Great Encounters · #18/106Read card information, abilities & attacks ↓RESALE VALUES · USDRaw market reference$7.83Selected printing · condition-agnostic market referenceMatched by set, card number, product and printingUpdated Oct 24, 2026Checked Oct 27, 2026 Modeled price guideChecking…Modeled ungraded price guideExact card match required
Houndoom
SetGreat Encounters
Year2008
RarityRare
LanguageEN
ArtistKen Sugimori
SeriesDiamond & Pearl
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Inside the card.
Card information
- Category
- Pokemon
- HP
- 90
- Type
- Darkness
- Stage
- Stage1
- Evolves from
- Houndour
- Pokédex
- #229
- Release date
- 2008-02-01
Card description
Long ago, people imagined its eerie howls to be the call of the grim reaper.
Printings listed in the catalog
Normal · Reverse holofoil
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Abilities & attacks
Dark Fang
20Choose 1 card from your opponent's hand without looking and discard it.
Black Fire
40+You may discard a Fire or Darkness Energy attached to Houndoom. If you discard a Fire Energy, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned. If you discard a Darkness Energy, this attack does 40 damage plus 30 more damage.
- Weakness
- Water +20
- Resistance
- Psychic -20
- Retreat cost
- 1
Format status
Standard: Not legal · Expanded: Not legal
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Source: TCGdex card record ↗ · Record updated 2026-08-13. Unlisted fields are not inferred.
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