Houndoom 5/90 · HS—Undaunted

HS—Undaunted is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on August 18, 2010. The printed size is 90. This checklist is longer, at 91 cards. Houndoom is 5/90, in position 5 of 91 on this checklist. Before it is 4 Gliscor, and after it is 6 Magcargo. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Houndoom is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 90 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).

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

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 lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 41 other cards of Houndoom list a different HP.

The attack Fire Counterattack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Darkness. If your opponent has any Fighting Pokémon in play, this attack does 20 damage plus 60 more damage. Dark Roar is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness. Your opponent discards a card from his or her hand. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Upon hearing its eerie howls, other Pokémon get the shivers and head straight back to their nests."

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