Houndour 43/105 · Neo Destiny

Neo Destiny is a set in the Neo series. It was released on February 28, 2002. The printed size is 105. This checklist is longer, at 113 cards. Houndour is 43/105, in position 43 of 113 on this checklist. Before it is 42 Hitmonlee, and after it is 44 Jigglypuff. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Houndour is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 16. In the Pokédex this is Houndour (#228), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Houndoom, Houndoom (#229) under evolves to.

Yukiko Baba illustrated this card. The same name is on 151 other cards in the catalog.

Houndour (#228) has 31 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 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 Yukiko Baba illustrated this one. 30 other cards of Houndour list a different HP.

The attack Corner lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Lunge is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Resistance is Psychic -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "When night falls, the air fills with the eerie cries of this Pokémon as it stakes out its territory."

I keep a set binder for Neo Destiny, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Neo Destiny 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.