Houndoom 14/147 · Aquapolis

Houndoom is Pokédex #229, generation 2 (Johto). Houndoom is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Houndour. In this catalog that name is Houndour (#228).

Houndoom sits at 14/147 in Aquapolis, position 14 of 182. Before it is 13 Exeggutor, and after it is 15 Houndoom. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on January 15, 2003. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Smokescreen lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing. Burn Up is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, discard all Fire Energy cards attached to Houndoom. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Houndoom (#229) has 44 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 30 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 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. 42 other cards of Houndoom list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Naoyo Kimura. I count 256 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Aquapolis set binder is where a full Aquapolis set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Houndoom can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.