Houndour · Neo Discovery, what to know.
About the Houndour card
Houndour is card 24 of 75 in Neo Discovery, released in June 2001, a Rare. It is a Basic Fire-type with 50 HP.
As a Basic Pokémon, Houndour needs no prior evolution to put into play, which made it a practical card in the era's decks.
Illustrated by Aya Kusube.
The card's flavor text gives Houndour a line of lore: "To corner prey, they check each other's location using barks that only they can understand."
About Houndour in the Pokémon world
A Dark-Fire dog Pokémon. Niche Dark-type collector pick.
What is Houndour worth?
Houndour is a non-holo Rare. In Neo Discovery, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Houndour 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
Neo Discovery produced 1st Edition, Unlimited prints. For Houndour, the print variant can change the price several times over, so identify it before you buy.
Grading and condition
On Houndour, look at the corners and the framed border first. Non-holo Rares took more handling than the chase holos, so a sharp, centered copy of Houndour in a true PSA 10 is harder to find than the print run suggests.
If you are collecting Houndour
For Houndour, 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 Houndour can make sense.
