Houndoom BST 179/163

Name: Houndoom BST 179/163
Brand: Pokémon

BSTSecret Rare

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Houndoom has appeared in several sets: Battle Styles (BST 96) and Brilliant Stars (BRS:TG TG10). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.

The market for this printing

Finish unspecified

No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: English. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

Battle Styles landed here on 19 March 2021.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 130
Type: Darkness
Stage: Stage 1
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Regulation mark: E
Number: 179/163
Set: Battle StylesBSTSet guide
Illustrated by: PLANETA Mochizuki

Its Ability

Single Strike Roar

Once during your turn, you may search your deck for a Single Strike Energy card and attach it to 1 of your Single Strike Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck. If you attached Energy to a Pokémon in this way, put 2 damage counters on that Pokémon.

Its attacks

Darkness Fang

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

A strength
It has an Ability, Single Strike Roar. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
Keep in mind
None of the 8,065 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
Keep in mind
Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 8,065 tournament lists we have read, 5,066 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
Keep in mind
Mark E. It is not among the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J. A legal reprint may still provide an exception.

Standard format: source checked on November 7, 2026. TCGdex

Every version of this card

Look at the number printed at the bottom of your card. That is what tells you which version you are holding. Tap yours to open its page.

Houndoom BST 96/163Battle StylesHolo RareHolo Rare
Houndoom BST 179/163Battle StylesSecret RareThe one you are looking atSecret Rare
Houndoom BRS:TG TG10/30Brilliant Stars Trainer GalleryRareRare
Houndoom SWSH SWSH090/307SWSH Black Star PromosPromoPromo

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 45 Houndoom cards on one page, priciest first.

View all Houndoom cards

Houndoom BST 179/163

The market for this printing

When it came out