Pokémon · Neo
Houndour
Neo Discovery · #5 · Rare Holo · 2001
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$139.24
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 5 / 75
- Release year
- 2001
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Houndoom
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Aya Kusube
- Pokédex #
- 228
- Series
- Neo
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
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.
- Inflicts Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Its main attack (Collect Fire) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- 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.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Aya Kusube
This card was illustrated by Aya Kusube.
Building around Houndour?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"To corner prey, they check each other's location using barks that only they can understand."
RSmog — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
RRCollect Fire — 20
If there are any Fire Energy cards in your discard pile, choose 1 of them and attach it to Houndour.
Weakness:W×2
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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited Holofoil | $78.00 | $149.99 | $1,682.26 | $92.43 | $1,682.26 |
| 1st Edition Holofoil | $235.00 | $390.00 | $639.63 | $139.24 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €79.99 |
| 7-day average | €35.22 |
| 30-day average | €88.86 |
| Low | €8.90 |
| Trend price | €45.69 |
| Low (excellent+) | €40.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €34.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €16.93 |
| averageSellPrice | €111.59 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €16.82 |
| Reverse holo trend | €16.92 |
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 $139.24; 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 "Neo Discovery" in the Neo series, released in 2001.
What rarity is Houndour?
Houndour is a Rare Holo card in the Neo Discovery set.
Other Houndour printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
