Houndour 66/144 · Skyridge

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

Houndour sits at 66/144 in Skyridge, position 66 of 182. Before it is 65 Hoothoot, and after it is 67 Igglybuff. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on May 12, 2003. The printed size is 144. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Retaliate lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless. This attack does 10 damage times the number of damage counters on Houndour. Fireworks is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire. Flip a coin. If tails, discard a Fire Energy card attached to Houndour. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

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 Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Houndour list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hajime Kusajima. I count 206 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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