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Houndoom

Fábulas Nebulosas / #066/64

Houndoom

Printed language: Portuguese · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Fábulas Nebulosas
Rarity (source)
Ilustração Rara
Illustrator
Taiga Kasai
Source reference
sv06.5-066

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The Pokémon’s story

Houndoom's howl has long frightened humans, who have mistaken it for the call of the grim reaper. Yet it also lives in an organised pack: its members choose their leader through battle, and the leader's swept-back horns set it apart. Its unsettling image from afar therefore conceals very real relationships among its kind. The voice that seems to announce a bad omen belongs to a Pokémon attentive to each member's place.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Houndoom can breathe poison-laced flames to finish off its prey, then share it with the other members of its pack. Ultra Sun thus shows a hunter whose fire also helps feed the group. This social dimension can easily be overlooked behind its sinister reputation and impressive attacks.

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Card details

HP
120
Type (source)
Fogo
Stage (source)
Estágio 1
Evolves from (printed name)
Houndour
Pokédex number
229
Regulation mark
H
Retreat cost
2 Energy
Weakness (source)
Água ×2

Printed card text — Portuguese

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Attacks

Mordida

Cost: Incolor · Incolor

Damage: 50

Rosnado

Cost: Fogo · Incolor · Incolor

Damage: 100

Durante o próximo turno do seu oponente, os ataques usados pelo Pokémon Defensor causarão 100 pontos de dano a menos (antes de aplicar Fraqueza e Resistência).

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

  • Holographic
  • Holo · Padrão

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