Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver

Hoothoot

HeartGold & SoulSilver

HGSS Black Star Promos · #HGSS05 · Promo · 2010

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Card facts

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Set position: HGSS05 / 25
Release year: 2010
Rarity: Promo
HP: 50
Subtype: Basic
Evolves to: Noctowl
Retreat cost: 1 energy
Illustrator: Masakazu Fukuda
Pokédex #: 163
Series: HeartGold & SoulSilver

Card analysis

Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.

Primary role: Attacker
Damage efficiency: 10 damage; 10 per Energy
Prize liability: 1 Prize given up; Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
Setup: Basic; Plays straight down — no evolution needed

Strategy & play

How Hoothoot plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
Colorless type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
Seen in 3% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.

How to beat Hoothoot

Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 3% of decks; 2.52 copies on average · 1431 decks
Match win rate: 47.0%; -0.2 pts vs the 47.2% field average

Plays well with

Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.

Sylveon ex

in 19% of decks · 12 seen

Leafeon ex

in 23% of decks · 15 seen

Eevee ex

in 27% of decks · 17 seen

Flareon ex

in 25% of decks · 16 seen

Eevee

in 27% of decks · 17 seen

Sparkling Crystal

in 45% of decks · 29 seen

Noctowl

in 100% of decks · 1431 seen

Noctowl

in 100% of decks · 68 seen

Budget alternatives

Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.

Lillie's Clefairy ex

$1.77 · in 22% of decks

Dreepy

$0.28 · in 21% of decks

Dusknoir

$0.28 · in 10% of decks

Dusclops

$0.25 · in 10% of decks

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About this card

HP: 50Type:CColorlessSubtype: BasicEvolves to: Noctowl

"It has a perfect sense of time. Whatever happens, it keeps rhythm by precisely tilting its head in time."

Poké-Body: Insomnia

Hoothoot can't be Asleep.

CPeck — 10

Weakness:L×2

Resistance:F-20

Retreat cost:C

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

unlimitedLegal

Tournament play

This printing of Hoothoot has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.

Hoothoot — Stellar Crown

Played in 667 recent decks

Pricing reference

Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.

TCGPlayer (USD)

Updated 2026/07/01

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Holofoil	$4.00	$6.14	$61.40	$5.54	—

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Hoothoot is real?

Hoothoot is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.

What is Hoothoot worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Hoothoot is $5.54; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.

What set is Hoothoot from?

Hoothoot is from the Pokémon set "HGSS Black Star Promos" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.

What rarity is Hoothoot?

Hoothoot is a Promo card in the HGSS Black Star Promos set.