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Houndour

Team Rocket Returns / #59/109

Houndour

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Team Rocket Returns
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Naoyo Kimura
Source reference
ex7-59

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The Pokémon’s story

Houndour hunts with its own kind through precise coordination. Different cries allow the group to communicate and tighten its approach around prey. Each voice contributes to the shared action. This ability to cooperate also sheds light on its attachment to a Trainer: the Pokédex describes a loyal partner capable of extending its trust to an ongoing relationship with a human.

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

A detail worth noticing

Houndour’s calls are not used only during hunts. Pokémon Ultra Moon describes repeated howls before dawn to signal the pack’s presence. Its vocal language therefore also makes the group audible from a distance.

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Card details

HP
50
Type (source)
Fire
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
228
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Water ×2

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Attacks

Rear Kick

Cost: Colorless

Damage: 10

Smokescreen

Cost: Fire · Colorless

Damage: 20

If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing.

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • reverse · standard · set-logo
  • normal · standard

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