Darkness Ablaze

Houndoom V DAA 178/189

DAAJPUltra Rare
Houndoom V DAA 178

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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 DAA 178/189 there. Its illustration is signed Ayaka Yoshida.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Darkness Ablaze set, released here on 14 August 2020.

When it came out

Darkness Ablaze landed here on 14 August 2020.

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
210
Type
Fire
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
D
Number
178/189
Set
Darkness AblazeDAA
Illustrated by
Ayaka Yoshida

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Its attacks

Searing Flame

20

Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Burned.

Vengeful Flame

100+

If your Benched Fire Pokémon have any damage counters on them, this attack does 100 more damage.

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

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  3. 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read, 2,174 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

  5. Keep in mind

    Mark D. 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.

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