Houndstone 168/91 · Paldean Fates

Paldean Fates is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on January 26, 2024. The printed size is 91. This checklist is longer, at 245 cards. Houndstone is 168/91, in position 168 of 245 on this checklist. Before it is 167 Tinkaton, and after it is 169 Mankey. The collector number is above the printed set size of 91. The listed rarity is Shiny Rare.

Houndstone is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 140 HP. In the Pokédex this is Houndstone (#972), generation 9 (Paldea). The card says it evolves from Greavard. In this catalog that name is Greavard (#971).

Shin Nagasawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 303 other cards in the catalog.

Houndstone (#972) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 5 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2023 to 2025. The earliest other card is Houndstone 42/102 in Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos (2023). That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Shiny Rare. Pani Kobayashi illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 3 other cards of Houndstone list a different HP.

The attack Last Respects lists 80+ damage. The cost is Psychic, Psychic. This attack does 10 more damage for each Psychic Pokémon in your discard pile. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "A lovingly mourned Pokémon was reborn as Houndstone. It doesn't like anyone touching the protuberance atop its head." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Paldean Fates, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Paldean Fates set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Houndstone can fill a slot in Generation 9 binder (Paldea). I still need this card.