# Houndoom #096/163 — Battle Styles

## Summary

Houndoom is a Johto favorite, a Dark and Fire hound whose villain-adjacent look has kept fans loyal since Gold and Silver. Its Single Strike Roar ability made it useful support in Battle Styles-era Single Strike decks, though as a mid-tier holo pull it's collected for affection more than chased. A $0.33 modelled guide, down 3% over 30 days on 28 copies traded, says bulk, with 361 days of inventory on the board, and the economics stop there: PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it, and the same card plays for $0.14 out of Shrouded Fable.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Battle Styles |
| Number | 096/163 |
| Rarity | Holo Rare |
| Era | SWSH |
| Illustrator | Ryota Murayama |
| Release date | 2021-03-19 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage1 |
| Evolves from | Houndour |
| HP | 130 |
| Types | Darkness |
| Ability: Single Strike Roar | Once during your turn, you may search your deck for a Single Strike Energy card and attach it to 1 of your Single Strike Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck. If you attached Energy to a Pokémon in this way, put 2 damage counters on that Pokémon. |
| Attack: Darkness Fang | cost Darkness/Colorless — damage 50 |
| Weakness | Grass ×2 |
| Retreat | 2 |
| Regulation mark | E |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded yes |
| Pokédex entry | [Houndoom #229](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/houndoom) |
| Finishes | Holo, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$0.33** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-02T00:40:45.145Z
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-11-02T00:40:45.145Z
- Floor delivered ask: $1.49 — as of 2026-11-02T00:40:45.145Z
- Quant score: 24/100, regime FALLING — as of 2026-11-02T00:40:45.145Z — 3 of 11 inputs · 29% weight · -35% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2021-03-19T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-31T18:08:54.630Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-01T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-20T23:43:48.328Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-19T03:53:33.810Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-20T23:43:48.328Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-08T16:22:44.698Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/battle-styles/houndoom-96)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aswsh5-96%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)