Pokémon · POP
Ho-Oh
POP Series 5 · #1 · Rare · 2007
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$48.08
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 1 / 17
- Release year
- 2007
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 250
- Series
- POP
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 15 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 Ho-Oh 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 (Fire Blast) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Ho-Oh
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 30 decks
- Match win rate
- 45.1%
- -2.1 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Brock's Scouting
in 48% of decks · 15 seen
Combusken
in 39% of decks · 12 seen
Torchic
in 39% of decks · 12 seen
Blaziken ex
in 39% of decks · 12 seen
Area Zero Underdepths
in 48% of decks · 15 seen
Lillie's Clefairy ex
in 84% of decks · 26 seen
Dragapult ex
in 68% of decks · 21 seen
Team Rocket's Watchtower
in 52% of decks · 16 seen
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Ho-Oh?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
RCFire Wing — 20
RRRCFire Blast — 60
Discard a Fire Energy attached to Ho-Oh.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:CC
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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $19.99 | $42.00 | $399.50 | $20.00 | — |
| Holofoil | $22.69 | $40.90 | $749.00 | $48.08 | $40.90 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €89.99 |
| 7-day average | €47.68 |
| 30-day average | €38.37 |
| Low | €19.95 |
| Trend price | €39.60 |
| Low (excellent+) | €39.95 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €12.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €12.81 |
| averageSellPrice | €48.12 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €9.16 |
| Reverse holo trend | €13.19 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Ho-Oh is real?
Ho-Oh 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 Ho-Oh worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Ho-Oh is $48.08; 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 Ho-Oh from?
Ho-Oh is from the Pokémon set "POP Series 5" in the POP series, released in 2007.
What rarity is Ho-Oh?
Ho-Oh is a Rare card in the POP Series 5 set.
Other Ho-Oh printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
