Pokémon · Black & White
Houndour
Plasma Blast · #55 · Common · 2013
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.51
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 55 / 105
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Houndoom
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Sumiyoshi Kizuki
- Pokédex #
- 228
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- 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
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.
- Its main attack (Ambush) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Darkness Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Darkness type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥30 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 Fighting weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
More by Sumiyoshi Kizuki
This card was illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Building around Houndour?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It is smart enough to hunt in packs. It uses a variety of cries for communicating with others."
CRoar
Your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon.
DCAmbush — 20+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 more damage.
Weakness:F×2
Resistance:P-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Houndour or Plasma Blast.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Houndour was legal.
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
1
ran Houndour
Tournaments scanned
302
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
1 top-cut deck · best finish 7th
Top decks running Houndour
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 2026/07/27| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.08 | $0.45 | $18.36 | $0.51 | $0.19 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.88 | $1.08 | $19.98 | $1.26 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.24 |
| 7-day average | €0.14 |
| 30-day average | €0.16 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.17 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.24 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.45 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.95 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.20 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.17 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.69 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.18 |
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 $0.51; 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 "Plasma Blast" in the Black & White series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Houndour?
Houndour is a Common card in the Plasma Blast set.
Other Houndour printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
