Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Houndour
Great Encounters · #69 · Common · 2008
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Market reference
$0.45
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 69 / 106
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Houndoom
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 228
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Houndour plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Houndour
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Houndour?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It conveys its feelings using different cries. It works in a pack to cleverly take down prey."
REmber — 20
Flip a coin. If tails, discard a Fire Energy attached to Houndour.
CCSmash Kick — 20
Weakness:W+10
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.15 | $0.37 | $19.98 | $0.45 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.72 | $10.94 | $66.90 | $5.37 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.05 |
| 7-day average | €0.10 |
| 30-day average | €0.13 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.15 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.70 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.45 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.86 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.14 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.14 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.42 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Houndour is real?
Houndour 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 Houndour worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Houndour is $0.45; 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 Houndour from?
Houndour is from the Pokémon set "Great Encounters" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Houndour?
Houndour is a Common card in the Great Encounters set.
Other Houndour printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
