Houndour 59/109 · Team Rocket Returns

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 59/109 in Team Rocket Returns, position 59 of 111. Before it is 58 Horsea, and after it is 60 Houndour. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on November 1, 2004. The printed size is 109. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Rear Kick lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Smokescreen is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Houndour (#228) has 31 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 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 Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Houndour list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Naoyo Kimura. I count 256 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Team Rocket Returns set binder is where a full Team Rocket Returns 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.