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Houndoom

Undaunted / #5/90

Houndoom

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Undaunted
Rarity (source)
Holo Rare
Illustrator
Kagemaru Himeno
Source reference
hgss3-5

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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
90
Type (source)
Darkness
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Houndour
Pokédex number
229
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fighting ×2
Resistance (source)
Psychic -20

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.

Description from the source

Upon hearing its eerie howls, other Pokémon get the shivers and head straight back to their nests.

Attacks

Fire Counterattack

Cost: Darkness

Damage: 20+

If your opponent has any Fighting Pokémon in play, this attack does 20 damage plus 60 more damage.

Dark Roar

Cost: Darkness · Darkness

Damage: 50

Your opponent discards a card from his or her hand.

Documented variants

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

  • Reverse
  • Holographic
  • holo · standard
  • reverse · standard
  • reverse · league · standard

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