Dragon Booster Pack

Dragon Booster Pack guide

What's inside the Dragon Booster Pack

One sealed Dragon Booster Pack contains a random selection of 9 to 11 cards, with at least one rare, all from Dragon.

Vintage packs came with different artwork on the wrapper, and collectors often pay more for a particular Pokémon on the front. Some sellers also list "heavy" packs picked by weight to hold a holo, which is worth knowing before you buy loose packs.

1st Edition and Unlimited booster packs are both listed here, and 1st Edition sells for far more, so check the listing title before comparing prices.

About Dragon

Built around Dragon-type Pokémon, with Rayquaza ex as its centrepiece and the Charmander line as secret rares. Released on 24 November 2003, it belongs to the Wizards of the Coast era, when Pokémon cards first took off and print runs were far smaller than today. It came out 23 years ago, so most sealed stock has been opened and what is left sits with collectors.

Dragon has 97 cards in its main numbering, plus 3 secret rares numbered beyond it.

The cards a Dragon Booster Pack can hold

The Dragon cards collectors most want to pull are Rayquaza ex, Salamence ex, Dragonite ex and Charizard. Any one pack can hold them, but most packs will not: buying the single card is usually cheaper than opening for it.

Our catalogue lists the set's rarest tiers as 12 Holo Rares and 22 Rares. Prices for every card are on the Dragon set page.

Dragon Booster Pack price today

There are 10 matching listings on eBay at the moment (ebay.de from €18.40, ebay.co.uk from €33.44, ebay.com from €19.23). The lowest total with delivery to Germany is €18.40, against a typical asking price of €28.03.

Bear in mind these are asking prices rather than sold prices: sellers at the top of the range often accept offers or wait a long time to sell.

Is the Dragon Booster Pack a good investment?

Sealed Dragon is now a collector's item: very few unopened booster packs survive, and each one opened makes the rest rarer. Condition and authenticity matter more than anything else at this age. Single packs are the easiest to resell but also the most likely to have been searched or weighed. Watch the price of Rayquaza ex, the set's headline card, since sealed Dragon tends to move with it.

None of this is financial advice: sealed prices can fall as well as rise. Our guide should you buy sealed Pokémon products? weighs up both sides.

Before you buy

Look closely at the wrapping in the photos. Factory wrap on packs is tight and crimped evenly at both ends; baggy, shiny or uneven wrap is a common sign of a reseal. Avoid "weighed" or searched packs from bulk sellers: some sellers weigh packs to pull the holos out first. For product this old, ask whether it has been checked by an authenticator: fakes and resealed vintage boxes are made to fool buyers. Compare the total with delivery, not just the price, and store sealed product flat, out of sunlight and away from damp.