Houndoom 82 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Houndoom 82
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Hideaki Hakozaki

This card has 110 HP, a top attack printed at 70 damage and a Fighting weakness.

Darkness · Stage 1 Prime · HS—Undaunted · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Houndoom 82 do in a game?

Houndoom 82 is a Darkness Pokémon card with 110 HP, printed as Stage 1 Prime.

Its strongest attack, Dark Clamp, is printed at 70 damage for 3 Energy — 23 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Fighting weakness, any Fighting attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Darkness Stage 1 Prime Rare Prime Unlimited #229 Houndoom

Houndoom 82HS—Undaunted

110 HP · Darkness · Stage 1 Prime · retreat 1 · Fighting weakness ×2

Top printed damage7023 per Energy Dark Clamp70 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points110 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage7021.8% of 16,246 in the 70~120 band

Retreat cost1 Energy49.3% of 17,240 in the 1 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 23 · typical 34.7
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 3

Price trackRare PrimeHS—Undaunted47 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1 Prime

RarityRare Prime

SetHS—Undaunted

Card number82

AbilityFire Breath

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$243.01Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by55 damage110 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it909 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name47 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line41 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #229 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Houndoom 82 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 5.6% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 17.4%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Houndoom 82 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	61.6%	110 HP
Top printed damage	64.7%	70 damage
Energy efficiency	57.8%	23 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	17.4%	3 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

3EDark Clamp23 damage per Energy card · has printed text70damage

1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 5,859of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 5,859 at 110 HP.

Darkness cardsNo. 523of 1,248 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 1,498of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardHoundoom 82HS—Undaunted110 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 270 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Houndoom 82

Hit points 110 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 23 damage per Energy card against 34.7 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 3.
Weakness A Fighting attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 9 of the 42 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Houndoom 82 at a glance

What it is. A Darkness Pokémon card with 110 HP printed as Stage 1 Prime, printed in HS—Undaunted.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 70 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Fighting weakness at ×2, which means 55 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 1 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited only.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Houndoom 82 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 70 damage, which is 23 damage for every Energy card attached.

Houndoom 82 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Dark Clamp	2 Darkness + 1 Colorless	3	70	23	The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn.

Retreating costs a further 1 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Dark Clamp3 Energy cards

The Energy this attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Dark Clamp 3 Energy70 damage for 3 Energy — 23 per Energy card70

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (70).

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How does Houndoom 82 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Houndoom 82 — HS—Undaunted — HoundoomHS—Undaunted 82

No.5,859by HP in the archive

Houndoom 82 prints 110 HP, which puts it at number 5,859 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

65% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 34%Where it sits on printed HP

This card110 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 1 card380 HP
Strongest Houndoom printed130 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 110 HP, which is 29% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~120 — this card33.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 110 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120 — this card	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~120 — this card21.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 70.

Cards in the 70~120 band typically have 141 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120 — this card	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

154.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

3 — this card14.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 3 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically have 153 HP and print 104 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3 — this card	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

1 — this card49.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 1 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 1 typically have 81 HP and print 40 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1 — this card	49.3%	8,503 cards
2	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 8of 80

That is where Houndoom 82 stands highest on HP — number 8 of 80 cards in HS—Undaunted. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 5,859 of 17,290 by HP · No. 5,054 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 31% on damage
Darkness cards — 1,249 cards No. 523 of 1,248 by HP · No. 458 of 1,170 by damage · top by HP: Mega Gengar ex, 350

top 39% on damage
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 1,498 of 5,102 by HP · No. 1,541 of 4,958 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 31% on damage
HS—Undaunted — 91 cards No. 8 of 80 by HP · No. 10 of 76 by damage · top by HP: Kyogre & Groudon LEGEND, 150

top 12% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 110 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 110
Top printed damage 70 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 70

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as Stage 1

5,102 on record

Cards in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,535 of 16,246 (21.8%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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What Houndoom 82 does without attacking

Houndoom 82 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.

Printed effects

Capped at once a turn

1 of 1

Read from the printed text quoted below, not counted anywhere else.

Fire Breath — Poké-Power · once a turn

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned. This power can't be used if Houndoom is affected by a Special Condition.

Quoted from the card face. The label after the dash is how the card itself names the effect.

Why this sits apart from the attacks

An attack costs Energy and ends your turn. What is printed above does neither — it is available while the card is in play, so it is a different kind of cost to a deck. Attack costs are in the section above.

Fire Breath can only be used once a turn

The words once during your turn are printed in it, which caps it at one use per turn on that one card. Two copies of the card in play are two separate Pokémon, so each carries its own use.

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Is Houndoom 82 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 70 damage attack that needs 3 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Houndoom 82 — this card23.070 damage for 3 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically return 34.7 damage per Energy card. This card returns 23.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Houndoom 82 — this card	23.0	70 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsDark Clamp 70 / 3

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Houndoom 82.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Dark Clamp	—	23	—

This card, per Energy card

23 damage

Typical for a 3 Energy attack

34.7 damage

Difference

-11.7 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 70 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Houndoom 82 strong for a Prime card?

Prime cards are built large to begin with, so measuring this one against the whole archive mixes up what the mechanic gives it with what the card itself gives it. Measured inside its own group, the two come apart.

Hit points110 HPtypical for the group is 120 HP — this card is 8% below

Top printed damage70 damagetypical for the group is 69 damage — this card is 1% above

Retreat cost1 Energytypical for the group is 2 Energy — this card is 50% below

The group is every Prime card in the archive — 31 of them. Each figure is compared with what that group typically prints, not with the archive as a whole.

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What does being a Darkness card do for Houndoom 82?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 1,884 Fighting cards carry that type A Fighting attack printed at 55 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Houndoom 82 · Stage 1 Prime 110 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 70 damage.

Takes double from this card — no group most often prints a Darkness weakness This type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darkness — this cardmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness — this card	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Darknessweak to Fighting

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Darkness weakness.

What being a Darkness card is worth

No group in the archive most often prints a Darkness weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule. Going the other way, Darkness cards are themselves most exposed to Fighting.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Houndoom 82 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Fighting attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 55 printed damage rather than 110.

Cards that remove it in one attack

909

Cards it removes in one attack

710

Fighting damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 110 HP against a Fighting weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackMarshadowMega Evolution 14660 damage

×2Fighting weakness · 55 printed damage is enough
60 damage becomes 120 against this card

This cardHoundoom 82HS—Undaunted 82110 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 901 cards in the archive that can remove Houndoom 82 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 60 printed damage against a bar of 55. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Houndoomweak to Fighting ×2

Houndoomresists Psychic -20

Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.

What the Psychic resistance changes

Damage from Psychic attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack printed high enough to knock this card out on paper may not do it. Resistance is a flat subtraction, not a multiplier — it does not scale with the attack.

Fighting cards that remove Houndoom in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mega Lucario ex (77)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (160)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (179)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (188)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (113)	Ascended Heroes	340	270	540
Toxtricity ex (100)	Paradox Rift	260	270	540

110 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness means any Fighting attack printed at 55 damage or more is enough. 909 cards in the archive clear that bar.

140 HP Dusknoir LV.X [96]

140 HP Alakazam [56]

140 HP Houndstone [66]

140 HP Houndstone [145]

Team Rocket's Exeggutor 78 — Ascended Heroes

140 HP Team Rocket's Exeggutor [78]

140 HP Hop's Trevenant [96]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

710 cards in the archive are weak to Darkness and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Houndoom as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Houndoom 82 is one print of Houndoom. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Houndoom has been printed 47 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Houndoom cards ever printedPokédex #229Prints on record 47Toughest print 270 HPThis card 110 HP

47prints

Legal in Standard9Older prints, not in Standard38

Every Houndoom print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Houndoom printed is 270 HP, and this card is 40.7% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Houndoom ex 103the toughest Houndoom ever printedSV: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards270 HP
Houndoom 82against that record40.7% of the record110 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Houndoom print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Houndoom 82 can be?

Houndoom evolves from Houndour, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Houndoom line, oldest stage firstPokédex #229

Houndour15 prints on record · Skyridge

+60 HP · +80 damage

Houndoom17 prints on record · Neo Revelation

Houndour → Houndoom

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Houndour.
The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 229.

1HoundourHardest attack printed at this stage: 70 damage70 HP
2HoundoomHardest attack printed at this stage: 150 damage. Evolving here adds 60 HP over the stage before it130 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (130 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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Is this the strongest Houndoom print, and can the older ones still be played?

47 prints carry this name in the archive, and 42 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (270 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

42 rows are shown of the 47 prints counted under this name.

Houndoom prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Houndoom ex 103	SV: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Houndoom ex 134/197	SV03: Obsidian Flames	Mark G	Legal in Standard
M Houndoom-EX 154/162	XY - BREAKthrough	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Houndoom-EX 22/162	XY - BREAKthrough	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom V 178/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom V 021/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom-EX 153/162	XY - BREAKthrough	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom-EX 21/162	XY - BREAKthrough	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom 179/163	SWSH05: Battle Styles	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom SWSH090	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Team Rocket's Houndoom 191/182	SV10: Destined Rivals	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Houndoom 096/163	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom TG10/TG30	SWSH09: Brilliant Stars Trainer Gallery	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Team Rocket's Houndoom 038/182	SV10: Destined Rivals	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Houndoom 133/197	SV03: Obsidian Flames	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Houndoom 066/064	SV: Shrouded Fable	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Houndoom 063/131	SV: Prismatic Evolutions	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Houndoom 034/198	SV01: Scarlet & Violet Base Set	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Houndoom 008/064	SV: Shrouded Fable	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Houndoom 82/90	Undaunted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom 59/111	SM - Crimson Invasion	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom 46/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom 56/101	Plasma Blast	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom 75/124	Dragons Exalted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom 10/95	Call of Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom G 50/127	Platinum	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom 18/106	Great Encounters	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom 014/147	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom 57/146	Legends Awakened	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom E4 65/111	Rising Rivals	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom H11/H32	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom 08/64	Neo Revelation	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom 015/147	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Team Magma's Houndoom 10/95	EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Houndoom 5/109	EX Team Rocket Returns	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom 012/144	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom 34/97	EX Dragon	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom 04/75	Neo Discovery	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom 7/115	EX Unseen Forces	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Team Magma's Houndoom 34/95	EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Houndoom 23/75	Neo Discovery	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Houndoom 007/105	Neo Destiny	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

9 of the 42 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Houndoom 82?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Houndoom 82
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Umbreon	Aquapolis	80	30	1
Umbreon	HS—Undaunted	100	50	1
Umbreon	Neo Discovery	80	20	1
Houndoom	Aquapolis	70	40	1
Umbreon	Aquapolis	80	30	1
Rocket's Scizor ex	Team Rocket Returns	120	50	1

This card itself is 110 HP, 70 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Darkness like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Houndoom 82 in HS—Undaunted?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

Ruins of Alph [76]

Sage's Training [77]

Team Rocket's Trickery [78]

150 Kyogre & Groudon LEGEND [87]

Kyogre & Groudon LEGEND 88 — HS—Undaunted

150 Kyogre & Groudon LEGEND [88]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #82 in HS—Undaunted. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Houndoom 82, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Houndoom 82
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Houndoom 82 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited play. It was released on August 18, 2010.

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Houndoom 82 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Dark Clamp, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 23 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Houndour has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 5,859 of 17,290

Darkness cardsNo. 523 of 1,248

Stage 1 cardsNo. 1,498 of 5,102

HS—UndauntedNo. 8 of 80

What actually removes it

A Fighting attack printed at 55 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 110 HP.
909 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 710 cards in one attack.
Damage from Psychic attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.

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Houndoom 82 card record

Houndoom 82 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	110 HP	Type	Darkness
Weakness	Fighting ×2	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Evolves from	Houndour	Card type	Stage 1 Prime
Pokédex number	#229	Set	HS—Undaunted
Card number	82 of 90	Series	HeartGold & SoulSilver
Released	August 18, 2010	Rarity	Rare Prime
Illustrator	Hideaki Hakozaki
Tournament legality	Unlimited only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Houndoom 82 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$243.01

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Houndoom 82 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Houndoom 82?

Houndoom 82 has 110 HP and a Fighting weakness at ×2, so a Fighting attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 110.

What is the strongest attack on Houndoom 82?

Dark Clamp, printed at 70 damage for 3 Energy — 23 damage per Energy card. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn.

What is the retreat cost of Houndoom 82?

1 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

How often can you use Fire Breath?

Once during your turn. The limit is printed in the ability itself, and it is counted per Pokémon — a second copy of Houndoom in play carries its own use.

Can an older Houndoom print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 42 prints listed on this page, 9 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

What does Houndoom evolve from?

Houndour. It cannot be played straight from your hand onto an empty spot — the earlier stage has to be in play first.

Can Houndoom 82 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited play. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Houndoom 82 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Houndoom 82 — what does this card actually do?

What does Houndoom 82 do in a game?

Houndoom 82 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Houndoom 82 at a glance

What do the attacks on Houndoom 82 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Houndoom 82 compare with every other card?

What Houndoom 82 does without attacking

Is Houndoom 82 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Houndoom 82 strong for a Prime card?

What does being a Darkness card do for Houndoom 82?

What knocks out Houndoom 82 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Houndoom as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Houndoom 82 can be?

Is this the strongest Houndoom print, and can the older ones still be played?

What can you use instead of Houndoom 82?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Houndoom 82?

What was printed next to Houndoom 82 in HS—Undaunted?

Which rules apply to Houndoom 82, and where can it be played?

Houndoom 82 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Houndoom 82 card record

What does Houndoom 82 cost?

Houndoom 82 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Houndoom 82?

What is the strongest attack on Houndoom 82?

What is the retreat cost of Houndoom 82?

How often can you use Fire Breath?

Can an older Houndoom print be played in a tournament?

What does Houndoom evolve from?

Can Houndoom 82 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Houndoom 82 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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