Houndour

Houndour

Houndour appears in the English print of Great Encounters, released on February 1, 2008. Houndour is a common rarity and 50 HP. The Great Encounters set contains 106 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by Ken Sugimori.

Collector Insights

Houndour is a Fire-type Pokémon with 50 HP, featuring a retreat cost of one Colorless energy. It includes two attacks: Ember, which costs one Fire energy to deal 20 damage and has a coin flip effect that discards a Fire Energy if tails, and Smash Kick, requiring two Colorless energies for 20 damage. The card has no resistances and is weak to Water-type attacks, which deal 10 more damage. It belongs to the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008 as part of the Great Encounters set. The artwork is by Ken Sugimori, and the card is classified as Common rarity. Its flavor text describes Houndour using distinct cries to express emotions and collaborating with others to ambush prey. This card emphasizes its role in tactical team play through its energy costs and damage output.

It conveys its feelings using different cries. It works in a pack to cleverly take down prey.

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