Houndour 59/97 · Dragon

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

Houndour sits at 59/97 in Dragon, position 59 of 100. Before it is 58 Horsea, and after it is 60 Magikarp. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on November 24, 2003. The printed size is 97. This checklist is longer, at 100 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Roar lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon. Bite is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. 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.

Dragon set binder is where a full Dragon 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.