Houndoom V 21/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Darkness Ablaze is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 14, 2020. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 201 cards. Houndoom V is 21/189, in position 21 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 20 Charizard VMAX, and after it is 22 Torchic. The listed rarity is Rare Holo V.

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

Ayaka Yoshida illustrated this card. The same name is on 128 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 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 Holo V. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Ayaka Yoshida illustrated this one. 41 other cards of Houndoom list a different HP.

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.

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