Houndour 39/75 · Neo Discovery

Houndour is Pokédex #228, generation 2 (Johto). Houndour is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 15. The card lists Houndoom, Houndoom (#229) under evolves to.

Houndour sits at 39/75 in Neo Discovery, position 39 of 75. Before it is 38 Eevee, and after it is 40 Igglybuff. 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 Uncommon.

The attack Bite lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Plunder is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Before doing damage, discard all Trainer cards attached to the Defending Pokémon (before they affect the damage). Resistance is Psychic -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It uses different kinds of cries for communicating with others of its kind and for pursuing its prey."

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). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 40 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Aya Kusube illustrated that card, and Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated this one. 30 other cards of Houndour list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin-ichi Yoshida. I count 50 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.