Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Team Rocket's Houndoom
Destined Rivals · #191 · Illustration Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$16.42
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 191 / 244
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Illustration Rare
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Team Rocket's Houndour
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- nagimiso
- Pokédex #
- 229
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 120 damage
- 60 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Team Rocket's Houndoom plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Burn — 20 damage between turns, then a coin flip to clear it. Chip damage with a coin-flip tail.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Its main attack (Scorching Fire) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Hits for 120 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥65 effectively one-shots it.
How to beat Team Rocket's Houndoom
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3 copies on average · 1 decks
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by nagimiso
This card was illustrated by nagimiso.
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About this card
"If you are burned by the flames it shoots from its mouth, the pain will never go away."
RCruel Coal
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Burned and Confused.
RCScorching Fire — 120
Discard an Energy from this Pokémon.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Team Rocket's Houndoom or Destined Rivals.
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Team Rocket's Houndoom was legal.
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Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $14.00 | $18.41 | $140.71 | $16.42 | $19.37 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/18| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €13.78 |
| 7-day average | €15.50 |
| 30-day average | €16.25 |
| Low | €9.50 |
| Trend price | €15.85 |
| Low (excellent+) | €9.79 |
| averageSellPrice | €16.28 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Team Rocket's Houndoom is real?
Team Rocket's Houndoom is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Team Rocket's Houndoom worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Team Rocket's Houndoom is $16.42; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Team Rocket's Houndoom from?
Team Rocket's Houndoom is from the Pokémon set "Destined Rivals" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Team Rocket's Houndoom?
Team Rocket's Houndoom is a Illustration Rare card in the Destined Rivals set.
Other Team Rocket's Houndoom printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
