Houndour 24/75 · Neo Discovery

Houndour is Pokédex #228, generation 2 (Johto). Houndour is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 22. The card lists Houndoom, Houndoom (#229) under evolves to.

Houndour sits at 24/75 in Neo Discovery, position 24 of 75. Before it is 23 Houndoom, and after it is 25 Kabutops. The set belongs to the Neo series. It was released on June 1, 2001. The printed size is 75, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Smog lists 10 damage. The cost is Fire. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Collect Fire is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire. If there are any Fire Energy cards in your discard pile, choose 1 of them and attach it to Houndour. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "To corner prey, they check each other's location using barks that only they can understand."

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 Rare. 12 other cards of Houndour list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Aya Kusube. I count 127 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Neo Discovery set binder is where a full Neo Discovery 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.