Pokémon · XY
Ho-Oh
XY Black Star Promos · #XY153 · Promo · 2013
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$11.05
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- XY153 / 216
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- You Iribi
- Pokédex #
- 250
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- Damage efficiency
- 100 damage
- 25 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Ho-Oh plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥60 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Ho-Oh
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥60 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 32 decks
- Match win rate
- 47.8%
- +0.5 pts vs the 47.3% 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.
Brock's Scouting
in 50% of decks · 16 seen
Combusken
in 38% of decks · 12 seen
Torchic
in 38% of decks · 12 seen
Blaziken ex
in 38% of decks · 12 seen
Area Zero Underdepths
in 47% of decks · 15 seen
Lillie's Clefairy ex
in 78% of decks · 25 seen
Dragapult ex
in 69% of decks · 22 seen
Drakloak
in 69% of decks · 22 seen
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by You Iribi
This card was illustrated by You Iribi.
Building around Ho-Oh?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It will reveal itself before a pure-hearted Trainer by shining its bright, rainbow-colored wings."
CStoke
Flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for up to 2 Fire Energy cards and attach them to this Pokémon. Shuffle your deck afterward.
RRCCFire Wing — 100
Weakness:W×2
Resistance:F-20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Ho-Oh was legal.
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 2026/07/21| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $9.42 | $47.89 | $4,321.00 | $11.05 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/18| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €10.99 |
| 7-day average | €13.09 |
| 30-day average | €13.10 |
| Low | €5.00 |
| Trend price | €14.23 |
| Low (excellent+) | €11.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €8.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €8.76 |
| averageSellPrice | €16.15 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €5.27 |
| Reverse holo trend | €7.10 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Ho-Oh is real?
Ho-Oh 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 Ho-Oh worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Ho-Oh is $11.05; 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 Ho-Oh from?
Ho-Oh is from the Pokémon set "XY Black Star Promos" in the XY series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Ho-Oh?
Ho-Oh is a Promo card in the XY Black Star Promos set.
Other Ho-Oh printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
