Neo Discovery / #5/75

Houndour

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Neo Discovery
Rarity (source): Rare
Illustrator: Aya Kusube
Source reference: neo2-5

CARDEX BACKGROUND

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.

Sources for this background

Pokédex — background source

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.

Description from the source

To corner prey, they check each other's location using barks that only they can understand.

Attacks

Smog

Cost: Fire

Damage: 10

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Collect Fire

Cost: Fire · Fire

Damage: 20

If there are any Energy in your discard pile, choose 1 of them and attach it to Houndour.

Documented variants

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Holographic
First Edition
holo · standard
holo · standard · 1st-edition

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