Hundemon

Printed language: German · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Skyridge
Rarity (source): Holografisch Selten
Illustrator: Kimiya Masago
Source reference: ecard3-H11

CARDEX BACKGROUND

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.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP: 70
Type (source): Unlicht
Stage (source): Rang 1
Pokédex number: 229
Retreat cost: 1 Energy
Weakness (source): Kampf x2
Resistance (source): Psycho -30

Printed card text — German

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

Hinterhalt

Cost: Farblos · Farblos

Damage: 10+

Wirf eine Münze. Bei 'Kopf' fügt dieser Angriff 10 Schadenspunkte plus 20 weitere Schadenspunkte zu.

Einzelner Reißzahn

Cost: Unlicht · Farblos · Farblos

Damage: 30+

Dieser Angriff fügt 30 Schadenspunkte plus 20 weitere Schadenspunkte für jedes Pokémon auf der Bank deines Gegners minus 20 Schadenspunkte für jedes Pokémon auf deiner Bank zu. (Hat zum Beispiel dein Gegner 3 Pokémon auf seiner Bank und du nur 1 auf deiner, fügt dieser Angriff 30 Schadenspunkte plus 40 weitere Schadenspunkte zu.)

Documented variants

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Holographic
Holo · Standard

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