Houndoom · Aquapolis, what to know.
About the Houndoom card
Numbered 15 of 182 in Aquapolis, released in January 2003, Houndoom is a Rare, a Stage 1 Darkness-type carrying 70 HP.
It evolves from Houndour, so Houndoom is a later-stage card that set-builders usually slot into a full evolution run rather than buy alone.
Illustrated by Hajime Kusajima.
About Houndoom in the Pokémon world
The fully evolved Houndour. Larger dog-demon silhouette. Phantasmal Flames Mega Houndoom ex revived collector interest. Vintage Neo Discovery holo Houndoom has appreciated alongside.
What is Houndoom worth?
Houndoom is a non-holo Rare. In Aquapolis, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Houndoom trades modestly, though a clean, well-centered 1st Edition copy in PSA 10 is scarcer than the print run suggests and carries a real premium. Check the live price above for the figure by grade.
Print variants and how to spot them
Confirm the print and finish on Houndoom before pricing it, since variant and rarity set the market more than the card name alone.
Grading and condition
Non-holo Rares like Houndoom are easier on surface but no kinder on centering. Wizards-era cards were less protected than the holos, so high-grade Houndoom survivors can be scarcer than expected, with edge whitening the usual cap.
If you are collecting Houndoom
For Houndoom, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Non-holo Rares from this era are cheap enough that a PSA 10 submission on a clean Houndoom can make sense.
