Houndour 5/75 · 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. Houndour is 5/75, in position 5 of 75 on this checklist. Before it is 4 Houndoom, and after it is 6 Kabutops. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

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

Aya Kusube illustrated this card. The same name is on 127 other cards in the catalog.

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 24/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). Both list 50 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. 12 other cards of Houndour list a different HP.

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."

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. Houndour can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.