Great Encounters · #18 · 2008
Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card.
$7.11
up3% · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 15, 2026
Set rank: Where this card's market price ranks among the priced cards in its set — #1 is the set's most valuable card. in Great Encounters
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Right now Houndoom trades at $7.11 for the Normal printing (TCGplayer market price).
That makes it the 26th most valuable of Great Encounters's 106 priced cards. (Darkrai LV.X leads the set at $263.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 502.5% — from $1.18 to $7.11. Over the last year it's climbed 292.8%, from $1.81 to $7.11. The 90-day move: up 37.8%, $5.16 to $7.11. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $7.11 in October 2026; its lowest, $1.16 in March 2024. Today's price is the highest we've seen since February 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $7.11 at the top and $6.58 at the bottom. That's the Normal printing — the same card also trades as the Reverse Holofoil at $20.27.
By Printing
By printing: Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card. $7.11 · Reverse holo: Everything except the artwork is foil — the reverse of a normal holo. It's a separate printing and prices on its own. $20.27
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Normal printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Dark Fang20
Cost: Darkness
Choose 1 card from your opponent's hand without looking and discard it.
Black Fire40+
Cost: Fire, Colorless
You may discard a Fire or Darkness Energy attached to Houndoom. If you discard a Fire Energy, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned. If you discard a Darkness Energy, this attack does 40 damage plus 30 more damage.
“Long ago, people imagined its eerie howls to be the call of the grim reaper.”
About $7.11 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 15, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 38% over the last 3 months — from $5.16 to $7.11 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 293%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $7.11 — that was October 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Houndoom (Great Encounters #18). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
Cards trading near $7.11 today.
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