Great Encounters

Houndoom

GE18· Rare
Houndoom GE 18

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
90
Type
Darkness
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
+20
Resistance
-20
Number
18/106
Set
Great EncountersGE
Illustrated by
Ken Sugimori

Its attacks

Dark Fang

20

Choose 1 card from your opponent's hand without looking and discard it.

Black Fire

40+

You may discard a Fire or Darkness Energy attached to Houndoom. If you discard a Fire Energy, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned. If you discard a Darkness Energy, this attack does 40 damage plus 30 more damage.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  3. Keep in mind

    Weakness Water +20. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 1,533 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

Great Encounters landed here on 1 February 2008.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 45 Houndoom cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Houndoom card and its price