Houndstone 042

Pokémon: Houndstone Psychic Type Promo Illustrator: Pani Kobayashi Evolves From: Grevard

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Houndstone #042 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Houndstone #042 from Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Houndstone has moved down 3.4% to $0.57. PSA 10 copies are unchanged over the same period.

Houndstone #042 is a Promo, one of the higher rarity tiers in Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos.

At $0.57 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $152.62, giving a net return of +$104.21 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$20.44 and PSA 8 returns −$22.20, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 60 copies of Houndstone #042, of which 16 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 26.7%, or roughly 1 in 3.8 graded copies.

Yes. At a 26.7% gem rate, Houndstone grades worse than the Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos average by 0.4 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Houndstone #042 was illustrated by Pani Kobayashi, who has illustrated 85 Pokémon cards in total.

Houndstone #042 carries regulation mark G and is currently legal in Standard, legal in Expanded and legal in Unlimited.

Houndstone #042 was released on 1 January 2023 as part of Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos. It belongs to the Modern era and features a Generation 9 Pokémon from the Paldea region.