Houndoom V 178/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Houndoom is Pokédex #229, generation 2 (Johto). Houndoom V is a Basic V Fire Pokémon with 210 HP.

Houndoom V sits at 178/189 in Darkness Ablaze, position 178 of 201. Before it is 177 Butterfree V, and after it is 179 Centiskorch V. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 14, 2020. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 201 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

The attack Searing Flame lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Burned. Vengeful Flame is another attack lists 100+ damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. If your Benched Fire Pokémon have any damage counters on them, this attack does 100 more damage. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is D.

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 is named Houndoom, while this one is Houndoom V. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 210 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Ayaka Yoshida illustrated this one. 41 other cards of Houndoom list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ayaka Yoshida. I count 128 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Darkness Ablaze set binder is where a full Darkness Ablaze 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.