Houndoom 4/75 · Neo Discovery

Houndoom is Pokédex #229, generation 2 (Johto). Houndoom is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 37. The card says it evolves from Houndour. In this catalog that name is Houndour (#228).

Houndoom sits at 4/75 in Neo Discovery, position 4 of 75. Before it is 3 Hitmontop, and after it is 5 Houndour. 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 Holo.

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."

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 23/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. 32 other cards of Houndoom 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. Houndoom can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.