# Dark Houndoom #5/109 — Team Rocket Returns

## Summary

Dark Houndoom was a mid-tier Rare in a set whose chase slots belonged to the shiny Pokémon, and Houndoom has long kept a loyal Johto following. Mitsuhiro Arita's name on the illustration credit gives even this modest pull a draw among collectors. The modelled guide sits at $105 with 11 copies traded in 30 days; PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Team Rocket Returns |
| Number | 5/109 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Era | EX |
| Illustrator | Mitsuhiro Arita |
| Release date | 2004-11-01 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage1 |
| Evolves from | Houndour |
| HP | 70 |
| Types | Darkness, Darkness |
| Attack: Shakedown | cost Darkness/Colorless — damage 20 — Choose a card from your opponent's hand without looking and discard it. |
| Attack: Dark Fire | cost Fire/Colorless/Colorless — damage 40+ — You may discard a Fire Energy or Darkness Energy attached to Dark Houndoom. If you do, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage." |
| Weakness | Fighting ×2, Fighting ×2 |
| Resistance | Psychic -30, Psychic -30 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Houndoom #229](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/houndoom) |
| Finishes | Holo, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$104.55** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-07
- 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 2026-11-07
- Floor delivered ask: $169.99 — as of 2026-11-08T03:51:08.606Z
- Quant score: 29/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-08T03:51:08.606Z — 3 of 11 inputs · 25% weight · -35% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2004-11-01T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-07T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-22T04:47:33.346Z, confidence 90%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-05T07:48:38.885Z, confidence 80%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-05T07:48:38.332Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-19T16:25:54.236Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/team-rocket-returns/dark-houndoom-5)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aex7-5%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)