Houndoom (Battle Styles 96)

Houndoom
ヘルガー Hellgar

Brilliant Stars print
Illus. NC Empire

Evolution stage

Stage 1 Pokémon
Evolves from Houndour

Card name

Houndoom

Type

Darkness

HP

130

weakness ×2	resistance None	retreat cost

English expansion	Battle Styles
Rarity
English card no.	096/163
Japanese expansion	Single Strike Master
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	045/070

English expansion	Battle Styles
Rarity
English card no.	179/163
Japanese expansion	Single Strike Master
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	089/070

Expansion	SWSH Black Star Promos
English card no.	SWSH090
Japanese Deck	Gengar VMAX High-Class Deck
Japanese card no.	005/019

Japanese expansion	VMAX Climax
Japanese card no.	103/184

English expansion	Brilliant Stars
Rarity
English card no.	TG10/TG30
Japanese expansion	VMAX Climax
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	206/184

Japanese Deck	Start Deck 100
Japanese card no.	262/414

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Houndoom.

Houndoom (Japanese: ヘルガー Hellgar) is a Darkness-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Battle Styles expansion.

Card text

Single Strike Roar
いちげきのほうこう

Once during your turn, you may search your deck for a Single Strike Energy card and attach it to 1 of your Single Strike Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck. If you attached Energy to a Pokémon in this way, put 2 damage counters on that Pokémon.

	Darkness Fang やみのキバ	50

Pokédex data

Houndoom - Dark Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
229	4'7" (1.4 m)	77.2 lbs. (35.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
Identifiable by its eerie howls, people a long time ago thought it was the grim reaper and feared it.
不気味な遠吠えが特徴。昔の人は地獄からの使いと考え恐れていた。

Release information

This card was included as both a Regular card and a Full Art Secret card in the Battle Styles expansion, first released in the Japanese Single Strike Master expansion. The Regular print features artwork by Ryota Murayama, while the Secret print features artwork by PLANETA Mochizuki. A SWSH Black Star Promotional print of this card was one of the Prerelease promos for Battle Styles with different artwork by Uta, available in the Battle Styles Build & Battle Box. This print was subsequently released in the Japanese Gengar VMAX High-Class Deck. The Battle Styles Regular print was reprinted, alongside a Full Art Secret card with artwork by NC Empire featuring Grimsley, in the Japanese VMAX Climax subset. The Battle Styles Regular print was reprinted again in the Japanese Start Deck 100 as a Non Holofoil card. The VMAX Climax Full Art Secret print was later included in the Brilliant Stars expansion.

Gallery

Battle Styles Regular print
Illus. Ryota Murayama

Battle Styles Secret print
Illus. PLANETA Mochizuki

SWSH Promotional print
Illus. Uta

Brilliant Stars print
Illus. NC Empire

Trivia

Origin

Darkness Fang is an attack that first appeared on Umbreon ex from EX Unseen Forces. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Ultra Moon. The Battle Styles Secret print features the Shiny version of Houndoom. Grimsley is featured in the Brilliant Stars print's illustration, who uses a Houndoom when challenged to a rematch in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.

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