Houndoom V178/189 · Darkness Ablaze Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$112 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 72
- PSA 9$242 sold · 90d · pop 386
- PSA 10$605 sold · 90d · pop 881
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Darkness Ablaze #178/189, 2020. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
What's your copy worth?
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Houndoom V is a Rare Ultra Pokémon card from Darkness Ablaze (#178, released 2020), illustrated by Ayaka Yoshida. It's a Basic V Fire-type Pokémon with 210 HP, weak to Water ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 7 September 2026.
Houndoom V price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence26 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.
By grade
- Raw$7.0036 sales · 26 in 90d, sells often
- CGC 10$32.508 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$66.206 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 9$11.404 sales
- PSA 9$25.832 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 8$23.552 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9.5$10.752 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 8$9.601 sale
Is Houndoom V worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 10 — worth $66 against the $77 you put in, a $11 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $24–$66. Averaged over every outcome that is −$27 a card.
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Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population report, the ROI table and the price ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.
- PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and its own fees, with Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market actually pays for.
- Lightly and moderately played — the same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
- Ask vs sold — what the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
- Momentum — the 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
- Where it sells higher — the Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
- Population history — the weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.
The odds
Houndoom V is a Ultra Rare in Darkness Ablaze — the pack's hit slot lands on Ultra Rare 10% of the time, split across 13 ultra rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 131 packs.
Estimates only. Pack odds come from CardTrack's pack model (the same one behind the pack simulator) — not an official rate. Grading odds are the real cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies, so it overstates the true first-submission gem rate. Full grade-by-grade breakdown below.
Grade-by-grade ROI & risk-adjusted outcomesNet vs raw per target grade, plus the probability-weighted distribution
| Target grade | Est. value | Grading fee | Net vs raw | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $60.00 | $71 | −$18 | 8.2× |
| PSA 9.5 | $34.91 | $70 | −$43 | 4.7× |
| PSA 9 | $23.99 | $70 | −$54 | 3.3× |
| PSA 8 | $10.51 | $70 | −$67 | 1.4× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 1,335 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 — typical | 64.9% | $66.20 |
| PSA 9 | 28.1% | $23.99 |
| PSA 8 | 5.2% | $10.51 |
| PSA 7 | 0.9% | $10.01 |
| PSA 6 | 0.4% | $7.35 |
| PSA 5 | 0.2% | $7.35 |
| PSA 4 | 0.1% | $7.35 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.1% | $7.35 |
Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-08-26; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Gem rate is estimated from cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies — so it overstates the true grade rate. Treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.
Population across gradersPSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
881 of the 1,361 PSA-graded Houndoom V copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 65%. The rest graded lower.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 1,361.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 609.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Houndoom V 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Houndoom V (Full Art) 178/189 Swsh03: Darkness Ablaze HoloRaw · eBay$3.99
Houndoom V Pokemon TCG SWSH Darkness Ablaze Holo Full Art Ultra Rare 178/189Raw · eBay$4.30
Houndoom V - 178/189 SWSH Darkness Ablaze - Pokemon Card - NMRaw · eBay$4.33
Pokémon TCG Houndoom V 178/189 Darkness Ablaze! Full Art/Ultra Rare! NM/M!Raw · eBay$5.00
Pokemon Houndoom V (Full Art) 178/189 Swsh03: Darkness Ablaze HoloRaw · eBay$5.99
Houndoom V (Full Art) 178/189 Swsh03: Darkness Ablaze HoloRaw · eBay$5.99Cheapest raw copy $3.99 — 46% below our near-mint estimate of $7
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 881 | $60$51–$69 | |
| PSA 9.5 | modelled$35$35–$35 | |
| PSA 9pop 386 | $24$20–$28 | |
| PSA 8pop 72 | modelled$11$11–$11 | |
| PSA 7pop 12 | modelled$10$10–$11 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
5% spreadCurrently 5% cheaper on TCGplayer than PriceCharting. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.
Market signal
Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.
🔥 Trending in the community
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Burned.
If your Benched Fire Pokémon have any damage counters on them, this attack does 100 more damage.
V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Houndoom V cards
There are 2 different Houndoom V printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Darkness Ablaze #178 (Rare Ultra).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Houndoom V (Darkness Ablaze #178) worth?
As of 7 September 2026, Houndoom V from Darkness Ablaze is worth approximately $7.35 ungraded (near-mint), and around $60 in PSA 10 gem mint. Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.
What is the PSA 10 price for Houndoom V?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Houndoom V from Darkness Ablaze is worth around $60 — roughly 8× the raw ungraded value of $7.35.
Should I grade my Houndoom V?
Grading is worth it when the PSA 10 premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10 — the "Should you grade it?" estimate above works that out per grade, net of the current fee.
Is Houndoom V rare?
Houndoom V is a Rare Ultra card from Darkness Ablaze (card #178).
How do I know if my Houndoom V is Holofoil?
The illustration window: The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
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