Pokémon · EX
Houndour
Team Rocket Returns · #59 · Common · 2004
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Market reference
$2.59
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 59 / 111
- Release year
- 2004
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Houndoom
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Naoyo Kimura
- Pokédex #
- 228
- Series
- EX
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 (Smokescreen) 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.
More by Naoyo Kimura
This card was illustrated by Naoyo Kimura.
Building around Houndour?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CRear Kick — 10
RCSmokescreen — 20
If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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
295
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $2.06 | $4.47 | $33.40 | $2.59 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $149.99 | $176.99 | $879.90 | $53.28 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.95 |
| 7-day average | €0.88 |
| 30-day average | €1.00 |
| Low | €0.15 |
| Trend price | €1.19 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.24 |
| Reverse holo low | €27.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €12.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €30.49 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.81 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €18.60 |
| Reverse holo trend | €26.22 |
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 $2.59; 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 "Team Rocket Returns" in the EX series, released in 2004.
What rarity is Houndour?
Houndour is a Common card in the Team Rocket Returns set.
Other Houndour printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
