Houndour 1st Edition #43 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Houndour & chase cards
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Houndour is the scrappy little Dark-type pup from Neo Destiny, the set that closed out the original Neo era back in 2002. This particular printing, the 1st Edition #43 Uncommon illustrated by Yukiko Baba, is the kind of card that quietly built a lot of long time collections without ever making headlines. If you are digging into Houndour value today, the short answer is that raw copies sit at $13, which tells you this is a card people collect for the nostalgia and the 1st edition stamp as much as for a big payday.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $18, up 253% over the past year, with an all-time high of $18 in September 2026.
Recent pulls of Houndour
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Houndour price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 281 graded, only 68 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $234 | 68 | 57 / 11 |
| PSA 9 | $46 | 131 | 101 / 30 |
| PSA 8 | $32 | 59 | 24 / 35 |
| PSA 7 | $13 | 14 | 9 / 5 |
| PSA 6 | $10 | 3 | - / 3 |
| PSA 5 | $7.55 | 3 | 2 / 1 |
| PSA 4 | $6.85 | 3 | 1 / 2 |
| PSA 3 | $6.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $5.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $18 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Neo Destiny
- Card number
- 43 of 113
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Darkness
- HP
- 40
- Stage
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Yukiko Baba
- Released
- 2002
Attacks
- CornerDarkness
The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn.
- Lunge30Colorless · Colorless
Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.
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The collector's take on Houndour
Is Houndour worth grading?
So is it worth grading a Houndour? Here is the honest picture: raw copies run $13, and a PSA 10 brings $57, which works out to about 4.4 times the raw price, a solid jump on paper. What is interesting, and worth knowing before you send one in, is that Grade 9 copies are actually fetching more right now at $101, higher than the PSA 10 figure. That is a good reminder that grading is not always a straight line to more money, gem mint is not automatically the top of the market for every card. Add in the real costs of grading, the shipping, the fees, and the months of waiting, plus the fact that only 68 out of 280 graded copies have ever hit that PSA 10 gem mint mark, and you can see why this is a card to grade for love of the hobby more than for a guaranteed flip.
How rare is Houndour?
Population wise, Houndour is not a card you would call rare in the traditional sense, but the numbers still tell a story. Only 280 copies have ever been graded across the board, and of those just 68 came back as PSA 10. That means the majority of graded Houndours sit below gem mint, which lines up with what we see in the pricing, where a clean Grade 9 is actually holding its own against the perfect 10s. For collectors, that spread is useful information: a true gem mint Houndour is genuinely harder to land than the raw price might suggest.
Where can you pull Houndour?
This is where PackSpy earns its keep, because we track real pulls across pack sites rather than just guessing. We have recorded Houndour being pulled 77 times across collector-crypt, tilt-rips, courtyard, and mnstr, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $165. It has turned up in a real mix of pack types too, from the Anime Pop Culture Gacha and the Legendary Pokémon Gacha Pack to the Pokemon Dime Pack, the Pokémon Starter Pack, and the Pokémon Pro Pack. So while it is far from a chase card, it is genuinely out there being opened, and if you are chasing one yourself, those are the pack styles where our data shows it actually shows up rather than sitting only on the secondary market.
Questions people ask
How much is Houndour worth?+
A raw, ungraded Houndour 1st Edition #43 is valued at $13. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 currently at $101 and a PSA 10 at $57, so the price really depends on condition and certification.
Is Houndour worth grading?+
It can be, but go in with clear eyes. The jump from raw at $13 to PSA 10 at $57 is about 4.4 times, yet only 68 of the 280 graded copies have reached that gem mint grade, and Grade 9 copies are actually pulling in more at $101 right now. Grading fees and wait times matter too, so it is worth doing for the fun of the chase as much as the payout.
Why is the Houndour 1st Edition #43 print worth more than the standard one?+
First edition Neo Destiny cards were only printed for a limited early run before the set shifted to unlimited printings, which makes them scarcer from the start. That earlier scarcity, combined with the card's Uncommon status and Yukiko Baba's artwork, is a big part of why collectors specifically search out the 1st Edition stamp when weighing Houndour price.
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