Does the condition of the card change its price?

Yes. We check it when your card arrives, and here is what we pay in each condition. Like new: €10.00. Played a little: €3.70. Worn: €2.15.

How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read BST 179/163 there. Its illustration is signed PLANETA Mochizuki.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Battle Styles set, released here on 19 March 2021.

It leaves listings slower than most of the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 31 out of 100. At least 3 copies have sold since 9 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

Battle Styles

Houndoom BST 179/163

BSTJPSecret Rare

You receive

€10.00

Your offer depends on the card’s printing, edition and condition. We check its condition when it arrives.

How much is your Houndoom worth?

A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €10.00 today.

Today · You get

€10.00

The same price as on 26 September

€10.00

26 SeptemberToday

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Day	Our offer
26 September	€10.00
27 September	€10.00

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pokoSCORE

Market activity

31out of 100

Slow departures

It leaves listings slower than most of the cards we buy in Japanese.

Copies gone since 9 September: at least 3
For sale on 26 September: 27
For sale on 9 September: 27

From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How much do we pay for Houndoom BST 179/163?: A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €10.00 today.
Does the condition of the card change its price?: Yes. We check it when your card arrives, and here is what we pay in each condition. Like new: €10.00. Played a little: €3.70. Worn: €2.15.
How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read BST 179/163 there. Its illustration is signed PLANETA Mochizuki.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Battle Styles set, released here on 19 March 2021.
Does it sell fast?: It leaves listings slower than most of the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 31 out of 100. At least 3 copies have sold since 9 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

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 StylesBST
Illustrated by: PLANETA Mochizuki

Its Ability

Single Strike Roarいちげきのほうこう

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.自分の番に1回使える。自分の山札から「いちげきエネルギー」を1枚選び、自分の「いちげき」のポケモンにつける。そして山札を切る。その後、つけたポケモンにダメカンを2個のせる。

Its attacks

Darkness Fangやみのキバ

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 5,392 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 5,392 tournament lists we have read, 3,412 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 September 27, 2026. TCGdex

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.

See every Houndoom card and its price