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一撃マスター / #089/70

ヘルガー

Printed language: Japanese · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
一撃マスター
Rarity (source)
Secret Rare
Illustrator
PLANETA Mochizuki
Source reference
S5I-089

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
130
Type (source)
Darkness
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
デルビル
Pokédex number
229
Regulation mark
E
Retreat cost
2 Energy
Weakness (source)
Grass x2

Printed card text — Japanese

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.

Abilities

いちげきのほうこう

Ability

自分の番に1回使える。自分の山札から「いちげきエネルギー」を1枚選び、自分の「いちげき」のポケモンにつける。そして山札を切る。その後、つけたポケモンにダメカンを2個のせる。

Attacks

やみのキバ

Cost: Darkness · Colorless

Damage: 50

Documented variants

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

  • Holographic
  • holo · standard

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