Houndoom E4 65/111 · Rising Rivals

Rising Rivals is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on 16 May 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. Houndoom E4 is 65/111, in position 65 of 120 on this checklist. Before it is 64 Hippopotas, and after it is 66 Kakuna. The listed rarity is Common.

Houndoom E4 is a Basic SP Darkness Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 52. In the Pokédex this is Houndoom (#229), generation 2 (Johto).

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

Houndoom (#229) has 44 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 29 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 E4. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Common. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 42 other cards of Houndoom list a different HP.

The attack Corner lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Fire Fang is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Burned. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 1.

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