Houndoom 15/147 · Aquapolis

Aquapolis is a set in the E-Card series. It was released on January 15, 2003. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. Houndoom is 15/147, in position 15 of 182 on this checklist. Before it is 14 Houndoom, and after it is 16 Hypno. The listed rarity is Rare.

Houndoom is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 70 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).

Hajime Kusajima illustrated this card. The same name is on 206 other cards in the catalog.

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). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. 32 other cards of Houndoom list a different HP.

The attack Fireworks lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, discard a Fire Energy card attached to Houndoom. Dark Impact is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't use any Poké-Powers until the end of your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for Aquapolis, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Aquapolis 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.