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Hundemon

Plasma-Blaster / #56/101

Hundemon

Printed language: German · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Plasma-Blaster
Rarity (source)
Selten
Illustrator
Shin Nagasawa
Source reference
bw10-56

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.

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Card details

HP
100
Type (source)
Unlicht
Stage (source)
Rang 1
Evolves from (printed name)
Hunduster
Pokédex number
229
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Kampf ×2
Resistance (source)
Psycho -20

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.

Description from the source

Ist es wütend, spuckt es giftige Flammen. Die Schmerzen der Verbrennungen dauern ewig an.

Attacks

Dunkler Klammergriff

Cost: Unlicht · Farblos

Damage: 30

Das Verteidigende Pokémon kann sich während des nächsten Zuges deines Gegners nicht zurückziehen.

Sengende Pranken

Cost: Unlicht · Farblos · Farblos

Damage: 60

Wenn das Verteidigende Pokémon ein Team Plasma-Pokémon ist, fügt dieser Angriff 60 weitere Schadenspunkte zu und das Verteidigende Pokémon ist jetzt verbrannt.

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • normal · Standard

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