Houndoom G 50/127 · Platinum

Houndoom is Pokédex #229, generation 2 (Johto). Houndoom G is a Basic SP Fire Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 45.

Houndoom G sits at 50/127 in Platinum, position 50 of 133. Before it is 49 Grotle, and after it is 51 Kirlia. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on February 11, 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Black Cry lists 20 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat or use any Poké-Powers during your opponent's next turn. Dark Slash is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. You may discard a Darkness Energy attached to Houndoom G. If you do, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 1.

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). That card is named Houndoom, while this one is Houndoom G. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Kent Kanetsuna illustrated this one. 41 other cards of Houndoom list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kent Kanetsuna. I count 74 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Platinum set binder is where a full Platinum 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.