (32), Rayquaza (30), Altaria (19)

All 11 types and the full Weakness chart →

How Dragon Plays

Every Dragon deck is a two-type deck. Dragapult ex's Phantom Dive costs Fire and Psychic and does 200 plus 6 damage counters spread across your opponent's Bench, Raging Bolt ex's Bellowing Thunder costs Lightning and Fighting and does 70 for each Basic Energy you discard from your Pokémon, and Mega Dragonite ex's Ryuno Glide costs Water and two Lightning for 330.

The reward for the awkward costs is power and no Weakness. Tatsugiri ex's Cinnabar Lure fills your Bench from the top 10 cards of your deck, and Mega Latias ex's Illusory Impulse does 300.

Things to Know About Dragon Pokémon Cards

There is no Basic Dragon Energy. Dragon attacks are paid with other types' Energy, usually two different ones.
No Dragon Pokémon in Standard has a Weakness or a Resistance, and no Standard Pokémon is weak to Dragon.
Older Dragons did have a Weakness: Dragon in the Black & White series and Fairy in XY and Sun & Moon. Lillie's Clefairy ex gives today's Dragons a Psychic Weakness.
The Dragon type arrived in Dragons Exalted in 2012. Dragonite and other earlier Dragons were Colorless cards.

Popular Dragon Pokémon in Standard

Dragon Pokémon legal in Standard that show what the type does. Not a ranking: each is here for what its text does.

Dragapult ex

Twilight Masquerade #130

Raging Bolt ex

Temporal Forces #123

Mega Dragonite ex

Ascended Heroes #152

Tatsugiri ex

Surging Sparks #142

Dragapult ex: Phantom Dive costs Fire and Psychic, does 200 and places 6 damage counters on your opponent's Benched Pokémon however you like.
Raging Bolt ex: Bellowing Thunder costs Lightning and Fighting and does 70 for each Basic Energy you discard from your Pokémon; Burst Roar redraws 6.
Mega Dragonite ex: Sky Transport switches your Active Pokémon once a turn; Ryuno Glide costs Water and two Lightning and does 330.
Tatsugiri ex: Cinnabar Lure puts any Pokémon from the top 10 cards of your deck onto your Bench.

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Most Valuable Dragon Cards

The highest-priced Dragon Pokémon of the Scarlet & Violet and Mega Evolution series, one printing per card name, by TCGplayer market price on November 2, 2026. Prices change daily; each card's page has today's.

Mega Dragonite ex

Ascended Heroes #290

$426.51

Dragapult ex

Prismatic Evolutions #165

$82.29

Mega Latias ex

Mega Evolution #181

$63.67

Raging Bolt ex

Prismatic Evolutions #166

$59.97

Haxorus

Black Bolt #147

$55.76

Altaria ex

Paradox Rift #253

$43.78

Classic Dragon Cards Collectors Know

Older cards that collectors know the type by. No prices here: vintage cards sell too rarely, in too many conditions, for one number to mean much. How to check what your Pokémon cards are worth →

M Charizard-EX

Flashfire #108

Latias & Latios-GX

Team Up #170

Rayquaza VMAX

Evolving Skies #218

M Charizard-EX: The Secret Rare Mega Charizard X from Flashfire (2014), a Dragon-type Charizard.
Latias & Latios-GX: The alternate art TAG TEAM from Team Up (2019).
Rayquaza VMAX: The alternate art from Evolving Skies (2021).

The Other Types

Grass Plants and Bugs. Grass decks heal, move Energy around and power up off Grass Energy in play, and almost every Grass Pokémon is weak to Fire. Fire Big damage that costs Energy. Fire attacks often discard Energy to hit hard, Charizard is the type's face, and Fire is weak to Water. Water The biggest type by printings. Water covers Water and Ice Pokémon, mixes raw damage with damage counters, and is weak to Lightning or, for Ice types, Metal. Lightning Pikachu's type. Lightning decks attach Energy fast and hit hard for it, Lightning is weak to Fighting, and it hits Water and Flying Pokémon for Weakness. Psychic Mewtwo, Mew and Gardevoir. Psychic decks scale damage off Energy and bend the rules, and Psychic is weak to Darkness or, for Fairy-origin Pokémon, Metal. Fighting Lucario, Machamp and the Rock and Ground Pokémon. Fighting decks hit hard and cheaply, and Fighting is the type the most Standard Pokémon are weak to. Darkness Umbreon, Darkrai and the Poison Pokémon. Darkness decks disrupt, poison and punish, and Darkness hits Psychic Pokémon for Weakness. Metal The card game's Steel type. Metal Pokémon are bulky, resist Grass, and hit Fairy-origin and Ice Pokémon for Weakness; Fire is their problem. Fairy The retired type. Fairy cards were printed from XY to Sun & Moon, were weak to Metal and resisted Darkness, and today's Fairy Pokémon are Psychic. Colorless Fits in any deck. Colorless costs can be paid with any Energy, so Colorless Pokémon such as Snorlax, Eevee and Bloodmoon Ursaluna slot into every type.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Dragon type weak to in the Pokémon TCG?

Nothing in Standard. All 52 Dragon Pokémon legal in Standard as of October 15, 2026 have no Weakness. Older Dragons were weak to Dragon (Black & White series) or Fairy (XY and Sun & Moon).

Is there Dragon Energy in the Pokémon TCG?

There is no Basic Dragon Energy card. Dragon attacks cost other types of Energy, such as Fire and Psychic for Dragapult ex's Phantom Dive.

What is the most valuable Dragon-type Pokémon card?

Of the Scarlet & Violet and Mega Evolution series, Mega Dragonite ex from Ascended Heroes at $426.51 on TCGplayer as of November 2, 2026. Older cards, such as the vintage Shining and Gold Star cards, can sell for more, but they trade too rarely for one price to mean much.

Which Pokémon has the most Dragon-type cards?

Dragonite, with 32 English Dragon cards counting every printing, then Rayquaza (30) and Altaria (19).

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