Houndoom 56/101 · Plasma Blast

Plasma Blast is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on August 14, 2013. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 105 cards. Houndoom is 56/101, in position 56 of 105 on this checklist. Before it is 55 Houndour, and after it is 57 Aron. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Houndoom is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Houndoom (#229), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Houndour. In this catalog that name is Houndour (#228).

Shin Nagasawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 303 other cards in the catalog.

Houndoom (#229) has 44 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 29 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2025. The earliest other card is Houndoom 4/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 43 other cards of Houndoom list a different HP.

The attack Dark Clamp lists 30 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Blazing Claws is another attack lists 60+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon is a Team Plasma Pokémon, this attack does 60 more damage, and the Defending Pokémon is now Burned. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The flames it breathes when angry contain toxins. If they cause a burn, it will hurt forever."

I keep a set binder for Plasma Blast, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Plasma Blast set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Houndoom can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.