Battle Styles

Houndoom BST 96/163

BSTJPHolo Rare
Houndoom BST 96

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read BST 96/163 there. Its illustration is signed Ryota Murayama.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Battle Styles set, released here on 19 March 2021.

When it came out

Battle Styles landed here on 19 March 2021.

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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
96/163
Set
Battle StylesBST
Illustrated by
Ryota Murayama

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

50

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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

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