Houndoom 34/198 · Scarlet & Violet

Scarlet & Violet is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on March 31, 2023. The printed size is 198. This checklist is longer, at 258 cards. Houndoom is 34/198, in position 34 of 258 on this checklist. Before it is 33 Houndour, and after it is 35 Torkoal. The listed rarity is Common.

Houndoom is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 120 HP. 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).

hncl illustrated this card. The same name is on 30 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). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Common. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and hncl illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 41 other cards of Houndoom list a different HP.

The attack Sharp Fang lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless. Fire Blast is another attack lists 150 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard an Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Upon hearing its eerie howls, other Pokémon get the shivers and head straight back to their nests." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Scarlet & Violet, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Scarlet & Violet set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Houndoom can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.