Houndour 69/106 · Great Encounters

Great Encounters is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on February 1, 2008. The printed size is 106, and the checklist is the same length. Houndour is 69/106, in position 69 of 106 on this checklist. Before it is 68 Glameow, and after it is 70 Igglybuff. The listed rarity is Common.

Houndour is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 13. In the Pokédex this is Houndour (#228), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Houndoom, Houndoom (#229) under evolves to.

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Houndour (#228) has 31 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2025. The earliest other card is Houndour 5/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). Both list 50 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Common. Aya Kusube illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Houndour list a different HP.

The attack Ember lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire. Flip a coin. If tails, discard a Fire Energy attached to Houndour. Smash Kick is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Water +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It conveys its feelings using different cries. It works in a pack to cleverly take down prey."

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