Houndoom 23/75 · Neo Discovery

Neo Discovery is a set in the Neo series. It was released on June 1, 2001. The printed size is 75, and the checklist is the same length. Houndoom is 23/75, in position 23 of 75 on this checklist. Before it is 22 Hitmontop, and after it is 24 Houndour. The listed rarity is Rare.

Houndoom is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 37. 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).

Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated this card. The same name is on 50 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). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. 32 other cards of Houndoom list a different HP.

The attack Crunch lists 30 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Until the end of your next turn, if an attack damages the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance), that attack does 20 more damage to the Defending Pokémon. Flamethrower is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard 1 Fire Energy card attached to Houndoom or this attack does nothing. Resistance is Psychic -30. 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 Neo Discovery, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Neo Discovery 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.