Houndoom · Obsidian Flames, what to know.
About the Houndoom card
Houndoom sits at #133 in Obsidian Flames, released in August 2023. Obsidian Flames is part of the modern English Pokémon TCG era and uses the standard contemporary card frame and rarity tiers. Illustration by Haru Akasaka. In the games, Houndoom evolves from Houndour, which makes it a late-stage card in the line.
The flavor text on the card reads: "If you are burned by the flames it shoots from its mouth, the pain will never go away." Pokédex entries from this era are short and often quirky, written by the original Japanese localization team for a specific stat-block layout that no longer exists in modern cards.
About Houndoom in the Pokémon world
The fully evolved Houndour. Larger dog-demon silhouette. Phantasmal Flames Mega Houndoom ex revived collector interest. Vintage Neo Discovery holo Houndoom has appreciated alongside.
Print variants and how to spot them
Obsidian Flames shipped in Holofoil, Reverse Holo, ex, Full Art, Special Illustration, and Hyper Rare. The Charizard ex Special Illustration Rare (#215) is the marquee modern chase from the set and a defining card of the early Scarlet & Violet era.
Grading and condition
Modern Uncommons grade cleanly. The secondary market for graded modern Uncommons is mostly set-completionist driven; standalone demand is thin. Useful as a first grading submission to learn the process.
If you are buying this card
Raw copies of this card are inexpensive enough that the grading math rarely justifies submission unless you have a clearly pack-fresh example. For set completionists, picking up a clean raw copy and sleeving it is the practical move.
