Houndstone Ex #162 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 25 Jul 2026Related Houndstone Ex & chase cards
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Houndstone Ex is one of those promo cards that quietly makes a Pokemon collection feel complete, a 2023 release numbered 162 with artwork from takuyoa that captures the ghostly hound in a way that just looks right on the shelf. As a promo, it never sat in booster packs waiting to be pulled, which shapes a lot of how people think about Houndstone Ex value today. Right now a raw, ungraded copy runs about $2, so it's an easy card to pick up if you just want it in your binder.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $0.76, down 56% over the past year, with an all-time high of $3.41 in October 2024.
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Houndstone Ex price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population).
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $29 | - |
| PSA 9 | $6.50 | - |
| PSA 8 | $2.25 | - |
| PSA 7 | - | - |
| PSA 6 | - | - |
| PSA 5 | - | - |
| PSA 4 | - | - |
| PSA 3 | - | - |
| PSA 2 | - | - |
| PSA 1 | - | - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $0.76 | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.
Card details
- Set
- Promo
- Card number
- 162 of 226
- Rarity
- Promo
- Type
- Psychic
- HP
- 260
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Darkness ×2
- Retreat cost
- 3
- Illustrator
- takuyoa
- Released
- 2023
Attacks
- Horrifying Fang100+Psychic · Colorless · Colorless
Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 20 more damage for each heads.
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The collector's take on Houndstone Ex
Is Houndstone Ex worth grading?
Here's the honest answer on whether Houndstone Ex is worth grading: it depends on what you're chasing. A raw copy sits at $2, a Grade 9 moves that up to $7, and a PSA 10 is valued at $29, which works out to 18.7x the raw price. That jump sounds tempting, but gem mint is genuinely hard to land, centering and edge wear on promos can be unforgiving, and grading fees plus shipping and turnaround time eat into any profit if the card comes back a 9 instead of a 10. If you already love the card and it's sitting in top condition, sending it in can make sense. If you're grading purely to flip it, do the math first, because the fees can quietly outrun the $29 ceiling.
How rare is Houndstone Ex?
Promo cards like Houndstone Ex don't follow the print run logic of a normal set, they get distributed through events, bundles, and special releases rather than sold by the case, which naturally keeps supply tighter and less predictable. We don't have a hard population count to share here, but that promo status alone tells you copies in true gem mint condition are the exception, not the rule. That scarcity is part of why the gap between raw and PSA 10 pricing exists at all, condition rarity is doing a lot of the work on cards like this.
Where can you pull Houndstone Ex?
This is where PackSpy's tracking actually helps, because we log real pulls across pack opening sites rather than relying on guesswork. Houndstone Ex has been recorded 4 times, all across a pack line called lastpack, and it's also been spotted showing up in noobie packs. That's a useful signal if you're chasing this one through packs rather than buying it outright, though it's worth remembering that pack pulls are a gamble no matter how good the odds look, and most rips don't come out ahead financially. If you'd rather skip the risk entirely, buying a raw or graded copy on the secondary market is the more predictable route to owning Houndstone Ex.
Questions people ask
How much is Houndstone Ex worth?+
A raw, ungraded Houndstone Ex is valued at $2 right now. Grading changes that picture a lot, with a Grade 9 worth $7 and a PSA 10 valued at $29, which is 18.7x the raw price.
Is Houndstone Ex worth grading?+
It can be, but go in with realistic expectations. The PSA 10 price of $29 sounds great against a $2 raw card, but gem mint copies are genuinely tough to pull off, and grading fees can eat most of that upside if the card doesn't come back perfect.
What set is Houndstone Ex from?+
Houndstone Ex #162 comes from the Promo set, released in 2023, with artwork by takuyoa. As a promo card it wasn't distributed through standard booster packs, which shapes both its rarity and how collectors track it down.
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