Houndoom 34/97 · Dragon

Dragon is a set in the EX series. It was released on November 24, 2003. The printed size is 97. This checklist is longer, at 100 cards. Houndoom is 34/97, in position 34 of 100 on this checklist. Before it is 33 Horsea, and after it is 35 Magneton. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

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).

Atsuko Nishida illustrated this card. The same name is on 408 other cards in the catalog.

Houndoom (#229) has 44 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 29 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 Uncommon. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 32 other cards of Houndoom list a different HP.

The attack Feint Attack lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, or any other effects on that Pokémon. Flamethrower is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Discard a Fire Energy card attached to Houndoom. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. Retreat cost is 1.

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