No. 228 · Johto · Fire/Dark
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Houndour is a Fire/Dark-type Pokémon introduced in Johto, number 228 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2001 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 32
- Sets
- 23
- Printed
- 2001–2025
- Illustrators
- 24
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The strongest Houndour art
01/06Houndour
Illustration rare
02/06Houndour
Common
03/06Houndour
Common
04/06Houndour
Common
05/06Team Magma's Houndour
Common
06/06Team Rocket's Houndour
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Houndour cards, side by side.
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Nine of the strongest Houndour artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Houndour by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Houndour cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Houndour gets drawn
Houndour is usually drawn nostalgic, fierce and moody, often running, at night, in golden light.
Across 31 Houndour artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
Drawn against type
The Houndour pictures least like the rest.
2001–2025
Houndour through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
2001 Neo Discovery
2002 Expedition Base Set
2003 Aquapolis
2004 Team Rocket Returns
2005 Unseen Forces
2008 Legends Awakened
2010 Undaunted
2011 Call of Legends
2012 Dragons Exalted
2013 Plasma Blast
2017 Crimson Invasion
2018 Lost Thunder
2021 Battle Styles- 2023 Obsidian Flames
- 2024 Shrouded Fable
- 2025 Prismatic Evolutions
Evolves into
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Houndoom45 cards
Every Houndour card
32 cards, strongest artwork first.
Houndour in numbers
- Cards
- 32
- Sets
- 23since Neo Discovery
- Illustrators
- 24most by Atsuko Ujiie
- Printed
- 2001–2025
- Printed as
- Basic
- HP on card
- 40–70
They span 23 sets, from Neo Discovery to Destined Rivals. 24 illustrators have drawn it, most often Atsuko Ujiie, Kagemaru Himeno and Aya Kusube.
Who draws Houndour
24 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
23 sets, by how many Houndour cards each holds.
Neo Discovery3- Obsidian Flames3
- Team Magma vs Team Aqua3
Aquapolis2
Team Rocket Returns2
Undaunted2
Battle Styles1
Call of Legends1
Crimson Invasion1- Destined Rivals1
Dragon1
Dragons Exalted1
11 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Houndour cards are there?
- There are 32 Houndour cards, printed between 2001 and 2025 across 23 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Houndour card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Houndour art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Houndour cards?
- 24 illustrators have drawn Houndour. Atsuko Ujiie has done the most at 3, followed by Kagemaru Himeno and Aya Kusube.
- What was the first Houndour card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Neo Discovery, released in 2001. 26 of its 32 cards are Common.
