Houndour #71 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Houndour & chase cards
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Houndour is the kind of card that quietly wins collectors over, a dark-type pup with a lot of personality packed into card #71 from Japan's Ruler of the Black Flame set. It's not flashy or expensive, sitting at a modest $2 raw, but that's part of its charm for folks building out early dark-type sets. If you've searched Houndour value or Houndour price, you're in the right place, and the honest answer is it's an affordable, fun pickup rather than a big investment.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $1.48, down 1% over the past year, with an all-time high of $1.76 in June 2026.
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Houndour price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 8 graded, only 6 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | - | 6 | 5 / 1 |
| PSA 9 | - | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 8 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 7 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 6 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 5 | - | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 4 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $1.48 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
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The collector's take on Houndour
Is Houndour worth grading?
So is Houndour worth grading? Right now we don't have solid PSA 10 or Grade 9 numbers to point to, which itself tells you something: this isn't a card with a well-documented high-grade market yet. With a raw price sitting at just $2, the math gets tough fast once you factor in grading fees, shipping, and the wait time from the grading company. Gem mint condition is always harder to hit than people expect, corners soften, edges wear, centering shifts, and a card like this would need to come back close to flawless to justify the cost. Unless you've got a genuinely pristine copy and you're grading for the love of it rather than the payoff, this is probably one to enjoy raw and save your grading budget for a card with more established upside.
How rare is Houndour?
We don't have official population numbers for Houndour in high grades, and that absence is telling on its own, it suggests this card hasn't been submitted for grading in any real volume. Ruler of the Black Flame cards from this era weren't printed with the kind of scarcity that drives major price jumps, and Houndour sits comfortably in that everyday-common tier rather than a chase-card slot. That's exactly why the value stays low and stable: plenty of copies exist, demand is gentle, and there's no shortage pushing prices upward anytime soon.
Where can you pull Houndour?
Here's the honest, insider part: PackSpy tracks real pulls across online pack-opening sites, and as of now we haven't recorded Houndour being pulled anywhere in our data. That doesn't mean it's impossible to find in packs, but it does mean it's rare enough, or overlooked enough, that it isn't showing up in the mix. If you want this card specifically, your most realistic path is buying it directly on the secondary market rather than chasing it through pack breaks, and that's worth knowing before you spend money hoping to rip it out of a pack. Remember too that pack opening in general is a gamble, most rips don't cover their cost, so go in with your eyes open either way.
Questions people ask
How much is Houndour worth?+
A raw, ungraded Houndour from Ruler of the Black Flame currently sits at $2. Graded values for Grade 9 and PSA 10 copies aren't established yet, so most of the demand and value here is happening in raw condition.
Is Houndour worth grading?+
Probably not unless the copy is genuinely pristine and you're doing it for fun rather than profit. With no confirmed PSA 10 or Grade 9 price to aim for and a raw value of just $2, grading fees would likely outweigh any return.
What set is Houndour from?+
Houndour is card #71 from the Japanese Ruler of the Black Flame set. It's a nice piece for collectors focused on that specific era of Japanese Pokemon cards.
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