Houndoom 8/64 · Neo Revelation

Neo Revelation is a set in the Neo series. It was released on September 21, 2001. The printed size is 64. This checklist is longer, at 66 cards. Houndoom is 8/64, in position 8 of 66 on this checklist. Before it is 7 Ho-oh, and after it is 9 Jumpluff. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Houndoom is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 35. 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).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

Houndoom (#229) has 44 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 29 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. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 32 other cards of Houndoom list a different HP.

The attack Dark Flame lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire. Discard 1 Fire Energy card attached to Houndoom or this attack does nothing. If there are any Darkness Energy cards in your discard pile, attach 1 of them to Houndoom. Black Fang is another attack lists 30+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a number of coins equal to the number of Darkness Energy attached to Houndoom. This attack does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each heads. 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 Revelation, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Neo Revelation set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Houndoom can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.