Houndoom
Awakening Legends

#44 Houndoom - Awakening Legends (awakening-legends)

Houndoom is a Pokémon with 70 HP featured in the Awakening Legends set, released on November 23, 2000. The card is illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita and classified as a Rare Holo with the number 44. It has two attacks: Dark Flame, which requires one Fire Energy to deal 20 damage and allows attaching a Darkness Energy from the discard pile if applicable, and Black Fang, which uses one Darkness and two Colorless Energies to deal 30 damage plus additional damage based on coin flips. The Dark Flame attack also discards a Fire Energy attached to Houndoom or renders the attack ineffective. Black Fang’s damage output depends on the number of heads from flipping coins equal to the Darkness Energy count on Houndoom. The card’s design emphasizes strategic energy management through its interaction with the discard pile and coin-flip mechanics. Its attacks reflect a blend of direct damage and conditional effects tied to energy attachments.