Team Magma's Houndoom 10/95 · Team Magma vs Team Aqua

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

Team Magma's Houndoom sits at 10/95 in Team Magma vs Team Aqua, position 10 of 97. Before it is 9 Team Magma's Groudon, and after it is 11 Team Magma's Rhydon. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on March 1, 2004. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 97 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Roasting Heat lists 30+ damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon is Burned, this attack does 30 damage plus 20 more damage. Magma Spurt is another attack lists 30× damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Discard the top 5 cards from your deck. This attack does 30 damage times the number of Fire and Fighting basic Energy cards discarded in this way. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: This Pokémon is both Fire Darkness type.

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). That card is named Houndoom, while this one is Team Magma's Houndoom. Both list 70 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Ken Ikuji illustrated this one. 32 other cards of Houndoom list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Ikuji. I count 16 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Team Magma vs Team Aqua set binder is where a full Team Magma vs Team Aqua 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). Themed lists that include this exact card are Trainer's Pokémon and Team Aqua and Team Magma. I still need this card.