Houndoom H11/144 · Skyridge

Houndoom is Pokédex #229, generation 2 (Johto). Houndoom is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 70 HP. The card says it evolves from Houndour. In this catalog that name is Houndour (#228).

Houndoom sits at H11/144 in Skyridge, position 161 of 182. Before it is H10 Gyarados, and after it is H12 Jolteon. 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 Rare Holo.

The attack Ambush lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 20 more damage. Lonely Fang is another attack lists 30+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 30 damage plus 20 damage times the number of your opponent's Benched Pokémon minus the number of your Benched Pokémon. (For example, if your opponent has 3 Benched Pokémon and you have 1, this attack will do 30 damage plus 40 more damage.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. 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). Both list 70 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Kimiya Masago illustrated this one. 32 other cards of Houndoom list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kimiya Masago. I count 24 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. Houndoom can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.