Houndour 95/163 · Battle Styles
Houndour is Pokédex #228, generation 2 (Johto). Houndour is a Basic Single Strike Darkness Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Houndoom, Houndoom (#229) under evolves to.
Houndour sits at 95/163 in Battle Styles, position 95 of 183. Before it is 94 Honchkrow, and after it is 96 Houndoom. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on March 19, 2021. The printed size is 163. This checklist is longer, at 183 cards. The listed rarity is Common.
The attack Bite lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "They make repeated eerie howls before dawn to call attention to their pack." The regulation mark is E.
Houndour (#228) has 31 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2025. The earliest other card is Houndour 5/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Common. Aya Kusube illustrated that card, and Sanosuke Sakuma illustrated this one. 27 other cards of Houndour list a different HP.
The illustrator line reads Sanosuke Sakuma. I count 158 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.
Battle Styles set binder is where a full Battle Styles set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Houndour can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- 95/163
- Series
- Sword & Shield
- Released
- March 19, 2021
- Rarity
- Common
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic, Single Strike
- HP
- 60
- Type
- Darkness
- Illustrator
- Sanosuke Sakuma
- Pokédex
- Houndour (#228)
- Evolves to
- Houndoom
- Weakness
- Grass ×2
- Retreat
- 1
- Regulation mark
- E
Attacks and card text
Flavor text
They make repeated eerie howls before dawn to call attention to their pack.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
What set does Houndour belong to?
Battle Styles, in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on March 19, 2021. The printed size is 163.
Which number is printed on this card?
95/163. It is entry 95 of 183 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Sanosuke Sakuma. The catalog lists 158 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Common.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Houndour #228, generation 2 (Johto).
What regulation mark is printed?
E.
Which attacks are printed?
Bite (20).