Houndoom 133/197 · Obsidian Flames

Obsidian Flames is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on August 11, 2023. The printed size is 197. This checklist is longer, at 230 cards. Houndoom is 133/197, in position 133 of 230 on this checklist. Before it is 132 Houndour, and after it is 134 Houndoom ex. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Houndoom is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 130 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).

Haru Akasaka illustrated this card. The same name is on 16 other cards in the catalog.

Houndoom (#229) has 44 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 30 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 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Haru Akasaka illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 38 other cards of Houndoom list a different HP.

The attack Daring Strike lists 50+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. If your opponent's Active Pokémon is an Evolution Pokémon, this attack does 70 more damage. Shadow Slash is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Discard an Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "If you are burned by the flames it shoots from its mouth, the pain will never go away." The regulation mark is G.

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